Coaches and Managers

What's my commitment?

If you help your team by becoming a Coach your usual time commitment is just 2 hours a week - one hour of training and one hour on match days. This is no more time than any other parent who comes to watch. Your team Manager should take care of the admin side of the team for you. Often, two Under 5 - 7 teams train together.

If you help your team by becoming a Manager you have a bit of organising and admin to do. This should take no more than 1 hour per week.

What training kit do I get?

We give you lots of equipment to run fun training sessions. We ask you to look after this gear and return it at the end of the season. Your kit includes:

Under 5 to Under 9 Teams 

Under 10 to Under 17 Teams  

Balls, ball bag and pump

Balls, ball bag and pump

Mini pop-up goals  

Agility poles, speed ladders and hurdles

Training cones and bibs

Training cones and bibs

Whistle

Whistle

First aid kit

First aid kit

Team shirts

Team shirts

A bag to keep all this in

A bag to keep all this in

 

What do I need to do?

Coaches:

  • Complete a Working With Children declaration form (new Coaches only)
  • Provide a passport sized photograph to include in your official's ID card
  • Email your preferred training day and time to the Club Secretary so a training field can be allocated
  • Run training sessions
  • Guide the team on match day

Managers:

  • Complete a Working With Children declaration form  (new Managers only)
  • Provide a passport sized photograph to include in your official's ID card
  • For under-11s and over, organise a passport-sized photograph of each child in your team. These are for Team ID sheets
  • On match day, collect your match card from the duty room and fill it in - both team's coaches sign the card and you return it tothe duty room after the game
  • Send a match report to our Publicity Officer, by Tuesday lunchtime. For Under 5 - Under 10s don't include scores - just give a general overview of the game, who scored, player of the match, etc
  • Submit any team photos to our Publicity Officer for the Liberal or our website, but please make sure the parent gives their permission for the child's photo to be used

Courses / Information sessions

  • Grassroots Certificate. TBA. Aimed at Coaches of 5 - 7 year olds
  • Senior Certificate, TBA. Aimed at Coaches of 16 year olds - adults
  • Youth Certificate. TBA. Aimed at Coaches of 12 - 15 year olds
  • Junior Licence. TBA. Aimed at Coaches of 8 - 11 year olds