As a coach, you hold the key to unlocking a world of opportunity for the children you work with. You have the chance to change their lives by encouraging an active lifestyle that they can carry through and enjoy into old age.

The junior rugby coaching course aims to teach you how to incorporate the Long-term Participant Development model (LTPD) to teach your children rugby skills and at the same time to build their confidence to become an active and safe rugby player. You will also develop the ability to tailor your rugby sports programme according to your children’s developmental ages (cognitive, emotional, physical and mental). This will enable you to help your children learn rugby skills at a pace that meets their needs, rather than forcing them to do skills and activities they are not yet ready to perform. This will make your role as coach easier as your children will really look forward to your practices knowing that they have the skills and ability to play rugby well.

This junior coaching course focuses on:

1. General junior coaching guidelines

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

·        Understand the importance of getting children active through sport

·        Understand your role as the rugby coach

·        Know how to structure your practices

·        Understand the general skills and attributes required to be successful in sports

2. Junior rugby coaching

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Understand the purpose of rugby coaching
• Be able to introduce children to the exciting game of rugby
• Understand the aim of rugby
• Be aware of the safety precautions in rugby
• Know what the frequency and duration of a practice session should be
• Know how to put a practice session together
• Know the warm-up activities
• Define the attributes of a good player
• Understand how to develop rugby skills

Target audience

This course is ideal for the beginner coach or an individual tasked with coaching a junior rugby team.

As a coach, you hold the key to unlocking a world of opportunity for the children you work with. You have the chance to change their lives by encouraging an active lifestyle that they can carry through and enjoy into old age.

The junior football coaching course aims to teach you how to incorporate the Long-term Participant Development model (LTPD) to teach your children football skills and at the same time to build their confidence to become an active football player. You will also develop the ability to tailor your sports programme according to your children’s developmental ages (cognitive, emotional, physical and mental). This will enable you to help your children learn football skills at a pace that meets their needs, rather than forcing them to do skills and activities they are not yet ready to perform. This will make your role as coach easier as your children will really look forward to your practices knowing that they have the skills and ability to play football well.

This junior coaching course focuses on:

1. General junior coaching guidelines

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

·        Understand the importance of getting children active through sport

·        Understand your role as the football coach

·        Know how to structure your practices

·        Understand the general skills and attributes required to be successful in sports

2. Junior football coaching

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Understand the purpose of football coaching
• Be able to introduce children to the beautiful game of football
• Be aware of the safety precaution in football
• Know what the frequency and duration of a practice session should be
• How to put together a practice session
• Know the warm-up drills and activities
• Define the attributes of a good player
• Understand how to develop football skills

Target audience

This course is ideal for the beginner coach or an individual tasked with coaching a junior football team.