Volunteer Advert: Girls Youth Coach

We’re looking for an individual to coach new our girl’s football session, initially as an assistant to potentially progressing to taking over the role of lead coach when eligible members in the group will transition to participate in the Longhorn Youth League.

You’ll be working alongside a licensed FA coach to deliver football training sessions within our girls’ section which include children from 5 up to 9 years old.

The position is a volunteer position.

We’re looking for an individual with the following attributes:

  • Excellent planning and organisational skills
  • Able to communicate effectively with a range of people
  • Understanding of child protection and health and safety issues
  • Ability to work efficiently on own initiative and maintain a high standard of work
  • Able to adapt coaching sessions to participants
  • Able to encourage, motivate and enthuse young people to participate in football
  • Commitment to attend all planned sessions

As part of our recruitment process, the successful candidate will be subject to a full criminal record check carried out prior to engaging with the group unassisted which will be paid for by the Club.

No coaching experience required, though is desirable, as the Club will put the successful candidate through their Level 1 coaching course.

About Pirelli FC

Pirelli FC is a Charter Standard club based on the Pirelli factory site on Dalston Road, Carlisle. During the 2016-17 season, we won the Charter Standard Club of the Year 2016 which was voted for by Cumberland FA for our hard work in expanding the club over the last five years. The club consists of four youth teams involved in the Longhorn Youth League, one team involved in the Ability Counts league and one team in Division 1 of the Westmorland FA league. We also hold regular training sessions for girls.

If you would like to know more about the position, please get in touch with us.

martin@pirellifc.co.uk

Popular FA coach magazine is now available free digitally

After 15 successful editions of the subscription magazine, the FA decided to make it available to all by bringing every edition online the free-to-access area on TheFA.com.

This hugely popular coaching resource features articles produced by coaches from The FA, grassroots football and professional club academies.

With three editions published per season, The Boot Room provides expert coaching content to members. With insights from FA National Coaches, overseas study visit reports, research articles, and a dedicated grassroots coaching section, content is provided for coaches at all levels of the game.

session-planThe Boot Room is also an arena for the vibrant discussion and debate that surrounds coaching and player development. In each edition, the ‘coaching forum’ poses a key question to a variety of experts in the game.

To read them, go straight to their website: http://www.thefa.com/my-football/coach/the-boot-room

 

 

The FA Grassroots Survey 2016

The FA has launched the 2016 Grassroots Football Survey, which will run from Monday 19 September until Friday 28 October. 

In October 2015, more than 28,750 players, coaches, referees, staff and volunteers completed the inaugural online poll to assess public opinion around the grassroots game.

The results provided valuable feedback and revealed a number of positives, but also highlighted some areas for improvement.

Last year’s survey – the largest ever undertaken by The FA – saw 25 percent of respondents say they would play more if there were better facilities available to them, emphasising the fact that not everyone has access to adequate playing facilities.

The FA has committed to spending £260m on the grassroots game, with facilities being one of the key areas of focus.

The FA also learnt that only one in five coaches polled felt they were being supported in their development. Under the new grassroots coaching programme, there will be a network of county coaches tasked with improving and supporting coaching across grassroots football with club mentoring programmes.

This year’s survey will again aim to gather opinions from the players, coaches, referees, staff and volunteers that make up the 400,000-strong grassroots football workforce, to measure the progress The FA has made to date and to pinpoint areas that require focus going forward.

The 2016 Grassroots Football Survey can be completed here.

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