Whether you’re an experienced coach looking for more ideas or just thinking about becoming a coach and looking for guidance and assistance, Seaforth FC have something for you.

 

Find out about the latest courses and workshops, helpful resources for you to use,
and align your coaching with our club’s development objectives

What's Available?

Our model for supporting coaches (below) includes courses, workshops, plenty of online resources (on this page) and we can provide one-on-one support through our Coach Development Team.

 

Skill Development Objectives

These skill development objectives describe the football skills, movements and decisions that we would like our players to be able to perform at the conclusion of the different age group bands.

All players develop at different rates so these objectives should just be viewed as a rough timeline for the football development journey and not as something that must be rigidly adhered to.

During these playing years, the skills that we’d like our players to focus on and aim to have acquired by the end of that period are:

  • Start, stop and change direction with the ball
  • Have acquired basic motor skills development (with the ball) including jumping, hopping, skipping, rolling, bending, twisting and reaching

During these playing years, the skills that we’d like our players to focus on and aim to have acquired by the end of that period are:

  • Increased ball manipulation.  Ability to move the ball with the instep, sole and outside of foot
  • Running with the ball whilst maintaining close control and head up
  • Short passing with the instep
  • Receiving on furthest foot (both left and right)
  • Ability to perform a body feint and scissors with both feet

During these playing years, the skills that we’d like our players to focus on and aim to have acquired by the end of that period are:

  • Increased ball manipulation.  Drag pushes instep, drag push laces, Vs, drag backs
  • Running with the ball comfortably on both feet, maintaining close control with head up with the ability to change direction
  • Short passing with outside of foot (wall passes)
  • Passing over longer distances
  • First touch to face forwards and associated movement
  • Ability to execute double scissors, step overs and Cruyff turns on both feet
  • Shooting with laces
  • Heading
  • Basic decision making skills (2 v 1s – pass vs run with the ball)
  • 1 v 1 defending

During these playing years, the skills that we’d like our players to focus on and aim to have acquired by the end of that period are:

  • Increased ball manipulation.  All above skills but with more fluency and proficiency.
  • Longer ball striking
  • Lofted passing with laces
  • First touch to take the ball away from pressure (instep, outside of foot)
  • Movement to receive
  • Running with the ball comfortably on both feet, maintaining close control with head up at greater speeds and change direction
  • Defensive heading
  • More difficult decision making (3 v 2s – pass vs run with the ball; can I play forwards?)
  • 2 v 2 defending

During these playing years, the skills that we’d like our players to focus on and aim to have acquired by the end of that period are:

  • Increased ball manipulation.  All above skills but with more fluency and proficiency.
  • Introduction to the playing style; playing out from the back, controlled possession, combination play, transition both ways, intelligent pressing
  • Crossing
  • Advanced finishing and shooting
  • Marking space vs marking players and when to switch

During these playing years, the skills that we’d like our players to focus on and aim to have acquired by the end of that period are:

  • Increased ball manipulation.  All above skills but with more fluency and proficiency.
  • Further development of the playing style; playing out from the back, controlled possession, combination play, transition both ways, intelligent pressing
  • Introduction to defending in a block (2 banks of 4)
  • Finishing and shooting
  • Movement off the ball

Links to Useful Coaching Resources

To start
These links enable new coaches to gain some confidence to start coaching straight away and all coaches to quickly and simply plan complete and structured training sessions. There are enough sessions and drills to last months plus the basics on how to structure training and how to coach.

Model Training Sessions (from the FFA National Curriculum)
Football for Kids (more drills and info on session structure and how to coach)

More session planning ideas
Program Leader Session Guide and Player Activity Guide (ALDI MiniRoos)
MWFA Drills Videos (MWFA)
Skills Video Library (PlayFootball)

Learn more
Coaching in the Discovery Phase (an overview of this phase)
Player Development Guide (PlayFootball)
MWFA coaching resources (hover over the “Coaching” tab to reveal more resources)
MWFA’s Coaches Club (join this excellent group to share and network with other coaches on the Northern Beaches)

To get maximum benefit from any of these resources back up asap with one of the many free courses and take advantage of our Coach Development Team support and workshops.

