Head Coach Powerchair Football

**Head Coach Ayrshire Tigers Powerchair Football Club**

**Contract**:Part-time (minimum 4 hrs per week)

**Rate of Pay**:£12.50 Per hour

**Closing Date**:29th of April 2025

**Introduction**

Applications are invited for the position of Head Coach at Ayrshire Tigers Powerchair Football Club. The club are seeking a passionate and dedicated coach to lead the team through the season and support them with their aspirations to get promotion and win some silverware. This role is vital in fostering an inclusive environment where all players can thrive,develop their skills, and enjoy the benefits of sport.

Ayrshire Tigers Powerchair Football Club is a charity launched in 2015 in response to a lack of activities for children and adults, male and female, in the Ayrshire area who are wheelchair users. The Club runs its own powerchair football training session on Tuesday evenings between 6pm and 9pm at Kyle Academy. The club's team is currently playing in the Scottish Powerchair Football League and Cup competitions.

Our mission is, “to help improve the lives of all disabled powerchair users, by reducing social isolation and engaging the whole community through the sport of Powerchair Football. We believe that all people regardless of ability should be able to engage in sport. Powerchair Football can be used as a vehicle to take sport out to the people in the Ayrshire community that are excluded from mainstream sport.

Ayrshire Tigers is all about inclusivity to all, allowing our players to play on a level playing field despite their impairments, meaning they forget about their challenges in everyday life when playing. The sport of Powerchair Football should be used as a way to increase self-esteem and confidence, while developing social skills and helping players to reach their full potential.”

Powerchair football is an unique competitive team sport for people with disabilities who use power wheelchairs. Powerchair Football is the most popular sport for power wheelchair users around the world and was created in France during the late 1970s. With steady growth, the sport is now played in over 25 countries, with more joining every year. Powerchair football is a disability team sport played by 2 opposing teams on a basketball sized court with four players per team, a goalkeeper and three attackers/defenders. Equipped with a metal or sturdy plastic foot guard attached to the front of the chair, players manoeuvre their chairs and use the foot guard to pass and shoot the ball.

It is the only active team participation sport for people who use power wheelchairs. The game is for anyone who uses a powered wheelchair or those who have limited movement in a manual wheelchair. The sport is fast-paced, dynamic and very enjoyable to watch. The unique nature of powerchair football allows all ages, disabilities and both genders to compete together.

The club is run by players and volunteers. We promote the sport of Powerchair Football and make it as accessible as possible to all wheelchair users who wish to try it. We also support those who wish to progress in the sport and show their talent and natural ability at national and international level.

We are currently looking for a Head Coach to run our weekly training sessions and prepare the first team to compete at league and cup match days which take place at various leisure centres across Scotland (approximately 6 to 8 Sundays each year)

The Coach is required to lead, manage and deliver coaching sessions for the club at training sessions and on match days. Our team competes in the Scottish Powerchair Football league and cup competitions run by the Scottish Powerchair Football Association (SPFA).

Powerchair football is an adaptation of football and no previous football coaching experience is required; only a knowledge and experience of coaching and an enthusiastic approach with a commitment and willingness to learn. There will also be opportunities to gain coaching qualifications, through the Club’s affiliation with the Scottish Powerchair Football Association (SPFA) and Scottish Para-Football, as part of the individual’s continued professional development.

The Club is committed to increasing opportunities available to participants with a disability and therefore would support inspiring coaches to learn more about Powerchair Football. You will be supported to develop your ‘personal’ coaching skills (communication, organisation, adaptability, and compassion) and your ‘how to’ coaching skills (instruction, demonstration, observation, analysis, feedback and questioning).

We are interested in speaking with people that have a background as a/or worked for:

- Sports Coaching
- Football Coaching
- PE Teachers and Teachers with a love for Sport
- Experience of working with disabled children/adults

The club expects to see the development of players and team tactics to be used in league and cup competitions.

We'd like you to work closely with the Coaching Development Officer, Team