COURSES

  

Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football
 
This course is divided into two parts – initial training and external assessment.  It is intended for people over sixteen years of age who are committed to coaching football to children and who have one of the following:
  
*   The FA Junior Team Manager's Award, or
* Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football, or
* At least two years' coaching experience at school. club, football-in-the-community scheme setting, or
* Played the game at Senior club level.
 
The course will be conducted in English and students will be expected to deliver their practical coaching assessments in English.  The practical element is physically demanding and students should be reasonably fit.  Students are expected to attend all tutor contact sessions.
 
Prerequisites include Emergency Aid and Child Protection and Best Practice.
 
Students will learn how to coach in technical (unopposed), skill (opposed) and game related (4 v 4) situations.  This knowledge will be tested via two initial practical assessments. Further internal assessments will take the form of a ‘Laws of the Game’ online examination and the completion of several course tasks and coaching portfolio.
 
Students will be required to complete satisfactorily all internal assessment elements and a mock practical assessment before submitting themselves for external assessment. Students should note that the standard of coaching required to be successful at Level 2 is high and they will not be entered for external assessment unless their tutor considers that they are ready.  Practical and portfolio support sessions will be organised as part of the initial course of training.
 
Stand alone external assessment sessions will be organised at regular intervals throughout the year and students must provide proof of their mock assessment recommendation when applying for an external assessment.  If the assessment is unsuccessful the assessor will recommend a date by which a re-assessment should take place.
 
Technical Practice Definitions

This is an unopposed practice with the emphasis on the development of a game technique.   Challenges to the development of the technique may be gradually introduced and will be in the form of increased or decreased time, area, target or degree of difficulty in practice depending on the rate of improvement in the players’ performance.

 
Skill Practice Definitions
  This is an opposed practice with the emphasis on developing the bond of technique and decision-making. The practice contains objectives for all players that are derived from the technical theme being practiced. Appropriate areas, the number of players involved and imposed ‘conditions’ will vary around the skill theme for development.
 
Small-sided Game Definitions
A directional game-practice involving targets and utilising even numbers of players per team (Level 2 – 4 v 4). Additional players may be used as servers, targets or floaters.
 
Practical Theme Definitions

For independent assessment, Candidates will be given 35 minutes in which to deliver a coaching session that must be a progressed session to develop an aspect of the Level 2 Football Practical Syllabus. The session should take the players through a technical practice and a skills practice, culminating in a small-sided game that applies the aspect to a game situation.   
 
 
Course Breakdown

    PRACTICAL
Warm up/cool down
Basic techniques – passing, ball control, turning, dribbling, running with the ball, shooting, heading, goalkeeping
Principles of attack and defence in skill and small sided situations
   THEORY
Learning and coaching process (Roles, Skills and Qualities of the Football Coach)
Planning, preparing and evaluating coaching sessions 
Football fitness (Overuse Injuries)
Nutritional Needs of Football Players (Football Food)
Health and safety (Reporting Accidents)
Growing up youngsters in football
Online Laws of the game
Introduction to the Long term Player Development (LTPD) Model
Equitable practice and codes of conduct
   INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Three initial practical assessments (Technique-Skill, Game Related, Theme Practice)
Record of planning, preparing, conducting and evaluating 12 hours coaching (4 Linked and progressive Coaching Sessions)
Completion of course tasks
Mock assessment
   EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Review of student portfolio
Independent practical assessment

Course cost: £325.00     
 

(includes FA resource pack)    
 
     
 

Course Notes

  
     
  All application forms should be sent to...  
  neil.fowkes@londonfa.com or
London FA, Unit 11 Hurlingham Business Park, Sulivan Rd, London, SW6 3DU

Course places are allocated on a first come first serve basis and all applications will be reviewed thoroughly and no confirmations will be given until payment has been received in full and an official London FA receipt issued
No places can or will be reserved so please do not ask.

Please do not apply for any course if you are unable to attend the whole course, by doing so your application will be automatically rejected 		 
     

     
 
COURSES AVAILABLE   (2010)
 
FAC101 Oct 12 (7.00pm to 10.00pm)
Oct 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (9.00am to 5.00pm)
Nov 2, 9 (7.00pm to 10.00pm)
TBA 2011 – Mock Day 1 (9.00am to 5.00pm) - (Log books in to Assessor)
TBA 2011 – Mock Day 2 (9.00am to 4.30pm)
TBA 2011 – Final Assessments (9.00am-5.00pm)
Douglas Eyre Sports Centre, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, E17 7HE
   
For further information on the above courses contact Neil Fowkes at the London FA on 

020 7610 8360