Irish FA Coach Education

“The fact I was here all those years ago and I’m back now in a different format..” A full circle moment for Sean Dyche 👏⚽️ @IFACoachEd

Upcoming NCC Courses: Clearer Twist National Football Stadium Wednesday 20th & Thursday 21st May irishfacoaching.com/products/irish… Coleraine Showgrounds Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st May irishfacoaching.com/products/irish… Newry Showgrounds Saturday 20th & 27th June irishfacoaching.com/products/irish…

Brilliant week in Belfast hosting a UEFA Share visit  🙌🏻  Many thanks to all of the Associations in attendance and to the @UEFA Instructors for facilitating some very interesting and thought provoking tasks & discussions around Elite Youth Development in the Female game ⚽️ 👧🏼

Incredible week of learning on the Uefa A Coaching Course in Belfast. Surrounded by top class coaches and amazing people ⚽️🧠 @IFACoachEd

Unbelievable week @IFACoachEd with these guys. From the educators to the coaches it was top class learning. Grateful to be part of it 🙌❤️

A fantastic week on the UEFA A Diploma for Professional Players programme. Great engagement throughout, with candidates sharing ideas and discussing team dynamics. Excellent presentations from Sean Dyche, Malky Mackay, and Tony Caig added real insight and experience to the week

📸 Great to welcome Sean Dyche today to speak with our UEFA A Diploma for professional players candidates. An insightful discussion on leadership, culture, and the evolving role of the modern-day coach and manager in today’s game 🗣️⚽️

Day One yesterday kicked off with UEFA Share Instructors Nora Hauptle & Lluis Cortes. This was followed by presentations from the Maltese Delegation & IFA Girls Academy Manager, Danielle McDowell Tuffey, on our Player Pathways before viewing our Girls NPP at UUJ 👧🏼⚽️ #UEFAShare

Delighted to welcome @UEFA to Belfast this week for a Share visit on Female Elite Youth Player Development, with representative’s from Andorra, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Moldova and San Marino all in attendance. #UEFAShare

A massive thank you to Ashfield Boys for helping our UEFA A candidates with their coaching practices today at @QUBSportUMalone #irishfacoacheducation

A fantastic start to our UEFA A for professional players and UEFA A goalkeeping today! A day in the Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts Belfast Introducting candidates to the courses with Malky Mackay providing a thought provoking presentation! #irishfacoacheducation

Good first weekend for our third UEFA C Diploma course of the year at Newforge Sports Complex and the Danny Blanchflower Stadium. We look forward to welcoming the candidates back in a couple of weeks time after they’ve put some of the course content into practice at their clubs!

Brilliant week with our UEFA B Diploma candidates. Excellent engagement throughout, with coaches challenging themselves in both the practical and classroom sessions. Lots of valuable discussions and shared ideas! @QueensSport

Beautiful evening as our Coach Developers were out for more “Community of Practice” sessions in Antrim, Belfast & @GreenislandFC!☀️😎 Following on from the UEFA C Diploma practical weeks, candidates received more personal feedback to help fine tune their coaching skills! ⚽️

Another busy month of National Coaching Certificate courses in Belfast, Lisburn, Larne, Craigavon, Lisnaskea and @MoyolaParkFC! Places still available for courses in May at the National Football Stadium and @ColeraineFC Showgrounds! To register visit: irishfacoaching.com/category/ncc-y…

Last night we hosted a “Coaching Girls Football” workshop at Lurgan Town 👧🏼⚽️ Thanks to our hosts and to all the coaches in attendance for their engagement throughout the evening! For further information on this course visit: irishfacoaching.com/category/coach…

Our next UEFA Grassroots Leaders Awards will take place at St. Mary’s College in Derry/Londonderry and at the Northern Regional College, Coleraine in September. For further information or to apply click here 👉🏻 irishfacoaching.com/category/grass…

Well done to all the coaches who attended our UEFA Grassroots Leaders Award last night at Hunterhouse College in Belfast 👏🏻 Good luck to everyone now as they use their Logbooks to work through the course tasks with their own teams, before meeting up again in June ⚽️👦🏻👧🏼

The Practical Block of our UEFA C Diploma concluded today at Mountjoy Utd FC in Omagh ⚽️ Good luck to everyone as they head off into their Community of Practice Groups for the next Block of the course! And thank you to our hosts at Mountjoy for their hospitality all week! 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

Penultimate day of the practical week of the UEFA C Diploma kicked off with some Conditioning for Games, before Staff sessions in 7v7 matches. Candidates then got a chance to Peer Coach, before a presentation on @AcademySCoach to help with the Session Plan Task for the course 💻

Day Two of our UEFA C Diploma course in Omagh kicked off with a review of yesterday, before Staff sessions demonstrated the Principles of Defence. Candidates then delivered their own sessions on these before a presentation on Teaching & Learning to conclude the day ⚽️ 📚 💻

Good first day for our UEFA C Diploma course at Mountjoy United in Omagh! Candidates seen Staff sessions on the Principles of Attack, before delivering their own group sessions and finishing with a presentation & task on UEFA’s Four Pillars ⚽️ 📚 💻 #IrishFACoachEducation