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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Football Coaching Principles and Practices

  • Unit Code

    SPS2109

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit examines the major principles and practices of coaching football, with particular emphasis on youth football players. The primary focus is on the design and implementation of training programs for the development of skills and game strategies relating to youth players.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from SPS1109

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the key biomechanical and skill acquisition principles that are involved in the game.
  2. Analyse the skills associated with sound techniques in football performance.
  3. Apply basic principles for attack and defence.
  4. Apply game strategies and tactics appropriate to the youth level.
  5. Construct football coaching sessions within a positive learning and team environment.
  6. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the rules of the game.
  7. Evaluate the effectiveness of their own team coaching behaviours with that of their peers.
  8. Plan, organise and communicate practices that are appropriate to the needs of youth players.
  9. Use coaching methods which make training comprehensive for all participants through negotiation and functional experience.

Unit Content

  1. Analyse biomedical techniques for the purpose of effective teaching and coaching.
  2. Coaching skills and techniques.
  3. Coaching tactics and teamwork.
  4. Developing a coaching philosophy.
  5. Fitness and conditioning for youth football players.
  6. Football coaching strategies for individual players and groups.
  7. Game sense approach to planning training sessions.
  8. Knowledge of the playing rules and strategies for football.
  9. Preparing to coach football.
  10. Structured small sided games to develop players' awareness.
  11. Transitional play and set play.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and performance laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformancePractical exercise60%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Text References

  • ^ Hargreaves, A. (1990). Skills and strategies for coaching soccer. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2007). Coaching Grassroots Football. Sydney: FFA.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2010). Junior Football Licence. Participant Manual. Sydney: FFA.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2010). Youth Football Licence I. Participant Manual. Sydney: FFA.
  • Global Sports Multimedia. (2003). Soccer Coaching for Ages 6-8. A Full Season's program. 2 Disc DVD Edition. Global Sports Multimedia.
  • Global Sports Multimedia. (2005). Soccer Coaching for Ages 6-8. A Full Season's program. 2 Disc DVD Edition. Global Sports Multimedia.
  • Global Sports Multimedia. (2006). Training Organiser. Football Coaching for Ages 6-8. Global Sports Multimedia.
  • Global Sports Multimedia. (2005). Soccer Coaching for Ages 9-10. A Full Season's program. 2 Disc DVD Edition. Global Sports Multimedia.
  • Global Sports Multimedia. (2006). Training Organiser. Football Coaching for Ages 9-10. Global Sports Multimedia.
  • Wein, H. (2007). Developing youth football players. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2010). Youth Football Licence II. Participant Manual. Sydney: FFA.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Football Coaching Principles and Practices

  • Unit Code

    SPS2109

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit examines the major principles and practices of coaching football, with particular emphasis on youth football players. The primary focus is on the design and implementation of training programs for the development of skills and game strategies relating to youth players.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Plan, organise and communicate practices that are appropriate to the needs of youth players.
  2. Analyse the key biomechanical and skill acquisition principles that are involved in the game.
  3. Use coaching methods which make training comprehensive for all participants through negotiation and functional experience.
  4. Apply game strategies and tactics appropriate to the youth level.
  5. Analyse the skills associated with sound techniques in football performance.
  6. Apply basic principles for attack and defence.
  7. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the rules of the game.
  8. Construct football coaching sessions within a positive learning and team environment.
  9. Evaluate the effectiveness of their own team coaching behaviours with that of their peers.

Unit Content

  1. Preparing to coach football.
  2. Structured small sided games to develop players' awareness.
  3. Transitional play and set play.
  4. Developing a coaching philosophy.
  5. Football coaching strategies for individual players and groups.
  6. Coaching skills and techniques.
  7. Coaching tactics and teamwork.
  8. Knowledge of the playing rules and strategies for football.
  9. Analyse biomedical techniques for the purpose of effective teaching and coaching.
  10. Fitness and conditioning for youth football players.
  11. Game sense approach to planning training sessions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, seminars and and performance laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformancePractical exercise60%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Text References

  • ^ Hargreaves, A. (1990). Skills and strategies for coaching soccer. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Wein, H. (2007). Developing youth football players. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2010). Youth Football Licence I. Participant Manual. Sydney, Australia: FFA.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2010). Youth Football Licence II. Participant Manual. Sydney, Australia: FFA.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2007). Coaching Grassroots Football. Sydney, Australia: FFA.
  • Football Federation Australia. (2010). Junior Football Licence. Participant Manual. Sydney, Australia: FFA.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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