In December 2020, 30 globally located teams of coaches and players from grassroots to professional participated in Round 1 of the Inaugural FCA XV Mind Games Cup.
This global first in Football provided teams the opportunity to remotely step into a football -themed virtual world, compete against each other, whilst developing and honing essential skills such as communication, collaboration, leadership, resilience, trust and teamwork.
To be successful teams had to prepare themselves prior to the session and keep their emotions in check, with the key being able to deal with uncertainty under pressure. Teams who were able to adapt quickly, performed well.
Congratulations to all teams who participated. The top six teams from Round 1 will now progress through to the Final, to be scheduled for early 2021. Teams in the final are:
Krishneel Maharaj, Mixed Bag team member, AFC/FFA Advance Licence Coach, Psychologist and FCA member stated:
"I'm a big fan of any quality program that highlights the importance of the oft-forgotten and important 'soft skills' of coaching like communication and leadership.
Our team has had fun and a few laughs working together through the Mind Game challenges. It gave us an opportunity to practice our communication, team work and decision-making skills in a challenging and unfamiliar context. We look forward to participating in the final in February 2021"
All participants also received an exclusive presentation delivered by Prof. Mike Conway, who is the Founder of XVenture and the emotional agility and mind coach for the Socceroos. In his tutorial, Mike introduced participants to the EARL Measure (emotional agility, resilience and leadership), a tool he uses in creating performance improvement programs for individuals and teams including the Socceroos, Sydney FC, the Joeys, Olympians and many business organisations globally.
The FCA XV Mind Games Cup is the first initiative under the new partnership between Football Coaches Australia and XVenture. Under this partnership, Coaches will be able to explore, read, watch and experience five subject matter areas, including leadership, emotional agility/ intelligence, culture, communication and resilience. Everything in this exciting program is football themed and includes real cases and examples of essential skills in practice.
The FCA XVenture Essential Skills Program, available from early 2021, is highly relevant and suitable for all levels of coaches, from community to elite football.…but you can already start your self- improvement journey and learn about the EARL Measure and approach by completing the EARL Measure HERE (earl.xventure.com.au) completely free of charge. You’ll receive your results and interpretations upon completion.
Do you want to be the first to know the Essential Skills Program is available?
Send an email to: [email protected] and simply put into the Subject Line: Tell me more about the Essential Skills Program and include your full name in the email.
Our Privacy Policy ensures your right to privacy and we recognise that any personal information we may collect about you will only be used for the purposes indicated in our policy. It is important to us that you are confident that any personal information we collect from you or is received by us from you will be treated with appropriate respect ensuring protection of your personal information.
Our commitment in respect of personal information is to abide by the National Privacy Principles for the protection of personal information, as set out in the Privacy Act and in any other relevant law.
Because you have subscribed to receive information about our company, media releases, events and services.
We do not disclose your email address to any other party. We only collect this information to send you news and information about our company, products and services.
We will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information by storing it in a secure environment and when the information is no longer needed for the purpose for which the information was used or disclosed, it will be destroyed or permanently de-identified.
We will also take reasonable steps to protect any personal information from misuse, loss and un-authorised access, modification or disclosure.
We are constantly reviewing all of our policies and we endeavour to keep up to date with market expectations.
Technology is constantly changing, as is the law and market place practice.
As a consequence we may change this privacy policy from time to time or as the need arises.
This privacy policy came into existence on the 1 January 2014.
This web site is provided by Australian Institute of Leadership Pty. Ltd.
Your access to this website and your use of the services provided through it is subject to these legally binding terms and conditions. Please read them carefully.
You acknowledge that:
We may provide you with a username, password, telephone number and other information to enable access to parts of this website.
You agree that you:
You are aware that it may be possible for a third party to obtain your username and password by un-authorised means via your computer. It is your responsibility to take steps to prevent this from occurring, by means such as regularly changing your password and installing security software on your computer.
You must not:
You acknowledge and agree that the content (including without limitation the text, graphics, photographs, sound or other material presented on this website ("Content") is protected by copyright, trade mark, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. You are only permitted to use the Content as authorised by Australian Institute of Leadership Pty. Ltd.
These terms and conditions are be governed by the laws in force in the State of New South Wales, Australia and each party hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of that State.
✘ DisclaimerThis web site is provided by Australian Institute of Leadership Pty. Ltd.
Your access to this website and your use of the services provided through it is subject to these legally binding terms and conditions. Please read them carefully.
You acknowledge that:
We may provide you with a username, password, telephone number and other information to enable access to parts of this website.
You agree that you:
You are aware that it may be possible for a third party to obtain your username and password by un-authorised means via your computer. It is your responsibility to take steps to prevent this from occurring, by means such as regularly changing your password and installing security software on your computer.
You must not:
You acknowledge and agree that the content (including without limitation the text, graphics, photographs, sound or other material presented on this website ("Content") is protected by copyright, trade mark, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. You are only permitted to use the Content as authorised by Australian Institute of Leadership Pty. Ltd.
These terms and conditions are be governed by the laws in force in the State of New South Wales, Australia and each party hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of that State.