Senior Coach Award
Defence Coach Denis Leamy Credit ©INPHO/Ben Brady
Irish Rugby’s Senior Coaching Course is for coaches working with 15-a-side teams where players are aged 16+.
Principles of Play are developed through Key Factor Analysis and applied to individual skills, mini-unit skills, unit skills and team skills.
Coaches who complete the course are expected to be able to identify and rectify technical deficiencies in players. They will also have the ability to plan, organise, manage, communicate and develop the skills of their players through implementation of both sport specific and generic sport modules.
The course is designed to develop the coach in a ‘Challenger’ role.
Entry Criteria
- Participants must be 18 years of age
- Participants must have proven rugby playing/coaching experience
- Participants must be actively coaching a 15-a-side team of players aged 16+
Numbers Per Course
50 maximum
Course Details
Course | Senior Coach Award
Venue | Virgin Media Park / Cork Centre of Excellence (Practical Only)
Virtual Date | 16th September – 7pm-9pm
Virtual Date | 23rd September – 7pm-9pm
Practical Date | Saturday 26th September – 9am-5pm
Click here to register your interest for September’s Senior Coach Award course.
Accreditation
Course Requirements – all attendees must ensure the following certificates are completed and uploaded to GAINLINE, the IRFU’s online education platform.
- World Rugby Laws Certificate
- World Rugby Concussion Awareness Certificate
Details of GAINLINE and online modules will be available to anyone who registers for the course
Full course attendance is mandatory
All participants must undertake a personal coach mentoring session
All post-attendance course work is mandatory and must be uploaded to GAINLINE
The IRFU reserves the right to modify, replace or add to accreditation requirements in accordance with updates to Coach Development programmes.
Click here to register your interest for September’s Senior Coach Award course.
Expressions of Interest will open on the 15th of August and close on the 31st of August.
Successful applicants will be informed no later than Friday 19th September, and will be provided with the relevant information to register for the course.
