Coach Education

Since Waveney Youth F. C embarked on the long road to become one of the top Junior Clubs in the country by becoming an F. A. Charter Standard Community Club, Waveney Youth F. C. has made it a Club priority to give our Managers /Coaches and Players alike the best opportunities to develop their skills and techniques to go on to achieve whatever they want to aspire to.

This section of the Club website will keep you up to date with information on coaching courses together with coaching and player development opportunities.

The first step to becoming a qualified coach is to enrol on a F. A. Coaching Course, these take place locally and quite often are held at The Denes High School, Lowestoft.

Enrolling on a course is very simple and the application forms together with a course introduction are available by clicking on the links below.
The F. A. Level 1 club coach is generally the first step that you will take. It is designed as an introduction for all coaches with little experience or knowledge about coaching and is the perfect step on to the coaching ladder.
The course is open entry and you do not need any experience to take part, just enthusiasm and an interest in coaching together with the motivation to improve their skills and understanding.

The next F. A. Level 1 Coaching course will be held at the Denes High School Lowestoft.
The cost will be £110 (This will be subsidised for potential managers / coaches for Waveney Youth F. C. )

Typical Course Details
Saturday 9am - 6pm	Initial Training
Sunday 9am - 6pm	Initial Training
Tuesday 6.30pm - 9.30pm	Child Protection Workshop
Thursday 6.30pm - 9.30pm	Emergency Aid course
Saturday 9am - 6pm	Assessment

F. A. Level 2 Coach

If you are a coach with a few seasons coaching experience, you may wish to start at Level 2, as this is still an open entry course, although we do recommend that those taking part without the level 1 qualification do have relevant coaching experience.

By getting on the coaching ladder, individuals have the opportunity to progress up through the various coaching qualifications while constantly enhancing their skills and knowledge.

Experience is essential for a coach as so much can be learned from the coaching field whether it be working with other coaches and learning from them or coaching different groups of players with mixed abilities.
A successful coach should always be open to new ideas and want to continually improve their individual skills and knowledge of the game. FA courses offer the perfect solution to all coaches who aim to improve their skills, knowledge, experience and enjoyment of the game.

An example of a Level 2 Course Delivered by Norfolk County F. A. is shown below
All Level 2 courses comprise of six initial days of training, followed by two further training days and then an assessment weekend. Candidates must attend all training sessions in order to attend the assessment.
Thorpe St Andrew School - Norwich
Saturday and Sunday Saturday and Sunday Saturday and Sunday	Initial training days:
Saturday and Sunday	Training Continuation Days
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 7pm	Assessment Weekend

Useful Links
The F. A. - Becoming a coach
The F. A. - Online Courses
Norfolk County F. A. Level 2 Syllabus

Other Courses

There are many other ways in which you could make a difference and get involved in grassroots football, perhaps you would like to get involved in refereeing or maybe treatment of injuries is what interests you.

Whatever you would like to become involved in, there is a course for you. Below is a list courses and links to get more details:

Suffolk Sport Full details of all the below listed courses can be found by clicking on the Suffolk Sport logo
Coaching Essentials
Safeguarding and protecting Children	Emergency Aid
Equity in Coaching	First Aid in Sport
How to coach disabled people in sport	Including disabled people in PE and Sport
Club Development
Club for all	Web design for your Club
Writing successful funding bids	Marketing your Club
Performance Development
Fuelling Performance	Injury prevention and management
A guide to mentoring sports coaches	Strength and Conditioning
Sports Psychology
Suffolk County F. A. Full details of all the below listed courses can be found by clicking on the Suffolk County F. A. logo
Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Football	Level 1 Goalkeeping Coaching Award
Level 2 Goalkeeping Coaching Award	Level 1 Futsal Course
Basic Treatment of Injury Course (Level 2)	Basic Treatment of Injury Course (Level 3)
Coaching Disabled Footballers	Club Welfare Officer
Referee Courses
Full details of the referees courses can be found by clicking on the Suffolk County F. A. logo