FA Youth Award Module 3

Developing the player

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Analyse performance within the attacking and defending principles of play.
• Design practices specific to the needs of individual players.
• Link the design of practices to match day and player’s role specific requirements.

Course duration
Four days split over a variety of templates with an optional assessment, See dates below.

Course pre-requisites
• Active FA Licensed Coaches’ Club Member
Plus:
• 1st4Sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football and The FA Youth Award Modules 1 and 2 (learners must have gained these accreditations at the time of booking)
or
• UEFA B Licence and FA Youth Coaches Award
Absolutely no exceptions to the stated pre-requisites can be made.

Who is it for?
Module 3 is designed to support the development of coaches who currently coach a group of youth players (Aged between 5 – 21yrs) on a regular basis within the performance or grassroots areas of the game.

Course content
Workshops will consider:
• Plan, do, review
• Principles of play
• Intervention strategies
• Questioning techniques
• Focus on ‘whole-part-whole’ practices
• Building challenges in trial and error

Pre-course task
Candidates will receive a pre-course reading pack three weeks prior to the course, which they are required to read and complete in advance.
Candidates should arrive at the course with ideas around their own development. These may be areas of development the coach would like to improve on and/or areas of strength which the coach would like to build on further.
Certificates of attendance will be issued following submission of completed log book. This does not commit candidates to undergo assessment for The FA Youth Award as this is optional.

Course assessment
There is an option to undertake an assessment at the conclusion of this module to complete The FA Youth Award. This will cover key elements across Modules 1, 2 & 3 of The FA Youth Award. Candidates will be required to return log books to FA Learning at least four weeks prior to the date of final assessment. The assessment process will be decided in consultation with the Course Director but where possible will be a club site assessment.

Learners are required to meet course pre-requisites before the course start date.

Learners are required to attend all dates and times associated to the course listed below.  Failure to attend all dates will result in non-qualification.
 

Hertfordshire FA adheres to a strict cancellation policy and by enrolling onto our course you agree to have read and agree to be bound by our Terms and Conditions.  These can be viewed via our website http://www.hertfordshirefa.com/courses/candidate-information