We are delighted to announce that the NEW Coerver® Coaching Youth Diploma 2 course will be taking place during November 2015 in Glasgow Scotland, in association with our global partner adidas® and our presenting partner FourFourTwo Performance at the training complex of our new Coerver® Partner Club Rangers FC. This is only the second Youth Diploma 2 course to take place globally.
The Coerver® Coaching Youth Diploma 2 has been developed from over 31 years of knowledge and work with the leading federations, clubs, managers and star names in International Football.
Youth Diploma 2 Course Overview
The Coerver® Coaching Youth Diploma 2 course expands on the knowledge gained from the Youth Diploma 1 course with a focus on how to develop a team style through individual and small group skills teaching both in and out of possession.
The Coerver ® Coaching Youth Diploma 2 is a 2-day course that has been broken down into 4 modules that will be presented through lecture presentations & practical demonstrations:
Module 1- The Coerver® Approach to Team Play (Theory) Developing the Coerver® Player “Code” (Practical)
Module 2- The Coerver® Team Code – Box/Trap Defence (Theory) The Box/Trap Defence (Practical)
Module 3- The Coerver® Team “Code” – The Box/Trap Attack (Theory) The Box/Trap Attack part 1 (Practical)
Module 4- The Benefits of the Coerver® Team Style (Theory) The Box/Trap Attack Part 2 Finishing (Practical)
Youth Diploma 2 Course Instructor - Alfred Galustian
Alfred Galustian started his soccer career as a young player for Wimbledon. He is the Co-Founder and International Director of Coerver® Coaching, and has been largely responsible for building the program Globally.
To date Alfred has worked as a Coach Instructor with 17 national federations including the French, English, Japanese and Australian.
Alfred has also worked with over 50 top professional clubs including Bayern Munich FC, Manchester City FC, Real Madrid CF, Olympique Marseille, Arsenal FC and AC Milan.
During the 2010/11 Season Alfred was the Specialist Skills Coaching Advisor to the Premier League.
Alf was appointed Specialist Skills Advisor to the Premier LeagueTM during the 2010/11 season, assigned to help develop the next generation of Elite football coaches in this country, further endorsing his reputation for expertise in technical skills teaching.
Alf says of the course "I am very happy to introduce our new Youth Diploma 2 course which is especially designed for coaches who have attended Youth Diploma 1. In this new course, we are going to focus on developing a team style; what skills individually and in small groups do players need? What do you teach them? How do you teach them?, not only the skills and tactics, but also the mental and attitude aspects” “During this course I’m going to share with attendees ,some of my personal experiences from working with some of the greatest clubs and federations in the world”.
“A particular focus of the course is to show you how to develop individual players that are multi-positional, both attackers and defenders, with all practices and games being adaptable to players of all ages and abilities”.
“We are really looking forward to delivering this new course and believe that our approach to developing a team style will be of great benefit to you, no matter the level you work at”.
Coaches You Get:
· 2-days of expert tuition from Coerver® Coaching Co-founder Alfred Galustian
· Top Training facilities
· On-line access to the Youth Diploma 2 practical session video content
· Course Book resource full of drills and
· games for your sessions (64 page book)
· Coerver® Coaching Youth Diploma 2 Certificate of Attendance
· Copy of FourFourTwo magazine
· Lunch both days, Tea & Coffee throughout
2015 Youth Diploma 2 Course Information Dates: Saturday 28 November and Sunday 29 November 2015
Venue: Rangers FC Murray Park Training Centre Auchenhowie Road, Milngavie, G62 6EJ
Times: 9:30am to 4:00pm (both days)
Cost: £299 per coach
* note that attendance of Youth Diploma 1 is a pre-requisite for attendance on Youth Diploma 2
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For 31 years Coerver® Coaching has worked with the games leading Federations and Clubs. We are delighted to invite you to join us at our official partners SL BENFICA, one of the World’s greatest clubs.
Our residential camp is open to players aged 11-16 years and will give exclusive access to the SL BENFICA training ground and coaches, as well as visiting the clubs famous stadium, our players will get to the heart of the club.
