The FIH, in partnership with World Academy of Sport, is initiating a series of educational programmes under the banner of the FIH Hockey Academy.

The aim of the FIH Hockey Academy is to provide a simplified education structure and resource for nations and continents to be able to develop coaches, officials and managers from grass roots through to a high performance / international level. All nations will have the opportunity to access the programme pathway at an appropriate level.

• Exposure to best practice educational techniques to train and assess course participants
• Opportunity to become certified as a WAoS / FIH Hockey Academy Trainer or FIH Hockey Academy Coach Educator

Trainee Coach Educators should:

• be nominated by your home Federation or Continental Federation
• have appropriate knowledge, skills and experience to deliver courses
• have a genuine interest in wanting to develop other coaches
• hold experience of presenting information to adult groups
• adopt an interactive rather than lecturing approach
• be open-minded, adaptable to change, welcome feedback and be willing to self-reflect
• agree to deliver a specified number of training days per year (2 per year as a minimum)
• have successfully completed the FIH Academy Online Programmes 

This Educator Programme has been divided into six three-hour modules.

 Module 1: FIH Hockey  Academy training process and  styles of delivery

 Module 2: Role of the Educator and client population

 Module 3: Learning, competency and assessment

 Module 4: Reviewing learning and facilitation skills

 Module 5: FIH Hockey Academy education programmes

 Module 6: Risk management