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Player Welfare in Open Age Football

This online course will help you understand more about player welfare and why it is important.
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Course Overview

Introduction to Coaching Football

Venue:

Online

Free

Duration:

1 hour

Minimum age:

16

Price:

Free

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About the course

This course is for coaches, club welfare officers and committee members within open age football (teams with players aged 16+), and will look at player welfare while covering a range of topics , including: 

  • Understanding more about player welfare and why it is important.
  • The physical and digital environments at your club and how these can affect player welfare.
  • How positive culture and behaviour can support player welfare.
  • Medical and first aid within your club.
  • Safeguarding for adults and Under-18s.
  • The impact of mental health and mental illness on players and the support available.
  • Other welfare issues that can arise in clubs, leagues, and counties.
  • How to report concerns to support player welfare.


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Important information

To complete this learning, we recommend using the Google Chrome browser on a desktop or laptop. This module is not compatible with mobile devices.

Course modules

Together we make the game great (5m)

In this topic, you’ll understand more about why player welfare is so important.


Making football a safer space to be (8m)

In this topic, you’ll consider how the physical and digital environments at your club play a role in your players’ welfare.


Getting the best out of your players (8m)

In this topic, you’ll consider how positive culture and behaviours support player welfare.


Keeping players in the game (5m)

In this topic, you’ll consider how to keep players in the game. We will explore sudden cardiac arrest, concussion, and the importance of having a medical emergency action plan in place.


Safeguarding your players (5m)

In this topic, you’ll consider how safeguarding actions protect players and promote player welfare.


Mental health and mental illness (6m)

In this topic, you’ll consider the impact of mental health and mental illness on players and the support available for them.


Wellbeing (6m)

In this topic you’ll find information about some of the most common issues that clubs, leagues and counties reported they are dealing with.


Reporting concerns, help and support (3m)

In this final topic, you'll consider how to report concerns to support player welfare.

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