1. Go Forward Plan – RHFC Coaching Project 2015/6 Short term wins Long term strategy BEST PRACTICE

2. Primary Goals- GFP: “Create a football environment adopting best practice in coaching and team organisational skills to give players and coaches every chance to develop their personal skill set technically, physically and mentally.” 1.Coach the Coaches – Education in football (create “coaching tool box”) 2.Advise the Coaches – Education in organisation skills 3.Change current structure – turn RHFC into a team of coaches (academy to senior) 4.Find, adopt, implement a “Harps Style” of play. (e.g. 4-3-3 embrace FAI ETP) 5.Create internal support structure - helping each other 6.Understanding that change not for sake of change – change for improvement 7.Preparation – getting ready for 2015/16 season now 8.Coaching framework/strategy – “The Ratoath Harps Way” 9.Analyse other successful clubs – copy strengths, avoid weaknesses 10.Find own true identity (end on-going community v competitive debate) bespoke solutions. GFP is inclusive of Academies, SSG, 11-a-side NDSL, MGL and Senior structures.

3. Steering Committee: Current Focus Group: Michael Connolly – Facilitator/Administrator Mick Dalton – Coaching Des McLoughlin – Coaching Noel Farrelly – Coaching Eric Cullen – Coaching Future Focus Group: All of the above plus YOU WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT......................................

4. Ratoath Harps FC Ladies/ Girls Coaches Small sided Coaches 11 a side coaches Seniors coaches Executive Committee Football Committee Parents Fixture/leag ue Secretaries Sponsors Groundsmen & Fas Volunteers The community Welfare & Liaison Officers Academies CURRENTRHFCSTRUCTURE INTERACTION VIA FOCAL POINT

5. Football Committee ALL Coaches The Academies Fixture & League Secretaries Welfare & Liaison Officers Parents The Community & The Schools Sponsors Groundsman & Fas Volunteers Executive Committee DEVELOPMENT OF FOOTBALL RHFC IS THE UMBRELLA NOT THE FOCAL POINT COMMUNICATION

6. Updates: Mick and Des to attend FAI presentation to NDSL Monday 9th March re future of football in Ireland incl allignment of under age calendar to match League of Ireland NDSL meeting 23rd February – summer football in 2015 for under 8’s and under 9’s pilot scheme – will be happening. Aidan McHugh looking into setting up password protected coaches corner on RHFC website containing all documents including the workshop printouts. Suggestions from coaches coming in fast – good content, all welcome – create focus groups within wider coaching forum to examine and deliver Numerous teams now using the recommended RHFC warm ups. Next workshops will be planned for week 15 and 17 in April. Between now and then: Meetings with coaches individually to discuss their own GFP for season 2015/16 Coaching committee panel available to assist with individual training sessions. Coaches meeting – discussion panels on set agenda circulated in advance

7. Updates: Examples of suggestions received: Setting up Roster – take setting up away from ”first on” teams - allow coaches to focus on warm up etcs Equipment pooling – access to all for equipment not regularly used in training sessions in secure club storage Create a database that we all add to regularly with directions and maps to various grounds 0 beneficial to new coaches Standardise the way equipment is put away – easy access for taking out e.g. ”butterfly” the ssg goals