With the 2016 winter season fast approaching I am delighted to announce the rolling out of the Junior Coach Education workshop for the year. The first course to be delivered is the newly introduced ‘Introduction to Goalkeeping’ which is a 2 hour workshop focusing on the ‘Goalkeeping Basics’ for junior players, a workshop which will be delivered by former All White GK James Bannatyne. This course focuses on how to deliver age-appropriate GK coaching sessions via practical demonstration around the five key Goalkeeping fundamentals (Footwork, Set Position, Handling, Diving, & Distribution).
This course is not solely targeted at goalkeeping specific coaches as it is very rare at the junior level for clubs/school to have a dedicated Goalkeeping coach. Therefore I believe it is important that all our coaches working with junior teams have a good understand of the Goalkeeping basics so they are able to assist in the development future Goalkeepers, a highly specialised position which until now has received very little attention.
Course details are as follows:
Date: Friday 4th March
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue: Brain Perry Sports House, Sport Waikato
Cost: Free
Registration Link: https://reg.sportingpulse.com/regoform.cgi?formID=56477
Regards,
Alec Wilson
Waikato Region Football Development Officer (Coach Educaton & Talent) – SportsForce
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