AFCAS - FOOTBALL FUNDAMENTALS & TALENT ID COURSE - LEVEL 1 - US COACHES EDITION



Welcome to our comprehensive online interactive course, AFCAS - FOOTBALL FUNDAMENTALS AND TALENT ID COURSE - LEVEL 1 - US COACHES EDITION

With over 14+ hours of content, this course is ideal for those seeking to enhance their skills or deepen their understanding of the game to improve your coaching ability.

Whether you're an aspiring soccer coach eager to refine your expertise or a seasoned professional looking to elevate your insights, our curriculum is meticulously crafted to explore the core principles of soccer.

With the use of Video examples and theory, over 70+ multi-choice video tasks, 6+ player observation assessment tasks, you would gain a higher understanding of player performance. And with the use of the 50+ coaching sessions provided you will be able to take your coaching to a higher level.

This LEVEL 1 - US COACHES EDITION - COURSE focuses on the areas - Physical identification, players visual awareness, first-touches with different surfaces of the body, and how awareness and decision-making effect how a player should receive the ball.

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70+ INTERACTIVE VIDEO TASKS WITH

MULTI-CHOICE QUIZZES & 6 PLAYER VIDEO ASSESSMENTS

50+ DETAILED COACHING SESSIONS

  • DIAGRAMMED WITH VIDEO EXAMPLES
OVER 50 DETAILED COACHING SESSIONS WITH DIAGRAMS AND VIDEOS TO AID COACH DEVELOPMENT

TECHNIQUE BROKEN DOWN WITH VIDEO EXAMPLES OF GOOD AND POOR PLAY

TECHNICAL VIDEO EXAMPLES
TECHNICAL VIDEO EXAMPLES

INTERACTIVE COURSE

Through an engaging blend of theoretical insights, video examples and video tasks, you'll gain a holistic understanding of player development and the essential attributes that define exceptional footballers. Our interactive platform offers a hands-on experience, allowing you to apply newfound knowledge in real-time scenarios.

Prepare to be immersed in a rich learning environment that caters to various skill levels, empowering you to enhance your coaching prowess. Join us in this journey, where the love for the game meets the precision of expert guidance, propelling you towards excellence in football coaching.

VIDEO EXAMPLES


Our course integrates a wide array of video examples demonstrating real-life situations, both showcasing exemplary execution and highlighting areas for improvement. These video clips serve as invaluable teaching tools, allowing learners to witness the concepts taught in theory being put into practice on the field.

VIDEO TASKS


We have created well over 70 multi-choice video quizzes for you to navigate through during this course.

These video tasks will show short videos of action from matches where you will have to observe and identify good and poor play highlighting which areas of performance were incorrect and give solutions to what the player should have done correctly.



DECISION-MAKING TASKS


We have created unique interactive 'decision-making multichoice quizzes' for you to complete throughout the courses.

These 'decision-making' video tasks will consist of a short video where the player is about to make a performance decision or action and the video will be paused before they make this action. You will have to assess the situation and you will be given the choice of multiple actions the player can make. You will have to choose an option in the quiz and then review the analysis video to see if your decision was correct or incorrect.


PLAYER PROFILE ASSESSMENTS


This course will give you the opportunity to assess player performance with our PLAYER PERFORMANCE VIDEO ASSESSMENT TASKS.

Player performance assessments in football refers to observing and assessing an individual player's effectiveness, contribution, and execution of skills and tasks during a match.

We have created Six of these video assessments that you will have complete during the course to give you experience of assessing a player's performance, and to give you the opportunity to use the skills and techniques you have learnt on the course.

These assessments also give you the opportunity to test your development and progress.

DATA ANALYSIS TASKS




We have introduced 'Data Analysis Tasks' to incorporate data elements that contribute to assessing player performance.

These tasks offer you the chance to generate your datasets, enhancing your player assessments beyond basic technical observations.

