FIH COACH

The Accreditation of FIH Coaches is based on the principle that a FIH Coach is a 'Coach’s Coach'. They may often be active primarily in the coaching of teams and players, but the appointment by the FIH to FIH Coach, in one of the five categories of accreditation, means that they are recognised in the FIH accreditation system, as a coach with good abilities to conduct coaching courses (teaching and developing the group and to act as a coach or consultant for other coaches). This recognition is based on an assessment by the FIH Course Conductors of a candidate’s knowledge of hockey, hockey coaching and other relevant aspects and their ability to transfer knowledge and experience to others and to stimulate the interaction of people.

FIH Coach – High Performance

This category will include those individuals who have successfully completed an FIH Final Coaching Course – High Performance and have demonstrated very good up-to-date knowledge of hockey coaching. They are experienced high performance coaches and are able to convey their knowledge effectively to persons with less hockey knowledge and coaching experience. This makes them good conductors of those Olympic Solidarity Coaching Courses in developing hockey countries in which participants already have hockey experience and the topics are more in the field of high performance rather than development coaching.

FIH Coach Grade 1 – High Performance

This category will include those individuals who have successfully completed an FIH Final Coaching Course – High Performance and have demonstrated excellent up-to-date hockey coaching knowledge at high performance level. They have the ability to convey their information to other knowledgeable coaches as well as to less experienced ones. FIH Coaches Grade 1 – High Performance may be appointed to conduct all kinds of high performance oriented Olympic Solidarity Coaching Courses and to assist an FIH Master Coach as a second conductor at an FIH Coaching Course – High Performance. FIH Coach Grade 1 – High Performance may also be appointed to assist an FIH Master Coach as a second conductor at FIH non-Accreditation Coaching Events such as an FIH Coaching Conference – High Performance and/or Development and as FIH Coaching Workshop – High Performance.

FIH Coach – Development

This category will include those individuals who have successfully completed an FIH Final Coaching Course – Development and have demonstrated very good up-to-date of hockey development coaching knowledge. They have good development coaching experience and also a wider knowledge, not only of coaching but also of administration, technical aspects, umpiring etc. This will make them good conductors of Olympic Solidarity Coaching Courses for coaches involved in coaching young players anywhere or beginners in developing hockey countries.

FIH Coach Grade 1 – Development

This category will include those individuals who have successfully completed an FIH Final Coaching Course – Development and have demonstrated excellent up-to-date hockey development coaching knowledge. They have ample development coaching experience and also a wider knowledge, not only of coaching but also of administration, technical aspects, umpiring etc. FIH Coaches Grade 1 – Development may be appointed to all levels of Olympic Solidarity Coaching Courses, which are not specifically high performance courses, and to assist an FIH Master Coach as second conductor at an FIH Coaching Course – Development (Or FIH Final Coaching Course – Development)!!! They may also be appointed to assist an FIH Master Coach as a second conductor at FIH non-Accredited Coaching Events such as an FIH Coaching Conference – Development or an FIH Coaching Workshop – Development.

FIH Master Coach

This category will include those individuals who have successfully completed an FIH Final Coaching Course – High Performance and/or Development and have demonstrated extraordinary hockey coaching knowledge both high performance and development. They have a record of outstanding performance in both development coaching and high performance coaching at the highest level. These coaches have the ability to effectively convey knowledge to other experienced and less experienced coaches and, therefore, are deemed qualified to teach and coach at FIH Coaching Courses – High Performance and Development and FIH Final Coaching Courses – High Performance and Development as well as all levels of Olympic Solidarity Coaching Courses. They may also be appointed to conduct FIH non-Accreditation Coaching Events such as FIH Coaching Conferences – High Performance and/or Development and FIH Coaching Workshops – High Performance and Development.

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