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Workshop
Approach to elite coaching workshop
This workshop is designed to provide an insight into the methods and means of current elite football coaches. The coaches delivering the webinars will not only explain why they do but highlight how they do using interactive videos and case studies.
Within the webinars coaches will discuss how working as part of a multi-disciplinary team is key to improving team and individual performance.
Course Objectives and Target Audience
Course Content
- Introduction of different playing styles and identities.
- Integration of philosophy of coaching into tactical styles.
- Creating a winning culture.
- Alignment between playing style/identity with coaching methods.
- Opposition analysis.
- Planning sessions with the multi-disciplinary approach.
- Tactical approach out of possession
- Implementation of team tactics out of possession.
- Importance of different positions/ structures/formations to serve your tactics.
- Transitions.
- Implementation of team tactics in possession.
- Importance of different positions/structures/ formations to serve your tactics.
- Transitions.
- The role of the set piece coach.
- Evolution of set pieces within the modern game.
- How to coach and implement to the weekly structures.
- Understand the role of the goalkeeper in different tactical styles.
- Implementation of goalkeeper in technical and tactical sessions.
- Insight into goalkeeping coaching.
- Mindset training.
- Mental training techniques and the integration in your methodology.
- Managing player wellbeing and welfare.
- Creating IDP programmes, and the delivery of them.
- Reviewing of performance in a cyclical pattern and setting goals.
- Promotion of self-development in players.
- How to work collaboratively on session goals with sport science team to develop fitness needed to implement your playing style.
- Tactical periodisation.
- Managing player load.
- How coaches adopt the use of modern technology to plan, coach, and review training.
- How do physical performance variables impact coaching decisions.
- Data for performance monitoring.
Course Delivery
Course Length
The length of the course is 1.5 months.
Language
This course is delivered in English.
Schedule
• August – September 2025
• 2 virtual sessions per week
Location
Online virtual learning environment
Certification
Students will receive certification issued by the PFA Business School in Elite Coaching.
Fees & Grants
The programme admission fee is £2,000 +VAT. Current and former PFA Members can apply for a grant of £2,000 +VAT to enrol in the programme at a lower cost.
