FAW Grassroots Leaders Award : Maximize Soccer

The FAW Grassroots Leaders Award is delivered utilising a blend of online and in-person education contacts.

The award is designed to introduce and educate coaches around the technical, physical, psychological, and social requirements of modern football. It aims to further develop a coaches’ ability to plan, prepare, deliver, and reflect on coaching sessions to best support their players.

Coaches will be required to complete 1x online webinar and 1x in-person practical day along with a series of self-directed online modules; however, there is no formal assessment.

About

Please ensure you review the course contact dates and structure (how the coach education will be delivered) prior to registering for the award.

During the course, coaches will be educated about the key requirements of supporting an individual within modern football, developing players across four pillars (Technical, Physical, Psychological and Social) and their ability to plan, prepare and reflect on sessions. There is no formal assessment.

Practical Contacts

The opening contact of the award will take place via an online webinar (utilising zoom.us) and will conclude with an in-person contact at your identified venue; before, during and after each of your coach education contacts you will be provided access to our FAW Coach Education learning platform enabling the completion of 5x mandatory online learning modules which will compliment your in-person coach education days.

Outcomes

The FAW Grassroots Leaders Award is the level 2 qualification in Wales.

It aims to support the growth of coaches working across grassroots and academy football and extend the knowledge of senior coaches working in Wales.

Completion allows coaches to further understand the requirements and responsibilities of the modern coach, introducing various coaching tools to support them and their players.

Completion of the FAW Grassroots Leaders Award is the required prerequisite to access the FAW/UEFA C Licence.

Essential Prerequisites

• FAW Introduction to Coaching Football or FAW Football Leaders Award
• FAW First Aid Award or FAW Football Emergency Aid
• FAW Safeguarding Award or FAW Safeguarding Awareness Award

Course Cost

The cost of the course is £400

Course Timings

All courses will be running to local time zones.

CITY SC – Carlsbad, CA:

• Webinar – Online – 27 July 2026: 12 Noon –  14:00  PT 
• In-Person Practical Day – 8 August 2026 – 08.30 PT City SC, Carlsbad, CA 

DeMatha Soccer Academy, Hyattsville, Maryland

• Webinar – Online – 26 October 2026 : 17:00 – 19:00 ET 
• In-Person Practical Day – 7 November 2026 – 08.30 ET DeMatha HS – Hyattsville, Maryland

The Island FC, Hempstead, NY

• Webinar – Online – 27 October 2026 : 17:00 – 19:00 ET 
• In-Person Practical Day – 8 November 2026 – 08.30 ET Hofstra University – Hempstead, NY

Please note:

This course is only for those provided a link by Maximize Soccer. If you have not been provided a link for the course, please visit https://lms.faw.cymru/coach-education/ to access FAW Courses