Founded in 1904, SL Benfica is a sporting club who have many champions across world sport. The club is best recognised for its football and is Portugal’s current Champions having now won the Portugese title 34 times. SL Benfica are 2 times European Cup winners and Portugal most successful club. The club has had many famous players including the legendary Eusébio.
The Package
· Welcome Gift
· 5 hours of practical training per day
· Theoretical training sessions
· Presentations by SL Benfica's head coaches
· SL Benfica’s & Coerver® coaches
· All training at SL Benfica first team & academy training ground CAIXA FUTEBOL CAMPUS
· Closing ceremony and Certificate
· An official Coerver® Coaching training kit
· Visit SL Benfica’s Stadium & Museum
· Menus prepared under the supervision of SL Benfica’s Department of Nutrition
· Sports Physio Cover
· Full board in one of the best hotels in the Lisbon
· Supervision throughout trip
Dates/Times/Cost
Week 1 Sunday 11th October to Thursday 15th October 2015 (4 NIGHTS)
Week 2 Monday 26th October to Thursday 29th October 2015 (3 NIGHTS)
• FULL BOARD (BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER)
• Players will share room with 2-3 players of similar age
• Week1- Euros €690 (4 nights) or Week 2- Euros €549 (3 nights)
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This unique Coach Development opportunity for coaches of all levels, learn the secrets of Coerver® Coaching the worlds number 1 soccer skills teaching method and of one of the Worlds biggest clubs SL BENFICA.
The purpose of the Coerver® Coaching Youth Diploma is to give attendees, whether you are a professional academy coach, junior coach, teacher or parent a greater understanding of how to plan & deliver more effective coaching sessions.
This will be made possible by learning to use the New Coerver® Coaching Session Planner which will provide a quick & easy solution for all attendees who would like to construct weekly, monthly or even season long programmes using proven, high quality drills & games from Coerver® Coaching, "The Worlds' Number 1 Soccer Skills Teaching Method".
The Coerver ® Coaching Youth Diploma is a 2-day course that has been broken down into 4 modules that will be presented through lecture presentations & practical demonstrations:
- Module 1 - The Coerver® Approach To Coaching
- Module 2 - The Coerver® Curriculum
- Module 3 - Coerver® Season Session Planning
- Module 4 - Coerver® Tips To Be A Better Coach
Coaches – YOU GET
- Expert tuition by Coerver® Coaching Cofounder Alfred Galustian & Coerver® Scotland and Portugal Director Gordon Craig
- Drills and games developed over our 31 year history
- Learn to use Coerver® Coaching Session Planner
- The secrets Coerver® Coaching have used over the last
- 31 years to establish themselves as "The World's Number
- One Soccer Skills Teaching Method"
- Essential tips on how to improve your coaching & make your sessions more effective
- A Coerver® Youth Diploma 1 Certificate of Attendance
Supplementing the Coerver ® Coaching Youth Diploma , Day 3 is the PLUS as we have this great opportunity to stage the course with our partners SL Benfica and take advantage of the opportunity to take part in an SL BENFICA coaches clinic.
The Coaches Clinic will focus on
- SL BENFICA Model of Play
- SL BENFICA Offensive Organisation
- SL BENFICA Offensive Transitions
The clinic will be made up using a mixture of theory and practical session delivered by SL BENFICA Head Coaches.
