Register Your Interest - The FA UEFA Goalkeeping A Licence

Course duration:

8 days residential: 4 x 2 day blocks
4 Club Site Support Days (Micro Groups)

Contact:

Kimberley Jardine
education@thefa.com


Course pre-requisites:

Holders of The FA Level 3 (UEFA B) in Coaching Football and FA Level 3 in Coaching Goalkeepers (including the old FA Goalkeeping B Licence) who wish to coach and develop:

  • Senior professional goalkeepers within the Premier League and Football League
  • Goalkeepers within international football

Who is it for?:

Holders of The FA UEFA B Licence who wish to coach and develop goalkeepers at the levels below:
  • Football League Centres of Excellence
  • Football League Academies
  • Premier League Academies
  • Semi-professional Development Centres
  • Representative level schools / youth

Course content:

The following aspects will be included in the course curriculum:

Practical:
Advanced technical training
Coaching in the game
Developing the GK's role: Attach/Defence/Transition
Conditioning for Goalkeepers
Fitness Testing for Goalkeepers
Defending Set Pieces
Theory:
 Analysis of the goalkeeper in the game
 Goalkeeper profiling
 Current Trends in Goalkeeping
 The role of the GK coach
 The profile of the GK coach
 Talent Identification
 Scouting
 Managing the GK coaches environment
 Advanced physical preparation of the goalkeeper
 Periodization/Planning
 Mental preparation of Goalkeepers
 Stress management of goalkeepers
 The goalkeeping staff working with other staff
 Training Styles/Decision Making
 Individual/Team Planning 

Interest:

To register your interest for this course please log in with your FAN and Password and complete the online registration form.  


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Please be aware that filming and photography of our courses and/or learners may take place as part of the course delivery. Such filming and/or photography may be used for the following purposes:
 
(i) to assist coaches at the club with their professional development;
(ii) for wider coach education purpose; and
(iii) for promotional purposes such as online advertising campaigns of our courses. We might also share this footage or photos with local and national media.

Equality:

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