Capital Football

COACH EDUCATION
Better Coaches | Better Players

NZF LEARN ONLINE COURSES
NZF Learn offers coaches the opportunity to learn in their own time, whilst still holding onto the most important part of a course: the in-person engagement with peers, and educators and the quality conversations which take place at those times.

The six updated community courses below are now available. These courses consist of both online modules and an in-person practical component.

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NZF ADVANCED COACHING COURSES & MASTERCLASSES
For coaches looking to start or further their journey on the Advanced Coaching Pathway

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OFC/NZF C Licence
30 Oct - 2 Nov 2025

OFC/NZF GK C Licence
4-7 December 2025

The OFC/NZF Goalkeeping C Licence course is designed for coaches taking their first step on the advanced pathway for goalkeeping. The course will cover development from junior-youth-senior goalkeeping.

The objective of the course is to support coaches with exposing their coaching practice to methods, strategies and frameworks to best support their goalkeepers and working with other staff by:

Understand yourself and your goalkeepers better in order to improve
Understand and apply fundamental principles of goalkeeper development at appropriate age and stages
To successfully evaluate goalkeeper match performance in order to plan appropriate sessions to improve performance
Understand the importance of the coaching process and the application of key coaching principles.

This is a 5 day course and has a mix of theory, practical and E-learning modules.

Candidates will be challenged to critically analyse their coaching practice and seek ways to evolve their coaching practice within their current context.

On the completion of all course tasks, including a final assessment, the coach will be awarded the OFC/NZF Goalkeeping C Licence and gain 100 Continual Professional Development (CPD) accreditation points.

Registrations Close 14 November 2025
Course Cost: $1190+GST
Course Deposit: $342.50

JUNIOR COACHING COURSES
Suitable for those who coach from First Kicks to U12

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NZF Junior Level 2

This coaching award provides coaches with an opportunity to further develop knowledge and understanding of both practical and theoretical aspects of coaching junior players in the Discovery (4-8 years) and Skill Acquisition (9-12 years) Phases.

THEORY + PRACTICAL MODULES

The theory part of this award is done online through NZF Learn, and should take around 1 hour to complete. There is no extra cost. Please select Capital Football as your Football Federation.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE ONLINE THEORY

Practical Course Details
Course Cost: $40
Island Bay Clubrooms, Wakefield Park
Monday 21 July, 6:00pm-9:00pm

YOUTH COACHING COURSES
Suitable for those who coach from U13 to U17

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NZF Youth Level 2

Youth Level 2
This course builds on knowledge learnt in the Youth Level 1, offering the chance for enthusiastic coaches to holistically develop their players and ready them for the adult game. This course will help coaches develop their footballers not only as players, but as people too.

Ideally, you would complete the theory before the practical session.

Practical Course Details
Course Cost: $40
Capital Football Offices, Petone Memorial Park
Monday 14 July, 6-9pm

SENIOR COACHING COURSES
Suitable for those who coach open aged teams

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NZF Senior Level 1

This first step for coaches of adult players provides information on how to organise enjoyable coaching sessions working on specific areas of technical development. Looking at areas such as “warm ups”, “what to do on game day” and “benefits of small sided games”, it is an informative starting point for coaches looking for guidance on the best way to coach adults.

Ideally, you would complete the theory before the practical session.

Practical Course Details
Course Cost: $40
Capital Football Offices, Petone Memorial Park
Sunday 6 July, 9:30am-12:30pm

FUTSAL COURSES

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CPD Points

The Continual Professional Development (CPD) Programme applies to all coaches with an Advanced Coaching qualification and all qualified coach developers.

While coaches and coach developers are qualified for life, the ‘active’ status of qualifications are valid for a three-year period. To extend the ‘active’ status of qualifications for a further three years, coaches must earn 100 CPD points within that time frame.

OTHER FEDERATION COURSES
See what other courses are being held around New Zealand by visiting other federation websites

Central Football

Mainland Football

Waibop Football

Southern Football

Northern Region Football

COACHMATE

New Zealand Football, with support from McDonalds, is on the CoachMate app.

CoachMate makes coaching football fun and easy for the whole team. Improve your coaching skills with practice games and plans made by pro’s, get everyone in sync with team management, and learn how to set your team up to thrive on the app.

Download CoachMate for free for iOS and Android.

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