FA Coaching Deaf Footballers
COURSE DETAILS
The purpose of this course is to provide you with ideas and guidance on how to adapt, where necessary, to include deaf players in your sessions and match situations in your school or club.
- What is sound?
- The ear
- Types of deafness
- The impact of deafness on children and their language skills
- Hearing aids and cochlear implants
- Different types of hearing aids
- Options and approaches
- Communication with deaf footballers
- Communicating by telephone
- British Sign Language (BSL)
- Health and safety considerations
- Planning and organising
- Rule adaptations
- Player pathway
Course Pre-requisites
Prior to certification, candidates are required to obtain The FA Level 1 in Coaching Football
Outcomes
By the end of the course you should be able to:
- Apply and extend your coaching skills to meet the needs of deaf players
- Feel confident when coaching deaf footballers
- Have improved their awareness of deafness and a better understanding of the needs of deaf footballers
- Use basic communication skills for coaching deaf footballers
- Use basic BSL signs appropriate to coaching and football sessions
- Plan a range of coaching sessions that include deaf footballers
Available Dates
Unfortunately there are no available dates.
Important Information
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Each coaching course has its own specific pre-requisites (some are open entry) and these can be found on each course specific page of our website. It is the learner’s responsibility to ensure they meet the pre-requisites before booking onto the chosen course.
No, learners are required to attend all dates and times associated to the course they have booked onto. Failure to attend all dates and times will result in non-qualification and individuals will need to book and pay to attend the course again in full to become certificated.
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Richard Todd
Football Education Officer
Email: Support@GloucestershireFA.com
Phone: 01454 6115888 (Option 1)