UEFA Grassroots Leaders Award
About
The FAW/UEFA Grassroots Leaders Award is delivered utilising a blend of online and in-person education contacts.
The award is designed to introduce and educate coaches around the technical, physical, psychological, and social requirements of modern football. It aims to further develop a coaches’ ability to plan, prepare, deliver, and reflect on coaching sessions to best support their players.
Coaches will be required to complete 1x online webinar and 1x in-person practical day along with a series of self-directed online modules; however, there is no formal assessment.
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During the course, coaches will be educated about the key requirements of supporting an individual within modern football, developing players across four pillars (Technical, Physical, Psychological and Social) and their ability to plan, prepare and reflect on sessions. There is no formal assessment.
Practical Contacts
The opening contact of the award will take place via an online webinar (utilising zoom.us) and will conclude with an in-person contact at your identified venue; before, during and after each of your coach education contacts you will be provided access to our FAW Coach Education learning platform enabling the completion of 5x mandatory online learning modules which will compliment your in-person coach education days.
Outcomes
The FAW/UEFA Grassroots Leaders Award is the level 2 qualification in Wales.
It aims to support the growth of coaches working across grassroots and academy football and extend the knowledge of senior coaches working in Wales.
Completion allows coaches to further understand the requirements and responsibilities of the modern coach, introducing various coaching tools to support them and their players.
Completion of the FAW/UEFA Grassroots Leaders Award is the required prerequisite to access the FAW/UEFA C Licence.
Essential Prerequisites
- FAW Introduction to Coaching Football or FAW Football Leaders Award
- FAW First Aid Award or FAW Football Emergency Aid
- FAW Safeguarding Award or FAW Safeguarding Awareness Award
Course Fee
Non-Discounted: £300.00
Discounted: £175 – please select from drop down.
Please only select the discounted rate if eligible via two of the below;
- Coach in Wales
- Born in Wales
Please Note:
For those coaching in Wales, individuals are not permitted to be left in sole charge of a football session until reaching eighteen (18) years of age. There must be an adult (18+) who has an enhanced DBS check for regulated activity through the FAW, in attendance at all times if children under the age of 18 are coaching. Upon reaching the age of sixteen (16) coaches must apply for a DBS check through the FAW.
To access this course candidates must be at least 16 years of age.
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FAW C Certificate
Delivered utilising a variety of in-person education contacts and online workshops.
“I coach at Machynlleth Hurricanes and the C Certificate helped me to learn different ways that young players develop over different stages of their lives. The course gave me a real insight into how to plan sessions to get the most out of my players. I now have lots of drills to help develop them and we can do sessions using the Welsh Way principles, such as breaking lines and switching play.”
Sion Gates, FAW C Certificate Graduate
