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
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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
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.
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Learning objectives
- Coaching licenses, sports degree, performance-specific expertise
- Overview of coach salaries at different tiers
- Fifa structure and different ways to launch your career alongside with their pros and cons
- Modern coaching methodologies
- Tactical periodization and its principles
- Performance analysis in football
- Football technique: headers, ball protection, 1v1 defending
- Nutrition in football
- High-intensity interval training
- Leadership, motivation, and communication
- Coaching licenses, sports degree, performance-specific expertise
- Overview of coach salaries at different tiers
- Fifa structure and different ways to launch your career alongside with their pros and cons
- Modern coaching methodologies
- Tactical periodization and its principles
- Performance analysis in football
- Football technique: headers, ball protection, 1v1 defending
- Nutrition in football
- High-intensity interval training
- Leadership, motivation, and communication
Syllabus
Overview of FIFA Pyramid, Coaching Licenses and Sport Science Degrees
Introduction
Overview of the FIFA Structure
Coach Salaries at Different Levels
Association League System
Football Club Structure Example
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Syllabus
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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Activities
Review FIFA Laws of the Game
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Refresh your knowledge of the FIFA Laws of the Game to improve your understanding of the course materials.
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Read the FIFA Laws of the Game online or in a physical copy
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Take a quiz or test your knowledge in some other way
Review Soccer Techniques
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Warms up your knowledge of the basics, ensuring you're ready to tackle new concepts as well.
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Headers
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Review the different ball handling techniques.
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Practice headers.
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Practice defensive techniques.
Review FIFA structure and licensing
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Reviewing the FIFA structure and coaching licenses will help you understand the different pathways to becoming a professional football coach.
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Read the FIFA website about its structure and licensing requirements.
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Research different UEFA coaching licenses and their requirements.
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Talk to current or former football coaches about their experiences in obtaining their licenses.
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Join a Football Coaching Discord
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Engage with other learners to discuss football coaching topics and exchange ideas.
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Search for a Football Coaching Discord server
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Join the server and introduce yourself
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Participate in discussions and ask questions
Ball Protection Drills
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Practice ball protection drills to improve your field tactics and techniques.
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Find a partner to practice with
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Set up cones to create a small playing area
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Take turns trying to dribble the ball past your partner while they try to take it away
Football Performance Analysis Tutorial
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Follow a tutorial on football performance analysis to grasp data analysis techniques in the field.
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Find a tutorial on football performance analysis that fits your level of experience
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Follow the tutorial step-by-step
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Apply what you learn to analyze your own football performance or that of a team you follow
Practice tactical periodization in a coaching session
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Practicing tactical periodization in a coaching session will help you develop your understanding of how to plan and implement effective training sessions.
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Design a training session using the principles of tactical periodization.
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Coach a football team using the training session you designed.
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Evaluate the effectiveness of your training session and make adjustments as needed.
Practice HIIT exercises for football players
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Practicing HIIT exercises for football players will help you develop your understanding of how to use HIIT to improve the physical fitness of football players.
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Research different HIIT exercises for football players.
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Design a HIIT training session for football players.
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Coach a football team using the HIIT training session you designed.
Tactical Periodization Training Session
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Create a tactical periodization training session based on course methodologies to improve your comprehension.
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Choose a specific tactical objective to focus on
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Design a warm-up that prepares players for the tactical objective
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Create a series of drills that progressively develop the tactical objective
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Plan a cool-down that helps players recover and reflect on the session
Develop a nutrition plan for a football player
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Developing a nutrition plan for a football player will help you understand the importance of nutrition in football and how to create a plan that meets the specific needs of a player.
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Sports Nutrition
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Research the nutritional needs of football players.
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Create a nutrition plan that meets the specific needs of a football player.
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Monitor the progress of the football player and make adjustments to the nutrition plan as needed.
Develop a Fitness Training Plan
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Develop an initial fitness training plan for yourself to enhance the understanding of training principles.
