Education Programme
The Football Association of Ireland's Coach Education Department published an Education Brochure for 2008 which includes comprehensive information in relation to the following:
1. Coach Education Courses
Kick Start 1,
Kick Start 2,
Grassroots Senior Introductory,
Youth Certificate,
UEFA "B" Licence,
UEFA "A" Licence,
Goalkeeping Introductory
and Goalkeeping "B" Licence.
2. Volunteer Recruitment Courses
3. Referee Recruitment Courses
4. Contact Information
5. Conditions of Enrolment.
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For further information in relation to Coach Education please contact:
Greig Paterson
National Co-ordinator Coach Education
Football Association of Ireland
National Sports Campus Ireland
Abbotstown
Dublin 15
Tel: 01 899 9563
Mobile: 086 047 1903
PLEASE NOTE:
The modern soccer coach is not merely a disciplinarian who just imposes his / her own will. An overly-authoritative mentality can actually impede the control which a coach has over a team.
At the youth level, for example, coaching is primarily about teaching rather than placing demands. Inspiring youngsters to read and interpret the game requires persuasion.
Also, it is practically impossible to 'programme' your players to react in every possible situation.
Volunteering
The organisation, administration and implementation of sporting activities in Ireland are traditionally based on voluntary engagement.
This must be recognised in the levels and pattern of investment in sport, with three people volunteering in sport for every four who play regularly and many more taking part in social activities connected with sport.
These are the key findings of a study of the social and economic value of sport published (October 5, 2005) by the Economic and Social Research Institute, in association with the Irish Sports Council. A copy of the Report can be viewed on the "Galleries & Downloads" section of the website.
Voluntary work in sport, mainly carried out through clubs, is of significant value in social, economic and democratic terms.
Individuals share knowledge, experience and time with others in order to serve one another and the general interest. Voluntary organisations are not-for-profit, self-governing, and participation is non-compulsory.
Despite a general recognition at national level of the importance of voluntary work and non-profit sports organisations, volunteering currently faces certain challenges.
Due to societal and legal changes, it has become more difficult to recruit volunteers, particularly young ones, and there has been a drop in preparedness to voluntarily engage in an organisation. Together with the further commercialisation and professionalisation of sport, this development has an impact on Irish sport structures, especially at the grassroots level.
Questions have arisen as to how the qualification, training and recognition of volunteers in sport could be improved and how non-profit sports organisations could be supported to cope with new economic and legal conditions.
An EU Working Group ‘Non-Profit Sport Organisations’ was created by EU Sport Ministers in 2006 with the aim of analysing such aspects and identifying possible solutions.
Several EU policy areas relate to volunteering in sport.
For example, in the framework of its Youth in Action Programme, the EU offers young people possibilities to engage in the European Voluntary Service (EVS).
The Europe for Citizens Programme contains specific actions targeted at Europe-wide civil society organisations, including sports organisations, which can receive either structural support on the basis of their work programme or support for transnational projects.