Recording and generating data on a player's performance can provide deeper insights into their match performance, helping answer questions about their productivity.






COACH - PLAYER ASSESSMENT WRITING



This course will show and teach how to evaluate player performance and teach you how to compile you own player performance assessments as a coach or as a scout.

This course will teach you note taking techniques and this course will even mark the reports you have created!

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COURSE WRITTEN BY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL COACH & SCOUT - GED SEARSON

With 30 years of coaching experience as a UEFA qualified soccer coach and over 15 years experience in professional soccer as first-team opposition & recruitment scout in the English Premier League with West Ham United, as a Chief Scout of multiple teams in the EFL (English Football League) and as the National team Chief Scout & Analyst of the successful Malawi National team AFCON 2022 in Cameroon.



Example Curriculum

  Introduction to Football
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  QUOTE - THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FOOTBALL
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  FOOTBALL FUNDAMENTALS & TALENT ID - LEARNING STRUCTURE
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  VIDEO EXAMPLES AND FOOTBALL THEORY
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  FOOTBALL FUNDAMENTALS QUIZZES
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  VIDEO TASK QUIZZES
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  PLAYER DECISION-MAKING VIDEO TASKS
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  VIDEO DATA ANALYSIS TASKS
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  COACHING SESSIONS
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  COACHES CORNER - ADVICE AND TIPS TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP AS A COACH
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  PLAYER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS TASKS
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  ASSESSING PERFORMANCE - OBSERVING A PLAYER
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  DISTINGUISHING A PLAYER
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  PLAYER PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION - DISTINGUISHING FEATURES
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  PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION - PART 1
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  WHICH FOOT IS THE PREFERRED RECEIVING AND PASSING FOOT?
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  IDENTIFICATION - HEIGHT AND BUILD
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  IDENTIFICATION - POWER - STRENGTH IN DUELS
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  IDENTIFICATION - PLAYER PACE, ACCELERATION AND REACTION SPEED
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  TRAINING GROUND - PACE - ACCELERATION
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  PLAYER ASSESSMENT - REPORT WRITTING
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  PLAYER PROFILE ASSESSMENTS
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  ASSESSMENT / REPORT WRITTING - SHORTHAND
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  COACH - PLAYER PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT WRITING
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  TASK - PLAYER PROFILE - 1
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  PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION - PART 2
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  MOBILTY AND AGILITY
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  MOBILITY AND AGILITY TASKS
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  TRAINING GROUND - QUICK FEET, MOBILITY AND AGILITY
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  TRAINING GROUND - ACCELERATION & AGILITY
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  PLAYER PROFILE TASK 2 - PHYSIC, HEIGHT, BUILD, MOBILITY AND PACE
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  PLAYER FITNESS AND FATIGUE
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  PLAYER PROFILE TASK 3 - FITNESS & FATIGUE
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  PLAYER FITNESS & FATIGUE - SUMMARY
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  PLAYER PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION - SUMMARY
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  PLAYER AWARENESS - PART 1
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  PLAYER AWARENESS - INTRODUCTION
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  PLAYER AWARENESS - PART 1 - VISUAL SCANNING
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  AWARENESS - 360 DEGREE SCANNING OVER BOTH SHOULDERS
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  AWARENESS - SCANNING AS THE BALL IS TRAVELLING
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  TRAINING GROUND - AWARENESS - SCANNING
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  RECEIVING THE BALL - PART 1
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  RECEIVING THE BALL - PART 1 - CONTROL
