JOIN THE FUTEBOL DÁ FORÇA MOVEMENT
Become a football coach
and lead change
and lead change
Join us to develop your leadership and capacity to empower girls both on and off the football field
Become a certified Futebol dá força coach
As a certified Futebol dá força coach, you receive ongoing training, tools, support and inspiration
to develop your leadership and become a catalyst
for girls' equal rights and opportunities.
to develop your leadership and become a catalyst
for girls' equal rights and opportunities.
Evidence-based methodology
We train and certify you to work with our evidence-based methodology and practical tools to empower girls through football and lead change in your local community.
Personal support on-demand
As a certified Futebol dá força coach you receive unlimited personal support to continue to develop your leadership and increase your impact as a coach.
A global community
Join our local and global networks of certified Futebol dá força coaches, where you can share and exchange lessons learned and best practices, and inspire and support each other.
How It Works
1
Register
Register to join Futebol dá força and get access to our Leadership Training.
Register here!
Register here!
2
Leadership Training
Go through our 10-week online Leadership Training.
Read more about the training.
Read more about the training.
3
Certification
Complete your training and become a certified coach.
Read more about being a Futebol dá força coach.
Read more about being a Futebol dá força coach.
4
Support Structure
Join our network for further training, support and inspiration from your fellow coaches and our facilitators. Read what other coaches say about being part of Futebol dá força.
Leadership Training
We train you in our evidence-based methodology and tools through our leadership training, and continue to provide you with ongoing training and support once you have become a certified coach.
For who?For you!
Our leadership training is free of charge and no prerequisites are required. If you want to join our movement, we make sure you get everything you need to develop your potential as a coach and leader.
Duration
The training is divided into three parts with a total of 10 modules completed during 10 weeks online. The time commitment required is
22 hours, of which 12 hours are flexible to complete at your own pace.
22 hours, of which 12 hours are flexible to complete at your own pace.
Format
We provide you with our evidence-based methodology through a mix of videos and reflection exercises completed at your own pace. Each week, each module ends with a certification session carried out through a video meeting (1 hr/week) for in-depth interactive learning and certification.
Values-based Leadership
- Understand your values and how to use them effectively in your leadership.
- Create a safe space and a supportive and empowering social environment and culture.
- Strengthen girls' self-esteem, self-confidence, and mental and physical health and wellbeing.
4 weeks - 4 modules - 8 hours in total
- Create a safe space and a supportive and empowering social environment and culture.
- Strengthen girls' self-esteem, self-confidence, and mental and physical health and wellbeing.
4 weeks - 4 modules - 8 hours in total
SRHR for Football Coaches
- Strengthen your capacity to create a safe, respectful and empowering space.
- Facilitate conversations around topics important to your players' development, life and wellbeing, and sexual and reproductive health and rights in particular, to improve players' health and wellbeing.
- How to actively promote and improve players' mental health and wellbeing.
- How to prevent violence and sexual abuse.
- How to support your players through difficult situations.
3 weeks - 3 modules - 6 hours
- Facilitate conversations around topics important to your players' development, life and wellbeing, and sexual and reproductive health and rights in particular, to improve players' health and wellbeing.
- How to actively promote and improve players' mental health and wellbeing.
- How to prevent violence and sexual abuse.
- How to support your players through difficult situations.
3 weeks - 3 modules - 6 hours
Football Coaching Training
- Understand of the basics of football theory and practice.
- How to coach to guide children's learning process.
- Organise football trainings meeting all players' needs and lead their development as a football player from a child rights perspective.
3 weeks - 3 modules - 8 hours
- How to coach to guide children's learning process.
- Organise football trainings meeting all players' needs and lead their development as a football player from a child rights perspective.
3 weeks - 3 modules - 8 hours
What coaches say about
being part of Futebol dá força
being part of Futebol dá força
Being a Futebol dá força coach
As a certified coach, we will provide you with individual support based on your needs, in order for you to be able to apply the knowledge and tools from our leadership training in practice as a football coach for girls 8-16 years old and empower girls through football. It doesn't matter if you are already a football coach and have been for a long time, or if you're completely new to coaching and need help starting up your first team; we tailor the support to your specific situation and context.
A coach and mentor for girls
Create a safe space, a supportive peer group and a positive learning environment in your team, where you develop girls' self-esteem and self-leadership, and facilitate conversations around topics that are important to girls and their development, especially girls' physical and mental health,
and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
A change leader in your community
Create trustful relationships in your local community, leading behaviour change and raising awareness around the positive health and social outcomes of girls' being children, playing football and staying in school.
A support to fellow coaches
Share experiences and best practices, ask for help and
help others. We run local networks for you to engage with other coaches in your area with whom you can collaborate, exchange ideas and come up with solutions to problems that might arise in your community. At the same time, we run national and global networks for you to get inspiration, support and a wider network of coaches that can help you develop as a coach.
help others. We run local networks for you to engage with other coaches in your area with whom you can collaborate, exchange ideas and come up with solutions to problems that might arise in your community. At the same time, we run national and global networks for you to get inspiration, support and a wider network of coaches that can help you develop as a coach.
If you want to lead change
and empower the world
through football
and empower the world
through football