Pre-Season Coaching Courses Available Now

We are pleased to confirm a number of official Football Australia coaching courses during the pre-season period, which will help coaches to run fun, safe and engaging training sessions. We are committed to making Coach Development as flexible and accessible as possible throughout the season, and so more courses will also be added as they are confirmed.

Please note that you need to register as a coach with your club on ‘playfootball‘ before you can register for coaching courses using your FFA number. This process may take up to 24 hours.

MINIROOS COACHING COURSES

This course is designed for coaches of U6s up to U10s, but also for any beginner coaches of any age group or those looking for a refresher.

You will learn how to keep your players engaged while picking up new skills through playing 30+ drills, along with many coaching tips in a fully practical environment.

The course goes for 2-3 hours and is completely free. There are also 2 online modules to complete as part of this course which should take about 30 minutes in total.

FOUNDATION OF FOOTBALL COACHING COURSES

This course is designed for coaches working with beginner players to competent level players of varying age groups (U8s up to seniors).

You will learn the basics of techniques as well as learning about basic playing principles of the game, along with many coaching tips in a fully practical environment. Coaches will participate in group discussions and tasks with the goal of exchanging ideas and experiences.

The course goes for 9 hours across 3 nights, and the course fee is $100 which must be paid up front. We are pleased to confirm that if you are an MWFA registered coach in the 2024 season, we will fully reimburse you the course fee upon completion of all sessions and online tasks.

There are also 2 online modules to complete as part of this course which should take about 30 minutes in total. This course is also a pre-requisite for the C Diploma.