Volunteer Advert: Girls Youth Coach

We’re looking for an individual to coach our girl’s football session which are due to start in Spring 2018, initially as an assistant and potentially progressing to coach when eligible members of 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 10 years old. The position is open to anyone 14+, with coaching and assistant roles being available to those 18 and 16 respectively due to our safeguarding policy. Anyone who is between 14 and 18 will be able to assist with the coaching and the Club will work with the Cumberland FA to attend the Football Futures programme. The position is a volunteer position and Club embroidered clothing will be provided upon completion of probationary period.

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 is required, though desirable, as the Club will put the successful candidate through their Level 1 coaching course.

Festivals and Social Excursions

The Girls’ section of the club participate in local and national festivals throughout the season and also organise events to allow the girls to enjoy the social side of being part of our club.

About Pirelli FC

Pirelli FC is a Charter Standard club based on the Pirelli factory site on Dalston Road, Carlisle. The club consists of five youth teams involved in the Longhorn Youth League and our Senior team in Division One of the Smurfit Kappa Cumberland County League. 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. In the 2017/18 season, the girl’s section of the club became a Sister Club of WSL2 club Durham WFC. As part of this, each player is given a season ticket and also allocated a match to be player mascots & ball girls.

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

martin@pirellifc.co.uk

The FA’s England DNA Foundation Phase Is Out Now

The FA’s England DNA Foundation Phase project – an exciting new content resource being developed by The FA that connects the fundamentals of the coaching and playing philosophy of the England youth teams with 5-11 grassroots football.

Featuring an array of content-types – ranging from practical session plan ideas through to theory-based features and guidance articles – it’s the first time The FA has developed learning content specifically for grassroots coaches underpinned with DNA fundamentals.

Set for wider release later in the 2017/18 season, you can get early access to this resource by visiting a new preview area on the Hive Learning platform – the same platform that hosts  FA Coaching Community.

Here’s how you can get access:

Members: If you already have a Hive Learning account, you can access this area right now by clicking here.

Non-members: Creating your Hive Learning account is completely free and only takes a couple of minutes by visiting our FA sign-up page here.

Once you’ve created your account, search for England DNA Foundation Phase in the search bar to gain access to the group.

The FA launches “developing creative players” online course

The FA is adding to its growing suite of free online coaching courses with the launch of its first-ever Massive Open Online Course or MOOC for short.

Developed in partnership with Birmingham University, this three-week qualification is titled “Youth Football Coaching: Developing Creative Players” and explores the developmental needs of young players as well as the role of the coach in coaching creative behaviour.

Available to all, the course will provide learners with three hours of innovative and engaging content each week where they’ll have the ability to self-select or create the most appropriate teaching practices for young players’ needs.

The course will also bridge unique gaps in policy, practice and research to provide a valuable learning experience.

Nick Baker, FA Learning Design & Development Manager, is one of the teams behind the launch of the new course. He told TheFA.com that it’s an exciting new step forward in the way The FA can deliver education to coaches around the country:

“In response to the changing needs of the modern learner, we’re constantly looking at new ways of supporting coaches with new content in different formats.

“This MOOC is the first course we’re developing in partnership with the University of Birmingham and we’re really excited about its potential to offer a new way of supporting the development of grassroots coaches.”

To join the course visit: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/developing-creative-players-in-youth-football

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