This is the Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Non-Professionals on how to become a Professional Football (Soccer) Coach.
The course consists of two main sections.
This is the Complete Step-by-Step Guide for Non-Professionals on how to become a Professional Football (Soccer) Coach.
The course consists of two main sections.
The section "Qualifications" includes the required prerequisites to become a professional coach. This section covers the following topics:
FIFA Structure
Overview of Coach Salaries at different tiers
UEFA Coaching Licenses
Sports Degree: Sports Management vs Sports Science
Choosing the right Coaching Path
The section "Going into Details" covers the details of each of the four performance components and is considered to further expand your coaching knowledge. This section will be constantly extended and at the moment covers the following topics:
Overview of four main Performance Components: Physical, Technical, Tactical, Psychological
Tactical Component:
Modern Coaching Methodologies
Tactical Periodization and its principles
Performance Analysis in Football
Technical Component:
Headers
Ball Protection
Physical Component:
Nutrition in Football
Energy intake requirements
Macronutrients: carbohydrates, fats, proteins
Micronutrients: minerals, vitamins, and water
Nutritional strategies to counteract cold, heat, high altitude, and jet lag
Dietary supplements for Football
Influence of Alcohol on football performance
Tapering in Football
High-Intensity Interval Training
Rate of Perceived Exertion
vVO2max
Heart Rate
Intermittent Fitness Test (IFT)
Long Intervals
Short Intervals
Repeated-Sprint Sequence (RSS)
Sprint Interval Training (SIT)
Game-Based HIIT (GBHIIT)
Psychological Component
Leadership
Communication
Motivation
The course is intended for amateur football coaches and players who want to go professionally. There is no prior sport and football-specific knowledge required as the information is processed and presented in an easily understandable way. The content is constantly being extended with new videos being added to corresponding sections, i.e. technical, tactical, physical, and psychological.
Overview of the FIFA Structure
Coach Salaries at Different Levels
Association League System
Football Club Structure Example
female vs male team coaches
children, youth, and senior team coaches
other football-related roles
Overview of the UEFA Licenses Pyramid
Differences between UEFA C, B, A, and Pro Licenses
First steps towards achieving your UEFA B-License.
Sports Science or Sports Management
On-Site Learning vs Distance Learning
The video provides an overview of available football coaching courses that are necessary to become a professional football (soccer) coach. The pros, cons, and tuition fees of each course are also considered.
The video covers the following topics:
• Is it necessary to get a football-specific degree and what are the alternatives?
• Example of famous football coaches who don't have any football education and never played at a professional level
• Paid vs free of charge football coaching courses
• On-site vs online (distance learning) football coaching courses
Links to the mentioned courses are below.
PAID PROGRAMS
• BSc (Hons) Football Coaching and Performance at the University of South Wales
https://www.southwales.ac.uk/courses/bsc-hons-football-coaching-and-performance/
• BSc (Hons) Manchester City Community Football Coaching at Manchester Metropolitan University
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/bsc-manchester-city-community-football-coaching
• Bachelor's degree in Sports Coaching at the Lithuanian Sport University
https://www.lsu.lt/en/studies/study-programmes/undergraduate-bachelors-degree-studies/bachelors-degree-sports-coaching/
FREE OF CHARGE PROGRAMS
• BSc Sport and Performance and the German Sport University Cologne
https://www.dshs-koeln.de/english/studying-structure/full-time-studies/bachelor-programme/bsc-sport-and-performance/
• BSc Sport Science at the Technical University of Munich
https://www.tum.de/en/studies/degree-programs/detail/sport-science-bachelor-of-science-bsc
• BSc Sport Science at the University of Vienna
https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-programmes/bachelordiploma-programmes/sport-science-bachelor-with-sporting-aptitude-admission-test/
DISTANCE LEARNING DEGREES
• BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science at Manchester Metropolitan University
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sport-and-exercise-sciences/courses/distance-learning/
• BSc (Hons) Sport, Fitness and Coaching at the Open University
https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/education/degrees/bsc-sport-fitness-coaching-q76
Overview of the different ways to start your career
Less developed countries vs more developed
Overview of Modern Coaching Methodologies
How to design a training session according to the Tactical Periodization methodology
The video provides guidelines on how to coach counterattacks according to the Real Madrid method.
The quiz regarding counteracting heat, cold, high altitude, jet lag, dietary supplements, and alcohol
The video provides insights into football-specific strength training and covers the following topics:
1) Why strength training is important for football players
2) What aspects should be considered when designing a football-specific strength training session
3) Special issues in strength conditioning for football
4) The annual strength training plan
5) Examples of training sessions workouts
The quiz about HIIT history and modern methods for measuring fitness levels
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