NZAFF Coach Development Program (CDP)
Great Coaches are the key to any Sport’s growth and prosperity, and having qualified, skilled and passionate Coaches will be critical to the growth of American Football in New Zealand.
2020 sees the relaunch of the NZAFF Coach Development Program.
As mentioned in the announcement of the 2020 Club Grant Program we will be continuing to encourage Coaches to gain a base level of qualification through the on-line USA Football courses.
We will not be requiring Coaches to create a video to qualify for level 1 CDP because we believe the initial focus should be on player safety and basics around coaching safe contact football.
Coaches who are keen to continue to develop can use the courses available on the USA Football site to continue their learning.
If you intend to do that you need to be qualified each year as that is a requirement for USA Football.
2020 sees the relaunch of the NZAFF Coach Development Program.
As mentioned in the announcement of the 2020 Club Grant Program we will be continuing to encourage Coaches to gain a base level of qualification through the on-line USA Football courses.
We will not be requiring Coaches to create a video to qualify for level 1 CDP because we believe the initial focus should be on player safety and basics around coaching safe contact football.
Coaches who are keen to continue to develop can use the courses available on the USA Football site to continue their learning.
If you intend to do that you need to be qualified each year as that is a requirement for USA Football.
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All coaches, and anyone else who takes the courses, should register their courses and upload their certificates with NZAFF though the NZAFF Coach and Officials Development Update Form (link opposite).
USA Football Courses USA Football update their systems every year so we can expect that the course content will change over time. In the latest change there are not separate courses for Flag and for tackle which is different from what we had explained earlier in the season. This makes it easier. As of 2020 there is one set of courses for both Flag & tackle:
The NZAFF requirement for new coaches for Flag will be passing:
We will also be able to see what courses have been passed in the USA Football system through the NZAFF administration portal. Tackle Coach Development For new coaches in the Tackle season will be to complete all the USA Football modules noted above. A Flag coach that has completed the first two modules can add the remaining 3 modules to qualify for the Tackle Coach qualification. Link to a brief guide to navigating the USA Football certification options. Note that USA Football update their systems annually so this guide may become out of date. If you are having problems please contact gm@nzaff.co.nz. Concussion Courses There are modules within the Coaching courses that cover concussion. If clubs have members or parents that want to know more about concussion, then the CDC concussion course is free. The information is in the NZAFF Concussion Course Information document (link opposite). |
TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURIES
A Session focusing on Concussion was delivered by Dr. Doug King on Wednesday 20 January. It is highly recommended that all coaches and interested parties watch the video to understand more about concussion for which the medical term is TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY |
This is a list of the current Coaches with Qualifications for Tackle and Flag Football.