Level 2 in Creative Soccer Coaching

The aim of the Level 2 course is to provide coaches with the tools, skills and knowledge to coach Street Soccer with players.  This highly practical, interactive, challenging and stimulating 2 day course helps coaches to understand how to coach Street Soccer and how to develop creative players for all formats of the beautiful game. We explain how players learn and how we can adapt our coaching style to maximise their learning. Coaches will learn how to develop physical intelligence, perception, movement vocabulary, awareness and decision making abilities in players. We look in detail at how coaches can create an optimal learning environment which is engaging and exciting for players. The course also examines how creativity is nurtured through coaching (and how many coaches also squash it!). We look at the role of deliberate play and how it impacts on performance, learning and creativity. Coaches will learn how to design and structure Street Soccer coaching sessions, how to deliver the STARTS warm up, Street Games and Skill Development. Coaches will also learn the Street Soccer philosophy and coaching methods so that they can us their knowledge in practice.

The Level 2 Creative Soccer Coaching Course consists of 8 x 2 hour modules.

•    The Learning Process
We look at…
o    How humans learn
o    How we tend to teach and coach, traditionally.
o    The concept of physical intelligence
o    How we can adapt coaching to enhance learning.

•    Create an Optimal Learning Environment
We look at…
o    The key ingredients that help create an optimal learning environment
o    Ways to recognise how deeply players are learning.
o    The differences between various coaching methods and their impact on learning. 
o    How to create an optimal learning environment within coaching sessions

•    Nurturing Creativity
We look at…
o    What creativity is and how it differs from skill and technique
o    How we can use Street Games to enhance creativity
o    The key ingredients for creativity and how to incorporate these within coaching.

•    Flow of a Session
We look at…
o    How to structure a Street Soccer coaching session.
o    How to deliver a Street Soccer coaching session, from beginning to end
o    Practical examples of Street Soccer coaching session

•    The STARTS Warm Up
We look at…
o    Functional dynamic flexibility warm ups (using a Premiership match day warm up protocol)
o    The requirements of a comprehensive and holistic preparation routine for soccer
o    How to deliver a STARTS Warm Up

•    Street Games
We look at…
o    The reason for using Street Games in Street Soccer and Creative Soccer coaching.
o    A range of different Street Games that are used within coaching sessions.
o    The skills and abilities that Street Games develop in players.

•    Skill Development
We look at…
o    The relationship between skill, ball control & body control.
o    How to develop visual and physical intelligence, including vision, perception, balance, co-ordination, body awareness and ‘feel’.
o    A variety of coaching methods that aim to develop skill, including Coerver and ‘grounds’ exercises.
o    The relationship between Street Soccer coaching, Futsal and the 11-aside game.

•    Coaching Philosophy & The BIG Picture
We look at…
o    How we coach Street Soccer, including the use of questioning techniques and sensory learning methods
o    The experience of coaching using the Street Soccer approach
o    Coaches are able to have a go, give it a try and experiment with new ideas.
o    How to apply the ideas and methods from the course within our own coaching

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