This sports psychology course will explore the adolescent years of players, helping to develop a greater awareness and understanding of the developmental changes occurring during this period and provide some key considerations for coaches, support staff and parents.
No doubt you have heard the words ‘Emotional Intelligence’ being used within the sports coaching context over and over again.
Ask yourself, and be honest, how clear are you on what these words mean and whose Emotional Intelligence we are referring to? Yours as the coach? Your coaching staff and colleagues? Or the participants, players and athletes you coach?
Understanding what, and when, to consume certain foods is the key to performance nutrition and in the course we look at how to plan players' food intake for training and match days.
This course will help you fuel and maximise your player's performance, reduce the risk of injury and illness, optimise recovery and boost concentration. The emphasis of the course is on carbohydrates and the role they play in supporting and optimising performance.
In this free module, part of our Emotional Intelligence series, we delve into the area of self-awareness and how you as a coach can help your players to develop key skills on their own Emotional Intelligence journey.
This course will give you an insight and understanding of how to build an elite culture to enhance athletic development utilising the knowledge and experiences of Grant Downie OBE.
Inevitably the difference between good coaches and excellent coaches is not how much they know about the sport, it is how well they communicate what they know and how well they help athletes learn, develop and improve their performance.
Providing players with the right kind of fuel will enhance their performance, so in this course we look at the science behind carbs and how they work to give players the boost they need.
The job of a football coach, whether full-time professional or a part-time volunteer, is recognised as a role that brings with it numerous demands, from administrative duties to the more technical aspects. In this course, we look at how coaches can help themselves to prevent some of the issues that can affect them both mentally and physically, and avoid burnout.
Ben Garner, our global coach mentor and UEFA Pro Licence holder, looks at how the evolution of football in recent times will continue into the future from a player, coach and technological perspective.
This course will give you a greater knowledge of anxiety, as well as help you understand how it might affect you in your role within football and development.
In this course, UEFA Pro Licence Coach Ben Garner looks at the fundamental skills and qualities of an organised and effective coach, sharing his philosophies and processes around planning, preparation and reviewing.