COURSE
FOUNDATIONS OF FÚTBOL COACHING
Build a Strong Coaching Foundation
Start your coaching journey with the fundamentals every great coach needs. This short course teaches the main principles that keep the game flowing. It helps you lead sessions with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Learn from top Spanish coaches and begin making an impact right away.
· Learn from UEFA-licensed Spanish coaches
· Mobile-friendly modules you can start anytime
· Focused, easy-to-follow content for busy coaches
· Perfect starting point for beginners or volunteer coaches
Free. Included with your Beginner Pathway Subscription.
CURRICULUM BREAKDOWN
Discover 15 practical lessons focused on key areas like technical execution, tactical thinking, communication, and player motivation. Designed for busy coaches, each module delivers actionable insights that you can apply immediately on the field.
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0: Fun Integration Theory & Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset and Fun Integration Theory can motivate the entire team. They make training more enjoyable. These approaches enhance resilience during challenging games and keep players engaged. Weave both into each player's growth.
1: Introduction to Fútbol Coaching
Learn the fundamentals of football coaching! Build skills in leadership, communication, and motivation. This helps to create a positive and effective learning environment.
2: Control + Pass
Control the game by keeping possession, creating chances, and guiding its flow. Use precision, technique, and smart choices.
3: Advanced Reception & Shooting
Master advanced reception and shooting skills. This helps you hold the ball better, create scoring chances, and shoot strong and accurate. You can do this even under pressure.
4-5: Offensive Tactical Principles
Learn key offensive tactics: Ball Conservation, Orientation Changes, Rhythm Changes, Controlling the Game, and Wall-passes. These skills help break defenses and manage matches.
Focus on counterattacks, support play, finishing, unmarking, and using free spaces. These skills help break down defenses and create chances to score goals.
6-7: Defensive Tactical Principles
Master defensive tactics such as timing, pressing, and awareness. Also, focus on marking, shifting, and charging. These skills help you control space, regain possession, and boost team defense.
Learn key defensive skills like tackling, anticipating plays, and intercepting passes. Work on retraction and coverage, too. These tips will boost your positioning, help you regain the ball, and keep your defense in order.
8: Developing Training Sessions
Discover how to plan and organize training sessions. Set clear goals, choose tasks, and adjust intensity for player growth.
9-10: Task Types
Explore key soccer training task types. Use possession, small-sided games, and modified games. These help improve technical skills, teamwork, and tactical awareness. Boost training with passing, finishing, tactics, transitions, and fitness games. This will help improve accuracy, decision-making, stamina, and teamwork.
11: Attacking Phases
Master offensive transitions and overloads. Use positional play to break defensive lines. This will help you create goal-scoring chances and better control the game.
12: Defensive Phases
Master key defensive strategies such as pressing, marking, and anticipation. These skills help block attacks, regain possession, and maintain a solid, disciplined defense.
13: Team Dynamics & Cohesion
Learn how to build a united, motivated team through leadership, communication, and trust. Strengthen team cohesion with practical strategies and exercises.
14: Player Evaluation & Feedback
Discover how to assess players with precision. Use structured assessments, give motivational feedback, and track progress. This will help support their growth over time.
15: Preparing for the First Training Session
Learn to structure and lead your first training session with confidence. Engage players, support their development, and build a strong team foundation.
CURRICULUM BREAKDOWN
Discover 15 practical lessons focused on key areas like technical execution, tactical thinking, communication, and player motivation. Designed for busy coaches, each module delivers actionable insights that you can apply immediately on the field.
0: Growth Mindset
Having a growth mindset can boost the motivation of an entire team, and enhance resilience when faced with tough games. Learn how to instill a growth mindset into each of your players!.
1: Introduction to Fútbol Coaching
Learn the fundamentals of football coaching! Build skills in leadership, communication, and motivation. This helps to create a positive and effective learning environment.
2: Control + Pass
Control the game by keeping possession, creating chances, and guiding its flow. Use precision, technique, and smart choices.
3: Advanced Reception & Shooting
Master advanced reception and shooting skills. This helps you hold the ball better, create scoring chances, and shoot strong and accurate. You can do this even under pressure.
4-5: Offensive Tactical Principles
Learn key offensive tactics: Ball Conservation, Orientation Changes, Rhythm Changes, Controlling the Game, and Wall-passes. These skills help break defenses and manage matches.
Focus on counterattacks, support play, finishing, unmarking, and using free spaces. These skills help break down defenses and create chances to score goals.
6-7: Defensive Tactical Principles
Master defensive tactics such as timing, pressing, and awareness. Also, focus on marking, shifting, and charging. These skills help you control space, regain possession, and boost team defense.
Learn key defensive skills like tackling, anticipating plays, and intercepting passes. Work on retraction and coverage, too. These tips will boost your positioning, help you regain the ball, and keep your defense in order.
8: Developing Training Sessions
Discover how to plan and organize training sessions. Set clear goals, choose tasks, and adjust intensity for player growth.
9-10: Task Types
Explore key soccer training task types. Use possession, small-sided games, and modified games. These help improve technical skills, teamwork, and tactical awareness. Boost training with passing, finishing, tactics, transitions, and fitness games. This will help improve accuracy, decision-making, stamina, and teamwork.
11: Attacking Phases
Master offensive transitions and overloads. Use positional play to break defensive lines. This will help you create goal-scoring chances and better control the game.
12: Defensive Phases
Master key defensive strategies such as pressing, marking, and anticipation. These skills help block attacks, regain possession, and maintain a solid, disciplined defense.
13: Team Dynamics & Cohesion
Learn how to build a united, motivated team through leadership, communication, and trust. Strengthen team cohesion with practical strategies and exercises.
14: Player Evaluation & Feedback
Discover how to assess players with precision. Use structured assessments, give motivational feedback, and track progress. This will help support their growth over time.
15: Preparing for the First Training Session
Learn to structure and lead your first training session with confidence. Engage players, support their development, and build a strong team foundation.
DOWNLOAD VFA APP
Download for free on iPhone and Android
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