FIH Level 1 COACH Award ENG (918)

Course Dates & Venue: 13 - 17 July 2025, Oundle School, England

ORGANISED BY FUTURES SPORTS AS PART OF THE FIH WORLD HOCKEY CAMP
The FIH Level 1 Coach (L1C) Award is the first step on the FIH Coach Education Pathway.

The L1C designed for coaches, teachers and volunteers aged 16+ wanting to start coaching at an initiation/beginner/foundation level, under the guidance of a structured programme and/or a higher-level coach.

Applicants do not require any prior experience of hockey or coaching.

FIH Academy Courses are recognised globally, however, with 140 FIH member nations, equivalence to National Association qualification and requirements, as well as local laws will vary. For further information please contact your National Association or Continental Federation.

About this Course

The FIH Academy Level 1 Coach Award is designed for coaches, teachers and volunteers aged 16+ wanting to start coaching at a foundation level.
This course is integrated in to the FIH World Hockey Camp, providing an ideal opportunity for candidates to learn and practice in a live environment. Candidates will be considered as part of the Futures Sports Staff Team for the duration of the course, but will be mentored by an FIH Educator throughout.

An induction session will take place on Sunday 13 July from 7pm to 9pm for residential AND day candidates. Other sessions will take place between 9am and 5pm from Monday 14 July to Thursday 17 July - day candidates may depart at 5pm on these days. Evening sessions and attendance on Friday 18 July are for residential candidates only.

Included in your booking fee:
Day & Residential: FIH Academy registration fee, course delivery fee, FIH/Futures Coach shirt, certification & lunch (Mon-Thurs).
Residential: As above plus breakfast (Mon-Fri), Dinner (Mon-Thurs), accommodation (twin or single) for 5 nights (Sun-Fri).

For any additional information please email info@futuressports.com

What's included?

  • 5 Face 2 Face days
  • Face to Face Assessment
  • L1C Certification
  • Mentored coaching
  • Day & Residential options

Face2Face Format

Our L1C consists of 5 days of face 2 face interactive coach development sessions with up to 12 participants and 2 FIH Educators.

Venue

Oundle School,
Northamptonshire,
England

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, we hope you are able to:
  • Identify practical and player injury risk factors and procedures in the coaching environment
  • Explore basic concepts of how to coach, including self analysis
  • Explore best practice in session design
  • Understand the importance of and how to plan appropriate warm-up and cool down activities 
  • Observe and analyse the technical fundamentals required to play hockey
  • Define Physical/Mental, Principles, Technical, Tactical and Cultural factors in player management