Coaching Courses

Post date: Dec 18, 2015 5:06:30 PM

Details of Roscommon's Coach Education courses for 2016 have being confirmed as follows.

Roscommon Coach Education Tutor group have decided we are going to hold dual football and hurling foundation courses together at the same venue with the theory, how to coach skills and ABC's on the Friday night followed by separate practicals on the Saturday morning at the same venue delivered by our football and hurling tutors.

In 2016 they are also going to have two indoor workshop nights for coaches in the crucial three key strands of our games in both football and hurling with a nursery programme, ABC programme along with an education part to the workshop on the new E-Learning website set up on the GAA portal which is a must for all underage coaches.

Coach Education courses 2016

Dual Football and Hurling Foundation Courses

Venue Padraig Pearses GAA club.

Dates- Friday January 29th 7.30pm to 10.30pm- Theory and ABC'S and how to coach skills.

Saturday January 30th 10am to 2.30pm practicals in both football and hurling.

Dual Football and Hurling Foundation courses

Venue Roscommon Community College GAA club

Dates- Friday February 26th 7.30pm to 10.30pm- Theory and ABC'S and how to coach skills

Saturday February 27th 10am to 2.30pm practicals in both football and hurling.

Award One Youth/Adult Football Course

Venue Kilbride GAA Club

Dates Friday March 4th 7.30pm to 10.30pm

Saturday March 5th 10am to 3.30pm

Saturday March 12th 10am to 3.30pm

Indoor Nursery-ABC and Educational E-Learning Workshop

Age groups- 5-6 yrs, 7-8, 9-10

Venue- Strokestown Secondary School

Time- 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Venue Creggs National School

Time- 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Gaelic Games Child Protection in Sport Awareness Workshops.

Dates and venues for the above course will be set in January, every coach in 2016 coaching players up to 18 years must have this course done.