PACKAGE INCLUDES:
- Welcome gift for participants
- All training at SL BENFICA Academy and first team training centre- CAIXA FUTEBOL CAMPUS
- Coerver® Youth Diploma 1 Course (4 Modules)
- Youth Diploma 1 Certificate of Attendance
- Youth Diploma 1 Course booklet (64 pages)
- An exclusive Coerver® Youth Diploma 1 plus shirt
- Presentations by SL Benfica's head coach in the specific category
- Visit to SL Benfica’s Stadium, Museum and Adidas Megastore
- Closing Ceremony Dinner at Stadium Restaurent
- 3 night Full Board, stay in one of Lisbon’s top 4 star hotels - HOTEL MELIÃ ALDEIA DOS CAPUCHOS
COST PER COACH – RESIDENTIAL
FULL BOARD BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (2-COACHES sharing a room)
- €675 for 3 nights (Not including airport transfers, flights, travel insurance, E111 UK medical card)
- Additional nights available on request (subject to availability)
COST PER COACH - NON RESIDENTIAL
- €385 includes closing Ceremony Dinner at Stadium
Please note transport is not provided by club for coaches on the non residential package
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Media
Coerver® Coaching in partnership with FourFourTwo Performance have launched a brand new video series titled “Play Like Spain”. The new series of videos are aimed at providing coaches and players with essential drills, games and tips to emulate the individual and team style of play of the reigning World and European Champions. The drills and games cover four areas that include Fast Combinations, Lose / Win Speed, Killer Pass and Fast Finishing.
Coerver® Coaching’s have collaborated on a number of previous drill series with FourFourTwo Performance and is often some of the most popular content on the site with the vast number of visiting coaches and players from around the world. The Play Like Spain series was filmed at the Clayton Wood, first team training ground of Coerver® Partner Club, Stoke City FC with the U16 academy squad taking part in the drills and games.
Coerver® Coaching Co-founder Alf Galustian who presents the new series (see above image) said “It is great to continue our working relationship with such a world renowned publication as FourFourTwo. We feel that this series if up with the best that we have produced to date and I’m sure that these new drills and games will be very useful for all coaches and players out there who want to emulate the fantastic individual and group play that is synonymous with Spain with their own local teams. I would like to thank FourFourTwo Performance for collaborating on this excellent new series and also Stoke City FC for being such fantastic hosts and to the players who were a real credit to the club”.
FourFourTwo Performance is a one stop resource for coaches and players who want to train, think and play like a pro. Many of the game’s leading players, coaches, sports scientists, physiotherapists psychologists and nutritionists provide content for the website.
Gordon Craig has been a Director of Coerver® Coaching in Scotland for 20 years and during this time he has delivered many Coerver® workshops as a consultant on behalf of the association. Gordon has recently been appointed a position within the newly formed National Performance department which has been put together to deliver the Scottish FA’s £10 million Performance Strategy (see below image with Gordon Craig, Scott Booth – Scotland U16 Coach & Mark Wotte – Scottish FA Performance Director).
As part of the Performance Strategy, seven schools throughout the country have been selected to house the cream of Scotland’s talented young footballers. There, they will marry their football education with their normal school curriculum as part of the Scottish FA’s commitment to elite player development.
Seven coaches have been appointed to work in conjunction with the schools and the players’ clubs to enhance their technical skills at a key stage of their development, Gordon is in charge of the Performance School at Braidhurst High School in Motherwell.
Each coach is responsible for up to 20 of the most talented under-12 players in their region – both boys and girls – and are to provide a minimum five extra coaching sessions focusing on skills development. Over a four-year period, this will provide the most talented young footballers throughout the country with an extra 800 sessions.
Led by Scottish F.A. Performance Director, Mark Wotte, the Regional Performance Schools are the crown jewels of the Performance Strategy. A series of football festivals involving senior clubs, boys and girls clubs and school teams helped the performance team to identify the best players eligible for each school in time for enrolment in August 2012.
Wotte believes the new schools will help produce Scotland internationalists of the future and spoke enthusiastically of the relationship between the Scottish FA, education authorities, local authorities and the clubs. “The creation of the Regional Performance Schools is one of the most significant and positive developments for Scottish football in decades. The schools will enhance the coaching provided by clubs by implementing an individual player development programme by our experienced football teachers. Our young players need more contact time with the ball and must develop key skills like balance, agility, speed, movement and co-ordination.”
In addition to his role within the Performance School programme, Gordon has also been working with the best young players in the country as part of the technical staff for the U16 National team. This included Scotland’s recent participation in the Sky Sports Victory Shield, which is the first time players will fully represent their country in a home nations tournament with Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales taking part. In the most recent game Scotland visited England, taking them all the way to a narrow loss of 1-0 in extra time in front of an enthusiastic 4,000 crowd at Burton Albion FC (see above image).
