By Decentric - 10 Jul 2011 1:41 PM
Gregory Parker wrote:
Knowing the content of the advanced courses is one thing, coaching it to required standards is another. Coaches are like players, they need practice and development. [b]Our system is poor. The reliance is on the coach to educate him/herself then front up to a course and get pulled apart. The learning system is poor. Once you have paid and get the licence you are on your own. I can't remember when the last update course was run for Advance Licence holders. Imagine if we did this players. On top of this everything the FFA puts on is so expensive.
Again, nail on head, Gregory.
What I did in KNVB was a sound theoretical basis to put into practice. Given I am a trained teacher having taught all age groups from 4 -24 in lieracy, numeracy and thinking, plus PE, karate and drum teaching, I am pretty confident handling groups of kids and improving football coaching methodologies. It is what I have done as a paid job for 27 years plus.
Many coaches are not confident to self-educate. They have no ongoing discussion or feedback from other coaches on what they do on the training track.
In terms of FFA stringent criteria for coach accreditation, at FFE we have two coaches, C and yours truly, with the same qualifications as, and lower than, FFA Senior Licence and Youth Licence holders who bring players to FFE. They are wrapped to be observing different training ground paradigms (KNVB) and explicit technique instruction, they are not acquiring through state FFA.
The difference is that coach C and I have observed each other for few years on the training track. C has 30 years experience. I have a sound theoretical basis and training ground structures. We complement each other's skill set.
Coach C will probably undertake the C Licence to improve his kowledge of the 4-3-3 system and acquire a working knowledge of NC. From his perspective it is mainly political too, since FFA seem to be so keen to 'accredit' every coach.
What concerns me is that we may have accredited coaches from Brazil, France and Italy turning up in Australia, without a big profile, and being banned from coaching because they are deemed to lack FFA accreditation. What they have is world's best practice coaching methodologies, but because they aren't conversant in NC they can be sidelined as coaches - with local players missing out on excellent instructors.
State FFA just can't answer these questions adequately when we've put it forward to them in no uncertain terms
Edited by Decentric: 11/7/2011 02:31:47 PM
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By krones3 - 13 Jul 2011 5:10 PM
[quote=ArthurMy view has been that better education for coaching is a cornerstone of improving the junior player pool, thus improving the game in this country.[/quote]
I have always believed selectors are a major link in youth coaching.
Coaches will train what they think Selectors want to see.
The coaches up here spend hours trying to anticipate what selectors will be looking for, especially in their own sons.
So better and more precisely vocal selectors are the better the coaching will become.
Ie I heard a selector say about how coaches had not produced an 8 or 11 the only problem was no one heard it but me.
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