Coaching Resources

If you're a coach in need of some help, the first place to head is the FAW's home of coaching, fawcourses.com.

On there you'll find a range of courses you could take, some frequently asked questions and a contact form for our coach education team and once you've signed up for a course, you can access lots more coaching resources.

It's also worth following FAW Coach Education on Twitter, where you'll find news about our courses, conferences and candidates.

Here are some other great tools that will definitely improve your club...

Pitchero

If you need help running your club, head to wwwpitchero.com or @pitchero on Twitter.
Pitchero are our official coaching partners and create tailor made websites for junior clubs, which can help organise fixtures, player availability and subs.

Global Coach

The next place you might find help is Global Coach, our sports software partners.
GlobalCoach.com has a range of tools to help with tactical animations and player information.
Follow them at @GloballCoach for some excellent masterclasses in how to use it.

Sport Session Planner

Sport Session Planner is a sophisticated system that allows coaches from Football Leaders Award level to UEFA A Licence to quickly evaluate their team after a session or match.
It is only available to clubs but all candidates on our coaching courses get free membership, for up to two years, depending which level you study. For more details, head to www.sportsessionplanner.com or @ssplanner on Twitter.

UEFA Training Ground

If you want help with drills, formations, positions or tactics, UEFA have an impressive archive of self-help videos at www.uefa.com which feature some of the biggest names and clubs in the game and how they teach coaches.

Funding

Studying for coaching courses isn't cheap but there is funding available via Sport Wales' Community Chest.
Any organisation can apply for up to £1,500-a-year to help increase participation or raise standards.

Take a look http://sport.wales/funding--support/our-grants/community-chest.aspx

Study

Our exclusive higher education partnership with the University of South Wales ensures that all students are fully prepared to work within the football industry.

The degree courses have our coach education qualifications embedded and there are numerous employability opportunities.

For more information regarding the football degree courses please visit:
Foundation Degree in Football Coaching and Performance
BSC Hons Football Coaching and Performance
Foundation Degree Community Football Coaching and Development