Part of the preparations for the game included 4 days at the new £105 million England National Training at St Georges Park in Staffordshire (see above image). Gordon Craig said “ The SFA are focusing on technical excellence and developing a strategy to produce special players for the future. This has given me the chance to take 20 years of Coerver work and experience to the best players in the country. Playing with the best versus the best is key in making sure the players not only have the technical skills but the tactical, physical and mental skills to match. It’s our job as coaches to inspire and ignite player’s inner confidence and help them to reach their full potential.”
“One highlight of the trip to England was working and staying at the magnificent facilities at St Georges, as well as meeting Scottish Football legend Archie Gemmel who visited the squad as we trained in the build up to the game. Everyone remembers the great individual goal Gemmel scored in the 1978 World Cup when Scotland beat a great Holland team 3-2 with the Dutch going on to the 78 Final against Argentina despite our win. For me its goals like Gemmel’s against Holland that inspired me as a young footballer and encapsulated why I’ve taught the Coerver method to so many young players and shared my knowledge to other coaches, perhaps looking to recreate such memorial moments. Coerver can inspire the future generation we are all working so hard to develop. Players who can play with flair, freedom and confidence on the world stage and who can create magical goals”.
Former Coerver® Australia kid Tom Rogic has this week signed for Scottish Champions Celtic FC from Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners on a four-and-a-half-year deal with a transfer fee of £450,000 being quoted. Tom has had a fantastic season in the A-League where he has played 24 times scoring five goals which had put him on the radar of a host of professional clubs in Europe.
The 20-year-old has been on trial with Celtic on their recent winter training camp in Spain and, work permit permitting, will join the squad and be available for selection for the re-start of the SPL season at Parkhead against Hearts on Saturday 19th January 2013. A host of Premier League™ clubs, including Fulham, QPR and Reading, were also said to be keen on signing Rogic but Celtic was the preferred destination for the Australian International midfielder.
Former Celtic midfielder Michael McGlinchey, who was a team mate of Rogic at A-League side Central Coast Mariners, feels that he could be the missing piece in Neil Lennon’s Celtic jigsaw and said “When Tom found out Celtic were interested I said it would be a great move, he had other offers but I told him he had to go to Celtic and I know he was keen on going to Spain with them to see their set-up. He was excited about finding out what the club is all about. Tom’s well capable of making a real name for himself in Scotland. He’s already in the Socceroos squad and over here everyone is talking about him as Australia’s new wonderkid”. (see below image of Tom Rogic playing for the Australian National Team).
“From what I’ve heard, Celtic need a No.10 type player to unlock defences with killer passes, especially in games at Parkhead, Tom could do that, he has all the attributes to play that role. We play 4-2-3-1 and he operates just off the striker. Tom likes to play between the lines, he has a great left foot and an eye for goal. He has an unusual style and is one of those guys who just seem to glide with the ball. He’s the type of player Celtic fans will enjoy watching”.
McGlinchey was stunned by Rogic’s quality when he turned up for training with the Mariners last season. He appeared after winning a talent competition that saw him named one of the eight best young footballers in the world. And McGlinchey isn’t surprised that a year after joining them, clubs such as Celtic, Reading, Fulham and QPR were after his signature.
The 26-year-old midfielder, who left Celtic in 2009 and is now a regular in the New Zealand national team, said: “It’s incredible to think Tom has only been a full-time pro for 12 months – his progress has been fantastic. He was still playing Futsal about a year ago. He was in a squad that went over to England and that’s when Reading were keen on him but they couldn’t get a visa. He joined us towards the end of the season and we couldn’t believe how good he was. Tom has real quality and he’s different as he’s 6ft 2ins and can play as an attacking midfielder or up front”.
“He’s unusual because, despite his size, he’s got great feet, he’s just a terrific footballer and I’m not surprised so many teams were after him.”
Everyone at Coerver® Coaching is extremely proud of Tom, who adds his name to the long list of players to have developed under the Coerver® programme and have gone on to fulfil their dream of being a professional footballer, WELL DONE TOM!.