Any coach who is 16 years of age or over and has successfully passed the FA Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football
Course Content:
The Coaching Disabled Footballers course is designed to give football coaches and teacher’s ideas and practices for the inclusion of disabled players in football sessions within mainstream or impairment specific sessions.
The course is six hours and covers both theory and practical elements, by the end of the workshop each participant should be able to met the following outcomes:
• Apply & extend your existing coaching skills and experience to meet the needs of players with a range of impairments
• Use appropriate terminology
• Explain the benefits and problems of integrated and segregated sessions for different disability groups
• Establish basic communication skills for coaching disabled footballers
• Identify appropriate safety and medical considerations
• Explain appropriate structures for competition (including rule adoptions and classification systems)
• Plan a wide range of coaching sessions for disabled footballers
• Using the Inclusion Spectrum, plan your coaching sessions to include disabled players or provide alternative appropriate opportunities
• Understand the player pathways available for disabled players including the appropriate structure for competition
The Cost of participating in this workshop Cost: £25.00
Next Available Course:
CDF 002 Wednesday 08 October 2008 9:30am to 4:30pm