You can also find all the playing rules HERE.

To start

These links enable new coaches to gain some confidence to start coaching straight away and all coaches to quickly and simply plan complete and structured training sessions. There are enough sessions and drills to last months plus the basics on how to structure training and how to coach.

Introduction to Model Training Sessions  and the  Model Training Sessions

More session planning ideas
MWFA Drills Videos (MWFA)
How to motivate and energise your team” (video)
Skill Acquisition Manual

Learn more
Skill Acquisition Phase Foundations
Player Development Guide
MWFA coaching resources (hover over the “Coaching” tab to reveal more resources)
MWFA’s Coaches Club (join this excellent group to share and network with other coaches on the Northern Beaches)
Skill Training Course Handbook

To get maximum benefit from any of these resources back up asap with one of the many free courses and take advantage of our Coach Development Team support and workshops.

You can also find all the playing rules HERE.

To start

These links enable new coaches to gain some confidence to start coaching straight away and all coaches to quickly and simply plan complete and structured training sessions. There are enough sessions and drills to last months plus the basics on how to structure training and how to coach.

Introduction to Model Training Sessions  and the  Model Training Sessions

More session planning ideas
MWFA Drills Videos (MWFA)
FFA National Curriculum – Game Training Phase (videos)
1-4-3-3 Formation Principles
How to motivate and energise your team” (video)
Football fitness and strength training” (video)
Solving football problems in Game Training” (video)

Learn more
Game Training Phase Objectives
Player Development Guide
MWFA coaching resources (hover over the “Coaching” tab to reveal more resources)
MWFA’s Coaches Club (join this excellent group to share and network with other coaches on the Northern Beaches)
Game Training Course Handbook

To get maximum benefit from any of these resources back up asap with one of the many free courses and take advantage of our Coach Development Team support and workshops.

https://www.tec4tekkers.com/

Gwynne Berry, professional coach, formerly a Technical Coach at West Ham and Crystal Palace Academies and also a previous coach of Seaforth Academy, has produced an on line program of technical video’s useful to both coaches and players directly.


https://www.thecoachingmanual.com/

A useful website recommended by our Premier League coaches.


https://au-football.s2s.net/home/

The FFA’s Online Coaching and Training Platform S2S

Training resources to help comply with social distancing

Preparation for Separation

Although the rules around social distancing are becoming less stringent, it’s useful to be able to plan sessions so that your players always are engaged and yet still maintaining social distancing.

Click HERE for some helpful hints on how to plan and set up your session.

 

Reboot your skills with these great drills

Click HERE to see some great football training drill resources which are all designed for use now or with minimal or no modifications while social distancing rules apply.

Courses & Workshops

Find out all about upcoming courses and workshops HERE.

Our "Development Statement"

Seaforth F.C. understands that players develop at different rates and football development can rank anywhere from 1 to 100 on a young player’s priority list.  We want to provide an environment for everyone to improve and enjoy themselves at the same time regardless of age or division.

In terms of football specific goals, our club aims to produce technically proficient, intelligent footballers who’s footballing ability, intelligence and game awareness will be complimented by physical attributes such as strength, speed and size.  We want to create players capable of winning matches with individual brilliance, all the while being able to play in a system that adheres to the Seaforth FC Playing Style Statement.

We also place a high value on the importance of developing the character of the person as well as their playing skills.  We want our coaches to teach and promote respect on and off the pitch towards team-mates, opposition players, referees, coaches, parents, club officials and towards the club as a whole.  This character also ensures players have a strong sense of the meaning of team work as well as discipline and hard work on and off the field.

Our "Playing Style Statement"

Our club’s playing style that we ask all of our coaches from W10/U10 and up to integrate into their coaching is:

  • A proactive brand of football, based on effective possession with the cutting edge provided by creative individuals
  • Defensively the key components are quick transition and intelligent collective pressing
  • A team spirit underpinned by a strong ‘team mentality’