Managing a Team

Coaching and Managing

The Club is always looking for people who would like to coach, manage and or referee matches. If you are interested in coaching or managing a team, you can apply to the club, who will assign you to a team, probably at first with an experienced coach. After three months of assisting running a team, the Club will offer you the opportunity to take the level 1 FA coaching qualification at no expense to you. After successfully completing the course, you will be allocated a team to manage and coach. The committment is usually about 3 -5 hours a week. It is extremely rewarding and allows you to obtain valuable coaching experience.

Q - How much time is involved?

Apart from the time spent with the team, you will be expected to attend a managers meeting once every other month and any courses that the club runs.

Q - What help will I get?

The aim is to get as many parents involved as possible to help you with training, and on match days etc. Hampstead have a sytem of parent reps that do all sorts to support the team, managers and coaches. (please see parent Reps section)

Q - Is there much administration or paperwork?

The club will inform you of your fixtures and allocate your home pitch venue. You have to make sure that result cards are returned to the league and or the fixtures secretary immediately after the game. You must also phone in the result if you are the home team within the time limit. We would hope that your parent rep would take on the team administration.

Q - I have no experience in coaching or running a team. Will I receive training?

Yes – all coaches must obtain an FA Level 1 coaching qualification during their first season and keep first aid and child protection certificates up to date.

Q - Will this be expensive for me? 

No. The club will source level 1 courses for you to attend.

Q - If I want to obtain higher qualifications will the club support me?

Yes. We encourage personal development of coaching skills and grants are available to obtain qualifications at level 2 and 3.

Q - Will the club supply the player’s kit and training equipment?

Yes. The club supplies kit directly to each player and it is their responsibility to keep it in good order. If the kit is lost or damaged the player must replace the kit through the club system. Players are only allowed to play and train in oficial Hampstead FC kit. You will be issued with basic training equipment necessary to run a team. The club runs a ball a boy scheme which helps to keep the loss of balls to a minimum and means the manager does not have to log dozens of balls around to training sessions. The team will be expected to attend any fundraising events the club runs.

Q - Will I have to complete an application form and what other procedures do I have to comply with before I can be appointed as a coach or manager?

The club has a recruitment policy, details which are on the club web site. You must be CRB checked and any appointment as a volunteer to work with children and young person’s will be subject to a satisfactory report from the CRB. You will aslo need to complete a volunteer appliction form.

Q - What about training facilities?

These will be arranged at the start of the season with Mike Powell the Club Manager and maybe subject to change.

Q - Other than running a team do I have to do anything else for the club?

Yes. We intend to run an Easter/Summer tournament and you will be asked to help out subject to your availability on a particular day.

If you are intereseted in coaching or managing please contact Mike Powell 07812 018113