WRFL COACH EDUCATION & ACCREDITATION
Historically, AFL Victoria’s Football Development Managers (FDM’s) have overseen Coach Accreditation including face to face courses, Seminars & Forums across the state. With a restructure of their roles, Coach Education will now be the responsibility of the leagues with AFL Victoria providing resource support etc.
Gary Brown is a Level 2 coach and has a long history in Coaching and Coach Ed and will be our Coach Education & Support Manager going forward to go with his Club Support Managers role, (Club Support/Coach Education Manager). Gary believes coaches are critical in providing a positive club environment which results in the enjoyment and thus retention of players and most importantly is the scene setter for impeccable conduct and behavior.
Gary has put together the program below for the first part of the season. These sessions are compulsory for all coaches to attend*
CLUB COACHING COORDINATOR/DIRECTOR OF COACHING INFORMATION NIGHT
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Venue: |
JR Parsons Reserve (Albion FC) |
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Date and Time: |
March 15, 2022 at 6.30pm |
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Contact: |
Gary Brown (g.brown@wrfl.asn.au) |
Registration Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9R89WLC
We have conducted a thorough review into Coaching, Coach Support and Coach Development across the WRFL , and thus, together with AFL Victoria we are increasing our investment into this extremely important area of community football. Coaches are critical in providing a positive club environment which results in the enjoyment and thus retention of players and most importantly is the scene setter for impeccable conduct and behaviour.
The development of our coaches and providing opportunities for them to progress is also at the forefront of our thinking and it’s our great pleasure to announce that we have appointed Shane Morwood as Coach Development Manager for 2022. As most would be aware, Shane played for the Collingwood FC in the drought breaking 1990 AFL Premiership team and had a wonderful 212 game career at firstly South Melbourne FC and Collingwood FC. At community level Shane has coached at the Dingley FC in the Southern FL, firstly at U/17s level and then onto the seniors. Shane retired from coaching 2 years ago after 9 seasons at the helm that produced an amazing five Senior grand finals appearances and 4 four premierships, and his legacy will live on for many years.
Shane has the innate ability to connect and develop people and to make them better as individuals and to get them to understand the impact they can all have on each other and everyone else around them. We are so pleased to have Shane on board to assist our coaches across the WRFL. Shane will be leading our Coach Developer Program in 2022, which will see him deliver “Coaching for Growth” sessions at clubs for all coaches and then provide ongoing mentoring to further support them. This process will be outlined at the Coaching Coordinator night.
WRFL SENIOR COACHES NIGHT (INCLUDING UNDER 18’S)
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Venue: |
Yarraville Club (135 Stephen Street, Yarraville) |
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Date and Time: |
March 23, 2022 at 6.30pm |
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Contact: |
Gary Brown (g.brown@wrfl.asn.au) |
Registration Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KTXK3RB
Keynote Presenter – Andrew Sturgess (Senior Coach Coburg VFL) – ‘Using the Game to Teach the Game’
Andrew Sturgess is a teacher and high-performance coach by trade. He has a unique leadership and professional background having worked extensively within both education and high-performance sport. In his current role as Senior Coach of the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football League, he uses his education background to look at everything through a teaching and learning lens rather than an outcome focussed approach.
Presenter – Gary Brown (WRFL Coach Education & Support Manager) ‘Role of the Coach’
This presentation will focus on the Role of the Coach (including the impact of Boundary Line Demeanour & behaviour etc, the Accreditation process and our expectations as a League etc). Outline the Coach Ed seminar, masterclass & forum roll out for the season
Presenter – Mark Westgarth (WRFL Director of Umpiring)
Mark will present on Respect for Umpires and any Rules changes
There are two (2) options for Junior coaches to attend as per below
*It’s not compulsory for Junior Coaches who completed the WRFL online accreditation course in 2021 to attend but we strongly recommend that they do even if their WRFL accreditation has not expired. Please ensure that coaches rolling over their WRFL accreditation complete the Rollover Registration form via the link below.
