U7 training session
At Eltham Redbacks we take great pride in ensuring our coaching is of the highest standard. All our coaches are appropriately qualified (Junior Licence) and their progress is monitored by our Football Department under the guidance of Murray Ovens (ERFC Technical Director).
Coaches are encouraged to engage in continual self improvement and coaching clinics are run by the club throughout the year. Our SSF football syllabus is modelled closely on the FFA National Curriculum (click here for a copy).
Our key objective is player development. This is achieved in the following ways
- grading of players into teams of similar ability levels
- equal game time for all players (provided all training sessions are attended)
- rotation of players through key positions (goalie, forward, defence)
At all junior levels (but especially with SSF) a fixation on winning may be detrimental to player development. We encourage all our coaches to focus first & foremost on player development (sometimes at the expense of winning results). An example of our player development philosophy is in our U8/U9 teams where we encourage all players to rotate through the goal keeping position and spend equal time in both attacking & defending positions.
If you are interested in coaching at ERFC please contact technicaldirector@elthamredbacksfc.org.au