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Identify your fitness goals
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Research different fitness training methods
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Create a training schedule that includes warm-up, exercises, and cool-down
Contribute to a Football Coaching Blog
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Contribute to a football coaching blog to enhance your knowledge and engage with the community.
Show steps
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Find a football coaching blog that you would like to contribute to
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Contact the blog owner and ask if you can contribute
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Write a guest post or create other content for the blog
Review FIFA Laws of the Game
Show steps
Refresh your knowledge of the FIFA Laws of the Game to improve your understanding of the course materials.
Show steps
- Read the FIFA Laws of the Game online or in a physical copy
- Take a quiz or test your knowledge in some other way
Review Soccer Techniques
Show steps
Warms up your knowledge of the basics, ensuring you're ready to tackle new concepts as well.
Browse courses on
Headers
Show steps
- Review the different ball handling techniques.
- Practice headers.
- Practice defensive techniques.
Review FIFA structure and licensing
Show steps
Reviewing the FIFA structure and coaching licenses will help you understand the different pathways to becoming a professional football coach.
Show steps
- Read the FIFA website about its structure and licensing requirements.
- Research different UEFA coaching licenses and their requirements.
- Talk to current or former football coaches about their experiences in obtaining their licenses.
Join a Football Coaching Discord
Show steps
Engage with other learners to discuss football coaching topics and exchange ideas.
Show steps
- Search for a Football Coaching Discord server
- Join the server and introduce yourself
- Participate in discussions and ask questions
Ball Protection Drills
Show steps
Practice ball protection drills to improve your field tactics and techniques.
Show steps
- Find a partner to practice with
- Set up cones to create a small playing area
- Take turns trying to dribble the ball past your partner while they try to take it away
Football Performance Analysis Tutorial
Show steps
Follow a tutorial on football performance analysis to grasp data analysis techniques in the field.
Show steps
- Find a tutorial on football performance analysis that fits your level of experience
- Follow the tutorial step-by-step
- Apply what you learn to analyze your own football performance or that of a team you follow
Practice tactical periodization in a coaching session
Show steps
Practicing tactical periodization in a coaching session will help you develop your understanding of how to plan and implement effective training sessions.
Show steps
- Design a training session using the principles of tactical periodization.
- Coach a football team using the training session you designed.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of your training session and make adjustments as needed.
Practice HIIT exercises for football players
Show steps
Practicing HIIT exercises for football players will help you develop your understanding of how to use HIIT to improve the physical fitness of football players.
Show steps
- Research different HIIT exercises for football players.
- Design a HIIT training session for football players.
- Coach a football team using the HIIT training session you designed.
Tactical Periodization Training Session
Show steps
Create a tactical periodization training session based on course methodologies to improve your comprehension.
Show steps
- Choose a specific tactical objective to focus on
- Design a warm-up that prepares players for the tactical objective
- Create a series of drills that progressively develop the tactical objective
- Plan a cool-down that helps players recover and reflect on the session
Develop a nutrition plan for a football player
Show steps
Developing a nutrition plan for a football player will help you understand the importance of nutrition in football and how to create a plan that meets the specific needs of a player.
Browse courses on
Sports Nutrition
Show steps
- Research the nutritional needs of football players.
- Create a nutrition plan that meets the specific needs of a football player.
- Monitor the progress of the football player and make adjustments to the nutrition plan as needed.
Develop a Fitness Training Plan
Show steps
Develop an initial fitness training plan for yourself to enhance the understanding of training principles.
Show steps
- Identify your fitness goals
- Research different fitness training methods
- Create a training schedule that includes warm-up, exercises, and cool-down
Contribute to a Football Coaching Blog
Show steps
Contribute to a football coaching blog to enhance your knowledge and engage with the community.
Show steps
- Find a football coaching blog that you would like to contribute to
- Contact the blog owner and ask if you can contribute
- Write a guest post or create other content for the blog
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