WRFL JUNIOR COACHES NIGHT – SESSION 1
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Venue: |
Werribee FC (Avalon Airport Oval, Watton Street, Werribee) |
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Date and Time: |
March 28, 2022 at 6.30pm |
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Contact: |
Gary Brown (g.brown@wrfl.asn.au) |
Junior Coaches Night 1 – New Coaches & Re-Accreditation Registration Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KPRHXXV
2021 Rollover Registration Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KTBWB27
Keynote Presenter – Andrew Sturgess (Senior Coach Coburg VFL) – ‘Using the Game to Teach the Game’
Andrew Sturgess is a teacher and high-performance coach by trade. He has a unique leadership and professional background having worked extensively within both education and high-performance sport. In his current role as Senior Coach of the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football League, he uses his education background to look at everything through a teaching and learning lens rather than an outcome focussed approach.
Presenter – Gary Brown (WRFL Coach Education & Support Manager) ‘Role of the Coach’
This presentation will focus on the Role of the Coach (including the impact of Boundary Line Demeanour & behaviour etc, the Accreditation process and our expectations as a League etc). Outline the Coach Ed seminar, masterclass & forum roll out for the season
Presenter – Mark Westgarth (WRFL Director of Umpiring)
Mark will present on Respect for Umpires and any Rules changes
WRFL JUNIOR COACHES NIGHT – SESSION 2
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Venue: |
JR Parsons Reserve (Albion FC) |
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Date and Time: |
March 30, 2022 at 6.30pm |
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Contact: |
Gary Brown (g.brown@wrfl.asn.au) |
Junior Coaches Night 2 – New Coaches & Re-Accreditation Registration Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KPRHXXV
2021 Rollover Registration Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KTBWB27
Keynote Presenter – Andrew Sturgess (Senior Coach Coburg VFL) – ‘Using the Game to Teach the Game’
Andrew Sturgess is a teacher and high-performance coach by trade. He has a unique leadership and professional background having worked extensively within both education and high-performance sport. In his current role as Senior Coach of the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football League, he uses his education background to look at everything through a teaching and learning lens rather than an outcome focussed approach.
Presenter – Gary Brown (WRFL Coach Education & Support Manager) ‘Role of the Coach’
This presentation will focus on the Role of the Coach (including the impact of Boundary Line Demeanour & behaviour etc, the Accreditation process and our expectations as a League etc). Outline the Coach Ed seminar, masterclass & forum roll out for the season
Presenter – Mark Westgarth (WRFL Director of Umpiring)
Mark will present on Respect for Umpires and any Rules changes
CoachAFL – Coach Accreditation & Renewal
Please click here to see the guide for clubs regarding CoachAFL – Coach Registration, Accreditation and Renewal in Victoria for 2022.
This guide outlines the registration, accreditation, and renewal process for all coaches. In 2022, coaches will register and accredit via CoachAFL by completing the following:
- Completion of the Coaching Profile (including Coaching Role/s)
- Agreeance to the Coaches Code of Conduct and completion of Safe & Inclusive Coaching Module
- Completion of a relevant online course relevant to the coach’s profile (detailed within the attached)
Things to note:
- All Coaches, regardless of league or club, will need to complete all three steps in the registration & accreditation workflow. Coaches will only show as registered and available for team selection in GameDay when their coaching role has been selected and their online accreditation course for 2022 has been completed
- All Coaches will register to their community club/s via CoachAFL. Coaches must select the club/team (in the correct league) they are coaching in their Coaching Profile to be linked to their community club.
The Coach must select the ‘Victoria (Metro Leagues)’ tab from the drop-down box to find the correct league & club (See page two of this document for more information regarding league and club selection).
For those that would like to direct coaches to a digital version, a similar guide is provided on the coach.afl website here: https://coach.afl/how-join
All enquiries in relation Coach Education, Accreditation & Support can go directly to Gary Brown via g.brown@wrfl.asn.au