Adult coach education programme

The Charlton community scheme offers football coaching courses for adults aged over 16, giving them the opportunity to seek employment in the sports industry.

All courses are held at the club's training ground in New Eltham and comprise theory and practical sessions.

The following courses are available:

1st 4Sport Level 1 certificate in coaching football

This 30-hour course represents an introduction to football coaching and includes both practical and theoretical elements.

The practical component contains 23 conditioned practices where the games are the teacher.

The content of each practice has been designed on the premise that the majority of coaches at grassroots level have limited technical knowledge. The 20-minute external practical assessment at Level 1 requires students to be able to conduct an appropriate warm-up and cool down and to set up safe practices using realistic numbers and space.

There is no requirement for the student to make any coaching interventions to convey technical points, instead the student is expected to facilitate the session introducing progressions at the right moment.

In addition to the practical component, students are required to complete theoretical elements including Soccer Parent, Laws of the Game, Football Administration and Player and Coach Development.

In order to check their understanding of these components, students have to undertake a written examination based on multiple-choice answers.

Course breakdown:

FA child protection and best practice workshop
Emergency aid workshop
Distance learning: Soccer Parent, Laws of the Game, Football Administration, Player and Coach Development
Practical coaching: Twenty-five games, internal assessment
External assessment: Delivery of a 15-minute session and five minutes of feedback

1st 4Sport Level 2 Certificate in coaching football

This course is divided into two parts - initial training and external assessment.

It is intended for people over 17 years of age who are committed to coaching football to children and have one of the following:

The FA Junior Team Manager's Award
Level 1 certificate in coaching football
At least two years' coaching experience at school, club or football in the community setting

Practical course breakdown: basic techniques such as passing, ball control, running with the ball, turning, dribbling, shooting and goalkeeping; principles of attack and defence; warm up and cool down.

Theory course breakdown: learning and coaching process; planning, preparing and evaluating coaching sessions; football fitness, football food; emergency aid, overuse injury; health and safety; growing-up youngsters in football; laws of the game, attitudes and ethics.

Final training breakdown: laws of the game; review of students' portfolios; practical support session - mock assessment; external practical coaching assessment (two sessions).

Recorded coaching in log books: record of planning, preparing, conducting and evaluating 10 sessions; evidence of coaching techniques and principles; evidence of coaching adults and children.

Football Association Emergency Aid

A short course (which is also included in the Level 1 Certificate in coaching football and Level 2 certificate in coaching football courses) to train club representatives in resuscitation and life-saving skills

This qualification has to be renewed every three years and for this reason the London Football Association will be organising a series of stand-alone FA Emergency Aid courses.

Child Protection and Best Practice

This three-hour workshop covers areas such as identifying what constitutes abuse; recognising the signs and symptoms of abuse; identifying how to respond to disclosures; taking appropriate action if abuse is suspected; recognising best practice in protecting children from abuse.

SAQ Preliminary Award in Training Fundamental Movement

Recommended by senior physical educators, academics and national governing bodies of sport throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

The one-day course is supported by comprehensive pre-reading material and video resources. Delivered by accredited SAQ Training Directors and SAQ Tutors.

1 Dynamic Flex Warm up - Warming up on the move using sports and activity specific movements ie forwards, backwards, laterally
2 Mechanics Improving the quality of movement leading to greater efficiency and less injuries
3 Innervation Increasing the speed and quickness of movement
4 Accumulation of Potential - Combining quickness and quality of movement
5 Explosion Improving the quickness and control of response
6 Expression of Potential - Practical application of all movement skills
7 Dynamic Flex Warm Down - Returning the body to a state of rest and preparing for future physical activity

FA Goalkeeping Level One Coaching Certificate

This course is intended for those coaches and team managers who wish to coach goalkeepers at junior and youth level.

Course breakdown:

Objective:

• To coach basic individual techniques
• To understand how to develop and improve the goalkeepers' techniques
• To plan and prepare progressive technical and functional practices

Practical:

• Handling
• Shot stopping
• Dealing with one v one situations
• Dealing with crosses
• Distribution
• Throwing
• Kicking
• Dealing with pass-backs

Theory:

• Planning and preparing goalkeeping session
• The coaching formula
• How goalkeepers learn using various coaching styles

AOTTS - Adults Other Than Teachers Course

A course designed to support the development of organisations and individuals who deliver football in schools both in curriculum time, lunch and out-of-hours learning.

The six-hour course aimed at providing AOTTs with a practical guide and resource to support their delivery of football as part of a physical education program that supports the guideline set out by the national curriculum.

Objective

The course will assist organisations and individuals to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills of delivering, safe, fun, progressive and educationally sound football sessions that fit into the frame work set out by the national curriculum.

The course will include classroom-based planning and practical coaching sessions.