Coaching

Code of Conduct – Junior Players, Coaches, Parents, Managers

This is aimed at players and their carers between the ages of 5 and 17. They should read the Code and then the player and parent each sign the Code (Under 12-Under 17) or the parent only signs the code (Under 5-Under 11). Once all team members signs the Code it is then signed by the coach and manager before being given to the Club secretary.
Download the Junior Players Code of Conduct here

Code of Conduct – Senior Players

This Code has been setup in MyFootballClub and all senior players (18 and over) must accept the Code during the online registration process.
Download the Senior Player Code of Conduct here

Code of Conduct – Match Officials

This Code has been setup in MyFootballClub and match officials must accept the Code during the online registration process.
Download the Match Official Code of Conduct here

Team Points Competition

This is a competition aimed at bringing together on-field performance, fair play and good administration.
Teams competing in the top level of male and female competitions within the Member Federation (strongly recommended).
Teams competing in all competitions directly conducted by the Member Federation (recommended).
An Excel workbook will be provided to assist competition administrators collate the required information. At the end of the regular season each Member Federation will be asked to nominate their best male and female team to FFA.
Download the Team Competition information here

Silent Saturday / Silent Sunday

This program is aimed at the Under 5 to Under 17 age groups.
It has been used overseas with a great deal of success. Its main purpose is to just let the kids play and have fun without having to worry about how their performance is affecting the adults on the sidelines.

The objectives of holding a "Silent Saturday" or ”Silent Sunday” are:
• To re-emphasise that the game is about letting the kids play and have fun.
• To give the players a chance to play totally on their own.
• To eliminate the verbal questioning of the referees' decisions.
• To help the few parents and coaches who feel they must provide constant direction, and to
understand that the kids can play very well on their own with limited instruction.
Download the Silent Saturday/ Sunday Information here

Tambo's Tip No 4 - Keepy Up

Do you know a Local Sporting Champion?

Are you, or do you know, a dedicated young athlete, coach or official participating in a state or national sporting championships? Are you aged 12-18 years old travelling further than 250km return for a state or national championships?

If yes, then you or your team could be eligible for a Local Sporting Champions grant to help meet costs such as uniforms, travel, accommodation and equipment.

Grants of $500 per individual and $3,000 per team are available for young people participating in a nominated National Sporting Organisation-endorsed state or national sporting championships or a School Sport Australia national championship.

This program is an Australian Government initiative managed by the Australian Sports Commission and supports 8,000 young people each year.

The grants are designed to help athletes, coaches and officials achieve their sporting goals and are distributed across all 150 federal electorates of the national parliament.

Applications are open, so apply now!
Applications must be submitted prior to the commencement of the nominated championships.
For further information, including application forms and eligibility criteria, go to: http://www.ausport.gov.au/champions

FFNT’s National Training Centre (NTC) is the correct pathway for youth boys & girls to represent the Northern Territory to the relevant National Titles for 2012. The FFNT have nominated teams for the U13 Boys & Girls (Born 1999), U14 Boys & Girls (Born 1998) and U15/16 Boys & Girls (Born 1997/1996). To represent the Northern Territory all players must be registered for Season 2012.

Trials for Northern Zone based aged groups will happen during the months of February and March at the Darwin Football Stadium, field 2 be there at 5pm for a 5:30pm start.
U13 & U14 Boys will start Monday 6th February & Thursday 9th February then every Monday & Thursday onwards.
U15/16 Boys will start Tuesday 7th February & Friday 10th February then every Tuesday & Friday onwards.
U13/14/15/16 Girls will start Wednesday 8th February the every Wednesday onwards.

You can register your interest by emailing, Daymon Port, technicaldirector@footballnt.com.au or just come on the nominated day for training.

Regional players from Central Zone are to register your interest by emailing, Daymon Port, technicaldirector@footballnt.com.au. Daymon will reply to you to discuss your pathway into the NTC program.

Regional players from Southern Zone are to register your interest by emailing, Mark Wakeling, ficadevelopment@yahoo.com. Mark will reply to you to discuss your pathway into the NTC program.

Welcome to Tambo's Tips!

FFNT are developing a set of short instructional videos of skills and drills for your football development.
John Tambouras (FFNT Skills Acquisition Trainer) will walk you through the drills.

Click on the links below to view the videos.



1st Touch - InStep








1st Touch - Laces








1st Touch - Thigh Volley

Warm-Up: Passing

Organisation
• 20m x 20m
• Players have a ball between five inside a square.
• Number the players from 1 to 5

Rules / Instructions
• Encourage the use of both feet
• Players move within the square passing the ball in number sequence, i.e. one passes to two, two passes to three, three passes to four, etc.
ask only that the players keep moving after they make a pass. Demonstrate which dynamic stretches they should do.

Click here for Coach Education Resources

Keep up to date with the courses and programs that are being offered by FFNT, please check regularly as we will be continually updating this calendar throughout the year.

Download the 2011 Football Calendar here

The new Game Development Manager, Kosta Tragousti has just commenced this role and once settled will contact all clubs as to when the coaching courses will start.

Download the relevant Pre-Course Information below:

• Junior Football License
• Youth Football Certificate
• Senior Football Certificate

Community Coaching Certificates (Grassroots, Junior, Youth & Senior) are done through your State Federation ie FFNT. Football Federation Australia Advanced Coaching Certificates are done at National level through FFA's Coach Education Department. To be eligible for an advanced course you have to complete your Community Coaching Certificates.

For details on any available Advanced Coaching Certificates click here.