By Decentric - 27 May 2015 8:06 AM
I want to know which licenses/courses you have gained from.
What was the value of respective licences/courses you did?
What did you gain the most from, which course?
You say the lower level was more helpful for you?
I have a strong interest in the psychology of my players, the cohesion and building of a club culture and the use of tactics in line with a philosophy.
A former high level player has PMed me these questions.
I thought they were so good, I was hoping he would start a thread on it here. Many posters like to stay very anonymous. So I decided to cut and paste these questions to this section of the forum.
We have heaps of posters here who have done various coaching courses. It would be interesting to hear what they gained, if anything, from specific courses in the year they did them.
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By Decentric - 27 May 2015 3:36 PM
Biscuitman wrote:
Fantastic course presented by Dean May and Tony Franken, so we had the benefit of the two best credentialed goalkeeping coaches in the country.
This new community goalkeeping coaching award course replaces the old certificate/licence/diploma courses and is about 16-18 hours. Two tutors (Neil Young and Dave Whalley) attended and will deliver the course locally in the future.
Was probably about 20% classroom and the rest practical. My main take away points were (similar to outfield coaching) - is it fun, safe and does it look like football? In other words, incorporate goalkeeper training as much as possible into general training but also develop practices that can be undertaken by 3-4 keepers which still have a competitive element to them (rather than isolated drills).
Covered coaching keepers from discovery stage through to seniors. Included some video analysis which showed how Mat Ryan really chases the game and engages with the back four (I couldn't help thinking that it would not have been possible to include this element of the course to the same extent if Mark Schwarzer was still the Socceroos keeper). Time spent on defending the space between the defence and the penalty area as well as just defending the goal.
Although we had some junior keepers come in for a couple of hours on the first day, most of the practical involved the participants so there were some sore bodies by the end (I went to bed at 8pm after the first day!)
I have come away from the course very enthused and will be videoing our State league 18s, reserves and first team this week, specifically focusing on the engagement between the back four and the keeper.
The next step is the advanced level 1 goalkeeping course which is 5 full days. Prerequisite for that is the three generic modules of the C licence which I do not have yet, so will be looking to complete those hopefully in August.
I would highly recommend to anyone thinking of getting this qualification that they attend this course the next time it is held in the eastern states as you will get Dean May and Tony Franken rather than a tutor.
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