Premier Skills is a international partnership with the Premier League operating in 25 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas from Afghanistan to Zambia.
The project focuses on developing community coaches and referees and on supporting community projects. The programme has also created a range of materials, including a dedicated website, using football-based content for teachers and learners of English. A key element of the project is week-long training activities for local community-level coaches and referees, which are delivered by professional coaches from the Premier League clubs. Since 2007 Premier Skills has created training opportunities benefitting 2,300 grassroots coaches and referees.
The participants are supported to develop their own community-focused football projects, with many gaining the skills needed to cascade training to other coaches working with the community.
Today there was a special programme on RTCI about the Premier Skills Coach Educator Training programme and also the qualities of a good football manager. In the studio today was Patric Fawcett,ICT and ELT Coordinator, David McNally,Senior Teacher, and Rachel May, a student studying Arabic who is also assists the Premier Skills coaches with the coaching activities.
There was a lively interesting discussion on the Premier Skills project and the qualities of a good football manager.
From 24 - 28 Marchin Tunis phase 3 of the Premier Skills Coach Educator training took place.This was a review, assessment and certification by Premier League coaches,Jes Weeks and Steven Howey,this was the 3rd and last of a three-stage course of Premier Skills.10 participants took responsibility as a team to deliver a significant part of a Premier Skills Community Coach’s course to a group of potential Premier Skills Coaches ;
The coaches who had completed all three phases successfully qualified as Coach Educators therefore being able to take over the role of the Premier League coaches in the delivery of the phase 1 training of the Premier Skills Coaching and thus sustaining the Premier Skills programme and cascading their skills throughout Tunisia
The project focuses on developing community coaches and referees and on supporting community projects. The programme has also created a range of materials, including a dedicated website, using football-based content for teachers and learners of English. A key element of the project is week-long training activities for local community-level coaches and referees, which are delivered by professional coaches from the Premier League clubs. Since 2007 Premier Skills has created training opportunities benefitting 2,300 grassroots coaches and referees.
The participants are supported to develop their own community-focused football projects, with many gaining the skills needed to cascade training to other coaches working with the community.
Today there was a special programme on RTCI about the Premier Skills Coach Educator Training programme and also the qualities of a good football manager. In the studio today was Patric Fawcett,ICT and ELT Coordinator, David McNally,Senior Teacher, and Rachel May, a student studying Arabic who is also assists the Premier Skills coaches with the coaching activities.
There was a lively interesting discussion on the Premier Skills project and the qualities of a good football manager.
From 24 - 28 Marchin Tunis phase 3 of the Premier Skills Coach Educator training took place.This was a review, assessment and certification by Premier League coaches,Jes Weeks and Steven Howey,this was the 3rd and last of a three-stage course of Premier Skills.10 participants took responsibility as a team to deliver a significant part of a Premier Skills Community Coach’s course to a group of potential Premier Skills Coaches ;
The coaches who had completed all three phases successfully qualified as Coach Educators therefore being able to take over the role of the Premier League coaches in the delivery of the phase 1 training of the Premier Skills Coaching and thus sustaining the Premier Skills programme and cascading their skills throughout Tunisia
