Kickstart Coaching Program

The Kickstart Coaching Program is designed to provide women the opportunity to experience coaching in a short-term, supportive environment, learning alongside the head coach of an established team.

Whether you’re a woman interested in taking up coaching, a club volunteer passionate about growing women coaching or a coach passionate about ‘leaving the ladder down’ to help support the next group of women coaches, this program is for you!

Women coaching role models are vital to our great game. The door is wide open for you (and your friends!) to kickstart your first step into coaching. We want to make this a fun and easy way to explore what it’s like to coach footy, so round up your mates and get involved! The program involves:

• 4 trainings and/or game days with a team at your club, being mentored by the team head coach
• Complete a coach accreditation package designed specifically for new women coaches, to help you feel confident in taking your first step. You have 3 options to complete this. Speak to your club about the best option available for you:
  • Run a session at your club if there is 8 or more attending,
  • Join a centralised session at Adelaide Oval,
  • Complete an online course

Find out more details and how to get involved:

Passionate about growing and developing women and girls footy, and seeing more women become amazing role models as coaches? We’ve mapped out an easy to follow and exciting process for you to help provide emerging women coaches with their first step into coaching. This involves:

• Tapping women from your club on the shoulder that might be interested in the program
• Pairing them with current coaches at your club that are passionate about mentoring emerging women coaches
• Checking in and supporting their experience

Learn how you can help drive this exciting program at your club:

Firstly, a HUGE thanks! If you are reading this, you are a current coach with a heart of gold and passionate about mentoring women who are brand new to coaching. This is an exciting opportunity to help provide a positive example of coaching. Your participation involves:

• Having emerging women coaches join your team for 4 trainings and/or game days
• Providing them with opportunities to see you coach , and do some of coaching on their own within your team

The women will either be aligned to you by a leader at your club, or if you know of any women who might like to join the program – tap them on the shoulder and invite them to get involved!

Learn how you can be a mentor coach in this exciting program: