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Coaching Disabled Footballers

The Coaching Disabled Footballers course is designed to give football coaches and teacher’s ideas and practices for the inclusion of disabled players in football sessions within mainstream or impairment specific sessions.

The course is six hours and covers both theory and practical elements, by the end of the workshop each participant should be able to met the following outcomes:

  • Apply and extend your existing coaching skills and experience, meet the needs of players with a range of impairments.
  • Establish basic communication skills for coaching disabled footballers.
  • Use appropriate terminology  
  •  Identify appropriate safety and medical considerations.  
  •  Plan a wide range of coaching sessions for disabled footballers.
  • Using the Inclusion Spectrum, plan your coaching sessions to include disabled players or provide alternative appropriate opportunities.
  • Understand the player pathways available for disabled players including the appropriate structure for competition.


For whom the course is intended:

  •  Males or Females
  • Minimum age is 18 years
  •  Managers/Coaches of teams of players with disabilities
  • Youth Leaders of clubs with special needs
  • Teachers in special needs schools
  •  Football clubs providing ‘opportunities for all’


Course Content:


A six hour programme delivered either as two evening sessions or a full day session, involving both practical and theory work.

Cost & Dates

The cost of this programme and the schedule of dates are detailed in the main course section of the website. In this section you can also download a booking form. Please select the Courses option from the left hand navigation.