Chris Febvre • May 20, 2021
Junior Coaching Curriculum Roadshow
Junior Coaching Curriculum Roadshow
AFL Victoria in partnership with AFL North East Border is launching the Junior Coaching Curriculum in the North East.
The roadshow will be occurring on Monday 7th June at the Wangaratta Sports Development Centre (Wangaratta Showgrounds), Golf Links Lane, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, and will be a combination of theory and practical elements. The event will take place in the Murray Bushrangers clubrooms and on the Norm Minns Oval (pending weather conditions). AFL Victoria’s Coaching Development & Education Lead, Ricky Coburn, will be in attendance to run the session along with local expert coaches.
Coaches will need to be registered and accredited through Coach.AFL in order to register for this event. All attendees will also receive 2 points toward their coaching reaccreditation requirement of 10 points for the year.
All coaches who wish to attend can register via this link.
https://afl.androgogic.com.au/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=4009
Currently accredited coaches will then need to use their current Coach.AFL username and password to access the workshops. Unaccredited coaches will need to click the register button once they get to the link.
Roadshow Details
The AFL Vic Junior Coaching Curriculum Roadshow is a series of training workshops focused on The AFL Junior Coaching Curriculum (JCC). The prescribed training sessions make it simple and easy for parent and volunteer junior coaches to deliver. The program has been developed with the support of industry experts across coaching and education and has been incorporated into the Rookie Me – RM Coach platform, an activities and training sessions library, available to all coaches through their CoachAFL Membership.
The Junior Coaching Curriculum has been developed to increase player transition and retention from NAB AFL Auskick to Junior football. The key objectives are to:
• Improve the quality of coaching at Junior levels and thus subsequent experiences of the kids that play junior footy,
• Build on the NAB AFL Auskick philosophy of high energy and high touch sessions using small sided games,
• Provide national consistency in the standard and delivery of training content for Junior footy and
• Ensure every training session is Safe, Organised, Engaging and Fun.
Coaches will be supported through resources including:
• A JCC Guidebook outlining the philosophies behind the curriculum
• A video series to further educate and support coaches around the JCC and Principles of Play
Queries may be directed to Zac Hedin at zac.hedin@afl.com.au
Junior Coaching Curriculum Flyer
Junior Coaching Curriculum Information Sheet
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