Course Information:

  • Minimum Age: 14
  • Course Duration: 6.5 hours
  • Course aims and objectives:
    • To provide an understanding of leading and organising football events for young players
    • To learn the theory and practical aspects of warming up and cooling down
    • To understand safety considerations when organising football sessions
    • To understand practical delivery aspects of sessions, planning and using resource cards
    • To introduce mini-soccer games/rules
    • To understand what happens next for players and leaders

Course Content:

Theory: The course will introduce some key aspects in the following:

    • Preparing to play
    • Fundamental movement skills
    • Safety and Safeguarding children
    • Refereeing mini-soccer
    • STEP principle (Space, Task, Equipment, People)
    • Basic introduction to the FA LTPD 4 Corner model
    • Organising festivals or mini-tournaments
    • FA Leadership and Volunteering programme

Practical: Practical elements of the course will provide an introduction to:

    • Fundamental warm up
    • Game related activites for 5-11 year olds
    • Refereeing mini-soccer

Practical Involvement: Candidates will be encouraged to participate practically to maximise their opportunities for learning. (This however will not prevent successful completion of the award)

Assessment: Candidates will be formatively assessed throughout the course.

Refresher: No refresher required.

Suggested additional learning opportunities:

Equality: FA Learning will ensure that it treats people fairly and with respect and that it will provide access and opportunities for all members of the community to take part in, and enjoy, it's activities in an atmosphere free from harassment, bullying, discrimination or abuse. FA Learning will seek to provide a service which is appropriate to the needs of an individual and to make reasonable adjustments or provide support, where appropriate, to cater for those needs.

 Date  Topic    Time
 Sat 17 April  Theory / Practical Sessions  9.30am - 4.00pm

Candidates need to be suitably attired for the weather with football kits, appropriate footwear and shin pads for all external sessions, and should also bring along pen and paper to all sessions. It would also be advisable for you to bring along a change of clothes and a packed lunch.

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**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A FEMALE-ONLY COURSE & ALL FEMALES MUST BE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 14 & 16**


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