Next year I will be leaving high school and going to Glan Hafren 6th form College. I have decided to choose EDEXCEL National Certificate in sport Performance & Excellence.

Whilst I was speaking to my Career's advisor in school he said that this will help me to be a coach in football in the future. But I am not quite sure if it will.

The course includes :

Sports in society
Ethics & Values in sport
psychology for sports performance
nutrition for sport
training & fitness
the proffesional sports person
the reflective practitioner
health & safety in sport
innovation for sport
work experience
practical sport study
body in action

I was just wondering if anybody here knew if this would help me become a coach or manager in the future ?

Once I have left Glan Hafren on this course I am hoping to go to Glamorgan University and study Sports Management.

If there are any seriouse football coaches out there that maybe plan on bieng a football manager in the future, could you give me any advice on what courses to take ?

Im not a qualified coach yet, but ive pretty much done most of the stuff on the FA Level 1 and started the Level 2 stuff. Personally i think you should do anything sport related and take it all in, no matter how insignificant you might think it is, its really helpful. Once your in Uni, you might wanna start going through your Fa Coaching badges and get yourself some coaching experience.

Jim, SyCo is right, the more sports related courses and exams you take the better your understanding of sports as a whole and widen your spectrum. It seems that you have got your heart set on becoming a coach so start investigating the fa courses now also

Regards
Darren

Hi theres also sports coaching degrees at Leeds metropolitan university and at Southampton. The one that im doing is a Bsc Hons degree and it includes practicals but is mostly theory work and working with others.

Goodluck

Good Luck also, Chris

James, I have been a resident coach at a College in the past and have run these College Diploma (1 or 2 year courses). The 2 year course is more beneficial, but the course you are doing gives you the option at the end of it to pursue either a career as a coach or work towards the Sports Science side of the sport and even the Leisure Industry.

As regards to whether it helps in your ambitions to be a coach or manager in the future, well lets just say this, there ARENT many coaches and managers who HAVE passed this course because it wasnt around when they started and had to do it the hard way. In my opinion it is an excellent start point. It will let you know whether coaching is for you because to be successfull you WILL have to incorporate and be competent in all those elements of the course at least.

The practical side of coaching will come with the FA level 2 and THEN if you feel ready, the UEFA B Level 3 Coaching Licence and then after that the Level 4 Pro Licence.

Your careers advisor has given you good advice but you could ask whether they can fix up a time for you to visit the nearest Porfessional Club to ask THEM how to progress.

Sports management courses provide an all round experience for people who may not know what they REALLY want to do but want to be in Sports.

Like I have already stated, you will be able to pursue different areas after you have taken this course.