AFL Northern Territory invites youth and senior coaches to register for the upcoming Level 2 Coaching Course in Darwin and Alice Springs.
Course fees:
- Participant cost is $250
Note: Coaches who register for the Level 2 Coaching Course must attend the face to face component in December 2019
- You need then to complete the registration form and send it back to wally.gallio@afl.com.au
- You will then receive a login from the AFL to complete the pre-course requirements.
- You will need to have this done to attend the course
Note: registration closes Monday 25 November and the face to face element of the course will be held Sunday 8 December (Alice Springs) Sunday 15 December (Darwin).
Target coaches
- Youth coaches who are involved in coaching Under 13 - Under 18 age groups
- Senior coaches who are involved in coaching Under 18 and over age groups
Pre-course requirements
- Prepare and bring a written coaching philosophy to the face to face course using the template provided on acceptance to the course.
- View the “Designing Small Sided Games” videos on CoachAFL in preparation for the practical game sense and constraints-based approach session at the face to face course.
Note: the online Positive Sports Coaching module is currently being updated and therefore not a course pre-requirement at this time.
What participants receive
- AFL Level 2 Youth Coach Accreditation Course Overview
- Access to the Level 2 Youth Coach Accreditation portal on CoachAFL to access resources and assessment tools
- ‘Coaching Better Every Season’ book by Wade Gilbert
- Groundwork: The Winning Edge - Glenn Wilkins and Craig O’Brien
The face to face course component is on Sunday 8 December (Alice Springs) and Sunday15 December (Darwin).
Here is the course overview and time allocation for the 1-day face to face component:
| Time | Module | Content | Duration | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.15am | Course registration | 15 mins | ||
| 8.30am | Introduction | • Course overview & assessment tasks | 15 mins | |
| 8.45am | Module 1 - Set the vision & strategy | • Understanding your coaching context | 1 hour | Workshop – facilitated learning |
| • Coaching philosophy | ||||
| Module 2 – Shape the environment | • Planning & programming – season plan | |||
| 9.45am | Module 3 – Build relationships | • Developing team culture | 1 hour | Workshop – facilitated learning |
| • Healthy connections – parents, club, officials | ||||
| 10.45am | MORNING BREAK | |||
| 11.00am | Module 5 - Read and react to the field | • Game day coaching – | 1 hour | Workshop - facilitated learning |
| • Game plan – strategy, tactics | ||||
| • Team address & feedback | ||||
| • Game analysis – Art & science of using numbers verses intuition | ||||
| 12.00pm | Module 4 - Conduct practices and structure competitions | 1. Good coaching practise – delivering effective training sessions | 45 minutes | Theory - presentation |
| 2. Skill development - game sense and constraints-based approaches | ||||
| 3. Representative practise design – ensuring your training session replicates what happens in the game | ||||
| 12.45pm | LUNCH (working in small groups to design a games sense activity) | |||
| 1.30pm | Module 4 - Conduct practices and structure competitions | • Teaching and learning techniques – How to set the environment & facilitate the learning using constraints based coaching to: | 4 hours | Practical – Coach centred learning, i.e. participants coaching in small groups |
| 1. Develop an understanding of game phases – contest, attack & defence | ||||
| 2. Develop fundamental skills | ||||
| 5.30pm | Module 6 - Learn and reflect | • Reflective practise | 30 | Workshop - facilitated learning |
| • Engaging a Mentor Coach to reflect on coaching practise (training and match day) | minutes | |||
| • Growth mindset – continuous learning | ||||
| 6.00pm | FINISH |
