Message from Chief Executive Pete Ackerley The last few days have seen a number of announcements relating to restrictions across England, Scotland and Wales that impact on our sport. You can find the updated position for each nation below. Yesterday I attended calls with DCMS officials and ministers and leaders of other National Governing Bodies…
Pete Laird, July 2020, Edinburgh Napier University This was a longitudinal study from a population of UK based American Football Head Coaches (n=49) who had who had left their posts over three off-seasons covering two competitive seasons. Each coach received a questionnaire based upon a previous methodology developed by Lyle, Allison & Taylor (1997). Head…
We would like to Thank Coach Simon Hatcher for this Great article on Force, Spill and Leverage I hope I can help new coaches in understanding the basic concepts in defending the running game. “If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” Albert Einstein Terminology I will use is common…
As part of the BAFCA Coaches Blog series developed by Coach Peter Laird we are delighted to showcase his research into the history of the Association. This also showcases his long affiliation to Coach Development and BAFCA. Click here to read the full article
The BAFCA Convention – First Step On The Pathway For Players Moving Into Coaching Calling All BAFA Players – It’s Never Too Early To Start! If we want our game to be better than when we found it, we need to ensure we have a clear development programme for players moving into coaching. The BAFCA Convention…
BAFCA Announces Partnership with EduCare The British American Football Coaches Association is delighted to announce a partnership with EduCare for Sport to deliver 19 different online qualifications for BAFCA and BAFA members at an unbelievable price. EduCare is the leading provider of essential duty of care and safeguarding training and their primary focus is to…
Setting Up An Offense for Uniball Just as a bit of an introduction: I’m the current Head Coach at Edinburgh University and I’ve been Head Coach and Offensive Co-ordinator for Brighton and Westminster in previous years, putting some good numbers on offense and producing players who have gone on to perform at top teams in…
BAFA self-officiating guide – additional information now available Monday, February 25, 2019 Two further pieces of the BAFA Self-Officiating Guide have been created. Following further discussion with both BAFCA and our insurers, two further pieces of the BAFA Self-Officiating Guide have been created. They are: BAFA Guide to Self-Officiating – appendix 1: game day audit BAFA…
