2. Introduction
• Kevin McLaughlin
• IT Carlow past 4 years
• Greencastle, Co. Donegal
• Burrin Manor
• New Oak first team Coach & Coach Development Mentor
• Carlow Womens Inter League Manager
• IT Carlow Intervarsity squad Coach
• Parkville Manager 2013/14
3. Introduction
• Academic & Professional Qualifications
• BA(hons) Sports Management & Coaching 2014/15
• BA Sport & Exercise (Soccer) 2011-14
• UEFA B Licence Holder May 2014
• FAI Youth Cert May 2013
• Kick-start 1 & 2 2011-2012
• Zero Qualifications 4 years ago!!!
• Youth Cert in 2 years
• I want you to relate to that - Remember that
4. Introduction
• New experience for me
• Thank New Oak opportunity to share my learning with you
• Further my Coaching experience also
• Any Questions I cannot answer - bare with me, I’ll get them for next session
• Fumbling through the classroom session just bare with me also
5. Coach Workshop Introduction
Workshop Tools to Learning (90 mins approx)
• Classroom Session (30-45 mins)
• Pen and Paper
• Session Planning – Idea Sharing
• Coaching Practices – Coach Process/Implementation
• Tactics Board Practice and Use
• Pitch Based Session (30-45 mins)
• Pen & Paper with Boots, Bibs & Cones
• Practical and Practice Based Learning
• Youth Cert Level as our marker
6. Classroom Introduction
• Meeting of the Minds
• Amalgamation and Sharing of Ideas
• Questions and Answers
• Thoughts & Suggestions
• Proposals & Plans
• General Brain storming Session
• No Idea is stupid
• Freedom to share opinions – no judgement cast
• Learning Tools
• Sharing of Knowledge
• KS&YC based Learning
• Tasks
• Session Planning, Coaching Scenarios, Team Building.
• Tactics Board
• Homework?
7. Classroom Introduction
• NOT A LECTURE!
• All the knowledge needed to be a good coach at this level is in this room already!
• Why do you need me then?
• Facilitator/Mediator/Mentor/Guidence –
• Experience, Knowledge, Know how its done, Done it before
8. Pitch Based Session Introduction
• Practical Learning and Practice
• Astro Pitch – All Weather – No Excuses
• Coaching each other (as if its our own players)
• What we have worked on in class and implementing it on the training pitch
• Basically Means We Will Be....
• Making loads and loads of mistakes in front of all the other coaches!
• Mistakes are good! - ONLY way to learn!
• I’m going to go out in front of you all today and make plenty of them!
• I need to exercise myself as a Coach again aswell!! – been too long!
• DO NOT be afraid to practice in front of your peers and make mistakes!! – we are all here to help
each other!
• Practice, Practice, Practice! – Practice Patience - then Practice, Practice, Practice some more!
• It Will not happen straight away!!! – for you – or your team!! – (future classroom)
9. Establish & Maintain Identity
• New Oak Identity
• Personally I feel an identity is already well established - Maintain and embed it further
within the club
• ALL squads within ONE club is aiming for the SAME goal
• Teams coming through the age groups both boys and girls work to the same philosophy
• Stands to reason we do something like this together as a club to establish that philosophy
• Too many clubs that have clubs within clubs – left hand is doing one thing and the right
another.
• I hope to be able to come in and help communicate and establish a single minded footballing
mentality – easy transition through age groups
10. One Club, One Goal
• Embarrassed to introduce myself as I did earlier on
• At the same time I don’t want you to think who this boy like?.....
• We are all coaches in this room!!
• I am the same as you!! – different ideas – different philosophies
• Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Me, You - always still learning and adapting to each other
• Biggest Frustration as a Coach? (regarding the actual coaching practice)
• To be able to broadcast ideas and to communicate them to my players
• With this workshop we hope to change that
• KS&YC (UEFA B) set you free
• Give a coach the platform and skill set to implement and communicate ideas and philosophies.
11. One Club, One Goal
KS&YC are powerful tools!
• Attempt to Cement Our Identity
• KS & YC progressions and philosophies to implement our goal and identity here.
• Through this you can then adapt it to your own needs and philosophies.
• Irish Soccer has suffered for too long now
• Personally I think it should be a requirement for clubs to do this
• Many already do especially in Dublin
• New Oak can set a bench mark in Carlow
14. Qualification
• Are there any Parents are here today?
• Parent vs Coaches
• Winning vs Performance
• How many are Coaches?
• How many are Players still?
• Who here holds a Coaching qualification?
• Which type?
• Who Honestly thinks its just a piece of paper?
• Do you have one?
• Who Honestly thinks that a qualification will improve them?
• Who would be interested in getting one or furthering their previous one?
15. Coaching Demonstration
• Youth Cert Session 5v5 Final Assessment Examples
• Pressure and Cover (Defending Session)
• Transition to Attack
• Establishing Good Possession (Attacking Session)
• Transition to Defend
• Tactics Board Introduction
• Session Plans Introduction (word document)
