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Skills on show at 2017 Bankwest Girls Day Out
A record number of girls registered for the 2017 Bankwest Girls Day Out.
Mar 14, 2017
Football West News
A record number of girls registered to take part in a number of fun on-field football activities at the Bankwest Girls Day Out on Sunday March 12 with some of the Perth Glory Women’s team at Langley Park.
The event, hosted as part of Female Football Week, was an initiative which encouraged girls aged five to 16 to participate in women’s football with the aim of achieving positive health and social outcomes.
More than 170 girls met Glory Women players including Sarah Carroll, Tash Rigby, Gabby Dal Busco, Morgan Acquino, Lexi Moreno and Abbie Meakins, who are all part of the Football West Club Ambassador Program.
Over 30 parents and NTC players also took part in a free ALDI MiniRoos Certificate course on the day which was led by NTC head coach Jessine Bonzas. This course provided an introduction to organising fun football exercises.
Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun at the 2017 Bankwest Girls Day Out!
Female Coaches Mentor Programme
The Female Coaches Mentor Program will match inexperienced female coaches with experienced female mentors.
Football West News
The Female Coaches Mentor Program is a new Football West initiative that will match inexperienced female coaches with experienced female mentors. The experienced mentors will offer their inexperienced mentees guidance and support as they develop their skills and confidence as football coaches.
The program aims to address the lack of qualified female coaches in Western Australia by encouraging more female football players to qualify as coaches and incentivising those already qualified to remain in the role.
The program involves a one-day mentor training program on 29 April 2017 at Gibney Reserve, Maylands. It will initially involve 10 mentors, with a view to eventually linking mentors and mentees within their own clubs.
Nominations can be made via the Football West website. Nominations close April 1, 2017.
For more information, please contact Football West Women’s Development Officer Sam Watkins: sam.watkins@footballwest.com.au.
Girls NTC coaching position available
Football West News
Football West is seeking a goalkeeper coach for the National Training Centre girls elite development program.
The ideal candidate will have goalkeeper accreditation or willingness to complete this accreditation.
The successful applicant will be required to run goalkeeper specific training sessions for U13-U19 age groups on Wednesday and Friday evenings at Celebration Park, Balga.
Please send your football-specific resume and cover letter to cris.ola@footballwest.com.au by Wednesday, January 11.
Former Glory Player Craig Deans appointed as Young Matildas Coach
Exert from http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/young-matildas-squad-announced-for-aff-championship-2016/1406eadjml0sx1e3msmmim1fhn
Newcastle Jets Westfield W-League Coach Craig Deans will take charge of the team in the absence of usual Young Matildas Head Coach Gary van Egmond who is currently in Brazil with the Westfield Matildas preparing for the Rio Games. Former Matilda Heather Garriock will be Deans’ assistant. “The majority of this squad were identified at the National Training Centre (NTC) and have worked hard to earn their chance on this trip,” said Deans.
FEMALE COACHES IN WA: 2016
Think Women’s State League. There are more than a handful of female coaches across the 18 teams in Premier and Division One.
I count 1 in 2.5. That’s 7 of the 18 WSL teams across premier (8 teams) and division one (10 teams).
1. Former Glory midfielder Elisa D’Ovidio at Quinns (8th in Premier)
2. Lisa Tana at Balcatta (6th in Premier)
3. Jessine Bonzas at NTC (4th in Premier)
4. Former NZ International Kelly Ann Jarden at Bassendean (sitting first in Division One)
5. Former Australian player Sandra Brentnall at Leeming (sitting 5th in Division One)
6. Product of the John Curtin School of Football, Gabrielle Walker-Ortega at Melville (5th in Premier)
7. Lisa Beatty at Wanneroo City (sitting 2nd in Division One)
Then there’s our very highly qualified Ann Gourley, Coaching Director of the entire Kelmscott Roos Club, former Matilda Collette McCallum at Ellenbrook United, Becky Piotrowski at Vic Park (coaching men’s amateur football), Nicola Williams, who while very highly qualified in coaching (Matildas young squads), is actually not coaching because she is playing Premier football at Northern Redbacks and is continually upskilling her incredible coaching resume and Carolina Morace, former International player and coach and now coaching here in Perth.
That’s pretty good statistics for a state that has one of the smallest registration bases in Australia, should surely be promoting a high profile competition for a Womens NPL in the very near future, has been encouraging the implementation of leadership programmes for our members via the Women’s Standing Committee and Football West Women’s Development Officers (in the past- position vacant at present) and is still on the fastest train ride that is the largest growing part of the World Game…?
Just saying….we are doing OK as far as producing some very highly talented and motivated coaches and mentors for our young, impressionable, football community.
Well done Ladies!! Maybe with the new Women’s Development Officer at Football West coming on board this month, these stats will increase even more in the future.
Thanks for those coaches who have kept me on my toes by passing on more information. I wonder how many female coaches there in total are across the entire Metropolitan Leagues and throughout Western Australia? Another post maybe…
Workshop a hit with aspiring female coaches
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The Female Coach Mentor Program has been established to provide more exposure to high performance environments for the selected female coaches as well as increase the pool of female coaches with the experience and knowledge necessary to coach at the highest level.
In what is the second year of the program after a highly successful inaugural year, the six aspiring female coaches spent three days hearing from a host of speakers and sessions where they were exposed to a high performance environment.
They attended the Westfield Matildas training session at Etihad Stadium on the eve of the match against New Zealand which also consisted of hearing from Matildas Head Coach Alen Stajcic on the preparations for matches, training, and having access to high performance analytics.
The coaches undertaking the six month program in 2016 are:
- Aroon Clansey (ACT)
- Nicola Williams (WA)
- Linda Khamis (NSW)
- Melissa Barbieri (VIC)
- Kat Smith (VIC)
- Kate Cohen (NSW)
They have each been paired up with high calibre mentors to provide a supporting development program which will continue for the next six months. The mentors include Jean Paul De Marigny (Melbourne Victory Assistant Coach), Sean Douglas (National Coach Education at FFA), Mike Cooper (National Advanced Coach Development Manager at FFA), Joe Montemurro (Melbourne City FC Assistant Coach and W-League Head Coach), Ron Smith, Ufuk Talay (Joeys Assistant Coach) and Ante Juric (National Women’s Technical Director & Young Matildas Head Coach).
The coaches will spend the next six months in constant communication with their mentors to develop their skills not only as coaches but also as managers.
“One of the four key principals established within the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan is focused towards FFA being the ‘Leading Organisation for Females in Sport’,” said FFA Head of Football Development, Community and Women’s Football Emma Highwood.
“Programs like this are crucial to the development of our game, the coaches chosen to participate in the program are our top level female coaches, we need to support their growth and development to ensure they reach their full leadership potential.”
“Through the workshop the Australian Institute of Sport partnered us on the program and have provided the coaches with high level coach profiling to better understand their development areas.
“Through that they will work on their development areas with the mentors they have been paired with.”
All coaches must have completed a FFA/AFC ‘C’ License or higher to be eligible.
For information on a range of available coaching courses and resources click here.
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Read more at http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/workshop-a-hit-with-aspiring-female-coaches/1co51nxyc3mpx12ho7m2jvt0k4#x3JpWvLJ4S8TAWJ1.99
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