Brenda gains FA Level 2 qualification

Budding football coach Brenda Kerr from Ossett,  successfully completed her latest milestone in the journey towards professional coaching and joined the elite group of female Coaches to have  completed the FA Level 2 course.

The course which started in October last year was held in Huddersfield for female coaches, run by West Riding County Football Association (WRCFA) and in association with the Football Association.  Fifteen coaches took part and Brenda was awarded the FA Level 2 certificate in coaching football after successfully passing her course work and assessment evaluated by former Leeds United Ladies Coach Julie Chipchase.

Brenda who coaches Dewsbury Rangers Under 9’s and 11’s girls said “It was a massive relief when Julie told me I had passed the assessment.  It has been hard work over the several months but I was with a great bunch of girls and we had lots of fun along the way.”

“In my interview Julie recommended that I take go for my UEFA B licence (level 3) and this is something that I plan to do later this year/early next.   In March 2007 there were only 64 Level 3 Female Coaches in England so it would be quite an achievement to join them ..”

“I am looking forward to having a rest over the summer and then using some of the advanced techniques I have learnt before hopefully progressing to the next level”

FACTS

In 2007 there were 11,355 qualified female coaches in England

10,591 Level  1

670 Level 2

64 Level 3

9 Level 4

1 UEFA Pro License

 

Womens Football (The FA.com)

Football is the top female sport and in the last season over 147,000 players competed in affiliated league and cup competitions. In 1993 there were 10,400 players and today the sport continues to grow at a fantastic rate, becoming the top female sport in 2002.

The Active People survey in 2006 highlighted that 250,000 women and 1.1 million girls play some form of football and there are 26 million females playing across the world, of which 4.1m are playing affiliated football.

There are 52 licensed FA Centres of Excellence in operation across England providing weekly quality coaching and a localised fixture programme for talented girls from the age of 8-16.