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About Football Coaching Academy
Football Coaching Academy provides free football coaching education for both new and experienced coaches from grassroots to the elite level.
Football Coaching Academy membership is completely free and only requires you to sign up with a name and your email address!
Our categories consist of a series of short videos on different topics, ranging from Counterpressing analysis to how to plan and deliver a coaching session on Pressing Traps.
Attacking Phase
Our Attacking Phase category consists of topics analysing the different tactics you can coach your team to dominate possession intelligently. You will practice when and how to, for example, apply a quick counterattack or patiently build and progress the play towards the final third of the pitch.
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Defending Phase
In our Defending Phase category we analyse what is required for your team to deliver successful defending in today’s fast paced football. Here, some of our topics include Counterpressing and Zonal Defending, where we evaluate these tactics and their pluses and minuses in depth.
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Football Coaching Sessions
In our Football Coaching Sessions category, our aim is to develop your ability to plan and deliver effective training sessions for your team that you can apply in real game scenarios. Every topic in this module consists of a short video and an accompanying single page pdf designed by UEFA licensed coaches and tutors.
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Football Team Formations
To be able to plan and practise certain ways of playing and apply them in a real game scenario, you need to have an in depth understanding of the most used football team formations. Our Team Formation provides a range of topics in a series of short videos, analysing why and how well organised formations play such an important role in the chess game of football.
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Football Coaching Pathway
Are you interested in getting your football coaching licence? Football Coaching Academy can help you fulfil your dream of becoming a qualified football coach and working in your community grassroots football club or at the elite professional level. Here, we detail the different football coaching qualifications and explain how you can take your next steps on the coaching journey.
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Football Coaching Academy membership gives you full access to all of our resources, with new content being added regularly.
Football Coaching Academy membership is completely free and only requires you to sign up with a name and your email address!
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What is Football Coaching Academy?
Football Coaching Academy is a leader in providing online football coaching education and support to the global football coaching community. During the Covid 19 pandemic we have had to move all Football Coaching Academy activities and membership content to a digital space, accessed either online or via our Apple/Google Play apps. Football Coaching Academy is monitoring the global Covid 19 guidelines and according to them, we will inform you about upcoming Football Coaching Academy courses, workshops and seminars when they are next available in your country.
How much does it cost to become a Football Coaching Academy member?
A Football Coaching Academy membership is completely free; all you need is your name and email address.
Can I purchase group membership for my club?
Yes, Football Coaching Academy offers a group memberships to community sports football clubs, please contact info@footballcoachingacademy.org for more information. Group memberships follow the same principle as individual memberships; they are free and only require a name and email.
What football coaching internship and employment opportunities are available for Football Coaching Academy members?
Football Coaching Academy proactively seeks internship and employment football coaching opportunities at football clubs for all members to apply for, and we advertise them accordingly.
As with the normal process of applying for jobs, all our coaches are expected to send a CV and cover letter to apply for football coaching opportunities. Following this, the football club may wish to follow with an interview. Football Coaching Academy works in partnership with many organisations globally in order to secure work or internship opportunities in your country and overseas. Work placements, internships and jobs in football coaching have taken place in many countries, including the countries within the EU, the United Kingdom, USA, Australia, China, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Canada and many more.
What are the other benefits of being a Football Coaching Academy member?
Apart from providing the content from all levels of football coaching courses designed by UEFA licensed coaches and tutors, Football Coaching Academy offers our members the opportunity to attend free football coaching seminars, workshops and short courses in major cities around the world. All members would be promptly informed about upcoming Football Coaching Academy’s events according to their geographical address. Football Coaching Academy awards the participants of our football coaching courses, workshops and seminars with our Football Coaching Academy Attendance Certificate.