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  RECEIVING THE BALL - POOR CONTROL
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  TRAINING GROUND - FIRST-TOUCH - GETTING INTO LINE WITH THE BALL.
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  RECEIVING THE BALL WITH AN OPEN-BODY
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  COACHES CORNER - COACHING........ IT'S ALL BALLS!
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  TRAINING GROUND - RECEIVING THE BALL WITH AN OPEN-BODY
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  RECEIVING THE BALL INTO A NEW DIRECTION TO PERFORM THE NEXT ACTION
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  COACHES CORNER - AVOID TRAINING GRIDS
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  TRAINING GROUND - RECEIVING WITH AN OPEN BODY & SCANNING PRACTICES
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  RECEIVING THE BALL AWAY FROM AN OPPONENT
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  TASKS - RECEIVING THE BALL AWAY FROM OPPONENTS
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  TRAINING GROUND - RECEIVING WITH AN OPEN-BODY AWAY FROM OPPONENT
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  RECEIVING THE BALL PART 2 - PASSES PLAYED ALONG THE GROUND
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  FIRST-TOUCH - INSIDE OF THE FOOT
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  TRAINING GROUND - INSIDE OF FOOT SWEEPING PRACTICES
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  FIRST-TOUCH - OUTSIDE OF THE FOOT
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  TRAINING GROUND - SWEEPING THE BALL WITH THE OUTSIDE OF THE FOOT PRACTICE
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  COACHES CORNER - NO QUEUING PRACTICES
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  TRAINING GROUND - INSIDE & OUTSIDE OF THE FOOT - SWEEPING PRACTICES
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  TRAINING GROUND - SWEEPING THE BALL UNDER-PRESSURE PRACTICES
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  COACHES CORNER - HANDBALL TO TEACH GOOD PLAY
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  TRAINING GROUND - KEEP BALL GAMES & SMALL-SIDED-GAMES
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  RECEIVING THE BALL PART 3 - PASSES PLAYED THROUGH THE AIR
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  FIRST-TOUCH - PASSES PLAYED THROUGH THE AIR BRINGING THE BALL UNDER CONTROL
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  TRAINING GROUND - ADJUSTING FEET & GETTING INTO LINE WITH BALLS PLAYED THROUGH THE AIR
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  FIRST-TOUCH LACES / INSTEP OF FOOT
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  COACHES CORNER - TRAINING WITH DIFFERENT SIZED BALLS.
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  TRAINING GROUND - LACES CONTROL
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  INSIDE OF THE FOOT - BRINGING THE BALL DOWN TO CONTROL
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  TRAINING GROUND - INSIDE OF THE FOOT WEDGE CONTROL
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  OUTSIDE OF THE FOOT - BRINGING THE BALL DOWN TO CONTROL
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  TRAINING GROUND - OUTSIDE OF FOOT WEDGE CONTROL
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  FIRST-TOUCH - SOLE OF THE FOOT
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  FIRST-TOUCH - RECEIVING BALLS PLAYED THROUGH THE AIR - IDENTIFICATION TASKS
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  PLAYER PROFILE TASK 4 - FIRST-TOUCH DATA TASK
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  RECEIVING THE BALL - PART 4
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  RECEIVING THE BALL - CHEST CONTROL
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  TRAINING GROUND - CHEST CONTROL PRACTICE
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  RECEIVING THE BALL - THIGH CONTROL
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  TRAINING GROUND - THIGH CONTROL
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  TRAINING GROUND - RECEIVING BALLS PLAYED THROUGH THE AIR.
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  PLAYER POSITIONAL ANALYSIS - BALL CONTACT GRIDS
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  PLAYER PROFILE TASK 5 - BALL CONTACT - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS TASK
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  IDENTIFYING - PSYCHOLOGICALLY STRENGTHS / CHARACTER
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  RECEIVING AND PASSING THE BALL IN SPACE OR UNDER-PRESSURE
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  IDENTIFICATION OF COMPOSURE ON THE BALL - TASK
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  TASK - PLAYER PROFILE 6 - COMPOSURE ON THE BALL.
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  TASK - PLAYER PROFILE 7 - RECEIVING AND COMPOSURE ON THE BALL.
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  FOOTBALL FUNDAMENTALS & SCOUTING COURSE - LEVEL 1 - SUMMARY
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