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Coaching Disabled Footballers

4:36 PM, Thursday, 11 March 10. Coaching Disabled Footballers Courses

The North Riding County Football Association have organised a  Coaching Disabled Footballers Course designed to give football coaches and teacher's ideas and practices for the inclusion of disabled players in football sessions whether in mainstream or impairment specific sessions.

The course is six hours and covers both theory and practical elements and by the end of the workshop each participant should be able to met the following outcomes:

1. Apply and extend your existing coaching skills and experience to meet the needs of players with a range of impairments
2. Establish basic communication skills for coaching disabled footballers
3. Use appropriate terminology
4. Identify appropriate safety and medical considerations
5. Plan a wide range of coaching sessions for disabled footballers 6. Using the Inclusion Spectrum, plan your coaching sessions to include disabled players or provide alternative appropriate opportunities
7. Understand the player pathways available for disabled players including the appropriate structure for competition.

The minimum age for this course is 17 and the prerequisites are a minimum 1st4sport Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Football.

The course is on Sunday May 23rd between 10am - 4pm at the North Riding County Headquarters. 

To book a place on the course please click here or for more information on the course contact Paul Campbell on 01642 717779 or alternatively email paul.campbell@northridingfa.com