Football West unveil new Digital Education Platform for coaches

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In what comes as exciting news for Australian coaches, Football West has announced a new service for coaches aimed at helping them take their personal development to the next level.

Football West has joined up with MiMentor, an online learning platform for football coaches. As part of Football West’s commitment to the development of the players and their coaches, MiMentor will provide Football West with a bespoke version of its online education platform and its full suite of first-class digital coach development courses and content.

This will enable clubs and coaches within WA to enhance their knowledge of the game and help their players to develop and thrive on and off the pitch.

Football West Coach Development Officer Garry Church said in a statement:

“It is fantastic that we can provide the football community of Western Australia a Digital Education Platform in partnership with MiMentor.

“We hope that this will keep the football community motivated and inspired to continually learn at their own pace. It is important that we support all coaches, especially in the regional areas where travelling to Perth for a course can be challenging and expensive. The Digital Education Platform takes the learning to the coaches.”

Designed by sports and education experts, MiMentor’s interactive and on-demand courses are academic-led, mixing the underpinning theory with practical application.

The Platform can be used by individual coaches or utilised by clubs and other sporting organisations to support the education of their coaches, players, staff, and volunteers. It also enables the club to upload its content internally or distribute it externally, allowing them to drive additional revenue through the inbuilt e-commerce feature.

As well as providing the licensable platform, MiMentor is a specialist learning platform designed for clubs and associations to support the development of their internal and external players, coaches and wider members.

For more information on Football West’s new online learning platform for coaches, click here.

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FCA to Host Elite Goalkeeping Workshop with FA Goalkeeper Instructor Neil Tate

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Football Coaches Australia (FCA) will continue its strong run of coach education events on Monday 18 May with a specialised session led by highly respected FA Goalkeeper Instructor Neil Tate.

Titled “Developing Goalkeepers to Fit the Team Playing Style,” the workshop will explore one of the modern game’s most important tactical evolutions: the goalkeeper as an active component of a team’s overall identity and playing philosophy.

Elite football is increasingly demanding goalkeepers who can influence build-up play, transitions, defensive structure and decision-making under pressure. Tate’s session is designed to help coaches better understand how goalkeeper development must align with a team’s tactical framework.

Tate brings significant high-performance experience to the session through his role as an FA Goalkeeper Instructor. He has worked extensively in coach development and modern goalkeeping methodology. His expertise spans the technical, tactical and psychological demands placed on goalkeepers within elite football environments.

The session will break down the goalkeeper attributes required across differing systems and styles, including possession-based football and counter-attacking models, while providing practical examples from the modern game.

Coaches attending the workshop will gain insights into:

  • Goalkeeping attributes required in different tactical systems
  • Real-world examples of goalkeepers fitting team playing styles
  • Goalkeeper-specific practices to develop modern skill sets
  • Team training exercises integrating goalkeepers into tactical frameworks
  • Downloadable PDF session plans for practical implementation

The workshop follows FCA’s recent HEADSAFE education session, which attracted more than 140 coaches from across the Australian football landscape, highlighting the growing appetite for high-level coach education and professional development opportunities.

As the game continues to evolve tactically, FCA remains committed to providing coaches with access to industry-leading expertise and contemporary football knowledge.

The session will take place online on Monday 18 May at 7:30pm Melbourne time. You can sign up here.

Football West hosts Papua Football Academy as Asian ties deepen

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Football West has hosted members of the Papua Football Academy from Indonesia on an eleven-day exchange visit to Perth, marking a significant step in the governing body’s Asian Engagement Strategy and demonstrating football’s capacity to build meaningful cross-cultural relationships across the region.

Supported by the WA Government, the visit brought 60 players aged 13 to 15 from across Papua province to train alongside Football West Academy players and local clubs, including Perth Azzurri and Perth Glory. The group also attended A-League and New Balance NPL WA matches, toured Optus Stadium, visited the WA Institute of Sport, ECU Joondalup and John Curtin College of Arts, and met with the Indonesian Consulate General in Perth.

“Football West is committed to leading football diplomacy in the region, and this program is a great example of football’s power to connect people, build relationships and create genuine pathways,” said Football West Asian Engagement Advisor Robbie Gaspar. “It’s all about the people-to-people connections”.

 

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Established in 2022 through a partnership between PT Freeport Indonesia and the Football Association of Indonesia, the Papua Football Academy provides high-performance training, education and welfare support for talented young players from one of Indonesia’s most geographically remote provinces. The program has quickly become one of Indonesia’s leading youth development initiatives, with ambitions to build international connections through training camps, matches and partnerships.

Papua Football Academy Director Wolfgang Pikal said the visit had provided his players and coaches with a standard of facilities and competition exposure unavailable at home. “We have nothing like this in Papua,” he said. “It has allowed the coaches to learn something new and for the kids to measure themselves against young players in Perth.”

Pikal flagged hopes of placing two or three players in Perth competitions in the future as the partnership develops.

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