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

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.