Oliver Selfe - National Football Development Manager BUCS

Matthew Bishop –Sport Development Manager Paul Davies – Coach Education Manager

Southampton Solent University

HE Coach Education

• FA vision ‘ The Future Game’

• Mind mapping session

• Example of best practice

• Action planning

Learning outcomes

To produce technically excellent and innovative players, with exceptional decision making skills.

To train, develop, qualify and support more innovative coaches, who are excellent teachers of the game.

FA Vision

Associations B (Level 3) A (Level 4) Pro (Level 5)

England 1,759 895 115

France 15,000 2,400 188

Germany 28,400 5,500 1,070

Italy 27,430 1,298 512

Spain 9,135 12,720 2,140

UEFA Coaching Data 2008

Key Headlines

• The best potential and existing coaches need to be identified early and supported through specialist mentoring programmes, drawing from experience within the game.

• The FA must boast a team of the highest-quality tutors with the knowledge and experience to make a difference and inspire the next generation of coaches.

• Collectively, with our partners in the professional game, we must strive to provide more opportunities for talented English coaches.

• We need to create a culture of life-long learning where coaches strive to improve, are qualified, licensed and have far greater recognition and status at both youth and senior level.

• A nucleus of specialists must be trained to work with younger players and the provision of sports science, medicine and psychology content must be enhanced to complement our coaching awards.

• Our programme of support for all coaches must be significantly improved and we must retain more coaches through the levels.

BUCS contribution?

• A progressive pathway for student coaches linked to Football Futures providing CPD, mentoring and a range of coaching opportunities.

• Four Pilot university coaches hubs linked to CFA’s

• Eight student places in the FAs National Coaching Scholarship.

• Bursaries to support student coach development (qualifications and experience).

• Deliver the first BUCS National Volunteer CPD event.

• Embed the FA Respect programme within BUCS and the HE sector.

Group Mind Dump Session

6 groups of five university staff and one County FA staff

Group question:

• How can you develop high quality coaches (male and female) to service internal football and wider community football?

• What are the barriers involved in setting this up?

• What are the benefits to Universities ad County FA’s to develop coach education?