Mentoring
Staffordshire FA’s objective is to increase the Female Football workforce in the County of Staffordshire, and to offer coaches the opportunity to get involved with our coaching programmes to give them some experience and ideas before taking their level 1 coaching course.
What is Mentoring?
A relationship built through a series of one to one meeting to develop coaches:
• Technical and professional skills
• Develop further knowledge and understanding
• Improved competence in coaching
• Helpful attitudes and habits (e.g. confidence, organisation)
• Made aware of potential and coaching pathways
• Clarify about personal values and goals
Staffordshire FA’s Girls & Women’s coach Rachael Blunt will be the mentor for the coaches on the programme she will support the coaches through the process as a role model and to provide support and guidance where needed.
Involvement:
• Female only Coaching days
• Female only Goalkeeper Coaching
• Club Coaching
• Brownie & Guides Coaching events
• Schools County Championships
• Centre of Excellence trials
• Work Experience
• Referee’s Courses
These sessions provide regular coaching opportunities for the coaches to gain coaching experience both before and after taking their FA Coaching Certificate, and this will allow us to show the coaches the right way to coach and provide support and guidance along the way. Eventually these coaches will help support our Girls and Women’s programme in the County.
For further information please contact Rachael Blunt or Kevin Staples on 01785 256994.