Football Coaching and Performance

UCAS code: FCP3

Here's what University Centre Myerscough says about its Football Coaching and Performance course.

The course is delivered at University Centre Myerscough and awarded by the University of Lancashire. This degree has been designed to develop suitably trained and qualified graduates to gain rewarding and exciting careers in the football industry. The course focuses on developing the skills, coaching techniques, game analysis, conditioning and sports science knowledge necessary to improve football performance.

The course is closely linked with professional football clubs giving students opportunities to observe and work within the industry, via placements and voluntary work. Students will gain vital work experience on and off the field, equipping students for future employment within the football industry in the many roles which now exist in the modern game form professional clubs to private coaching companies. The course is based on the contemporary needs of the football industry and encourages students to develop innovative modern ideas, underpinned by traditional values and practices.

Myerscough College graduates have gone on to work in the football industry in a variety of roles, with the following professional clubs such as Preston North End. Other opportunities include RTR Talent a local 1-2-1 coaching company and Total Soccer Centre who operate on site. Many of our graduates have also progressed to work abroad both short and long term, with many of these types of opportunities shared with our students and graduates. Past opportunities have included work in the following countries: USA, Australia, Portugal, and Columbia. Alongside a trip to Reims to visit former student and current Stade de Reims manager Will Still who operate in Ligue 1. This exceptional trip allows for a tour of the training, observing training, question and answer session with Will and attend a home Reims fixture.

We advocate a holistic approach, developing a mixture of essential skills for your future employment in the professional game. The course includes a range of football coaching modules delivered by elite professional football coaches, developing your knowledge of techniques, tactics, strategies, skill acquisition, whilst improving your own performance. Your knowledge of sports science will be advanced, giving you a foundation of knowledge for strength and conditioning, talent identification, and rehabilitation modules. Our outstanding equipment and facilities will provide you an opportunity to work with analysis equipment, software, cameras, timing gates, all under the guidance of outstanding professional football coaches.

With professional UEFA licensed coaches, and experienced coaches of all levels delivering this course we can provide a unique and ideal choice for young football players, coaches and anyone hoping to work in the wider football industry. The course delivery is supplemented with outstanding guest lecturers enriching modules, ensuring it is well connected to the industry. These have previously included international level coaches, ex professional players, international level futsal coaches, academy managers and staff from the professional game. The experience of tutors will assist in the completion of FA coaching awards, which are essential for employment in the football industry. Tutors provide a blend of academic knowledge, but also a vast amount of experience in the football industry as players and coaches. This blend of academic and practical delivery, make this course unrivalled by other coaching courses available to students. Students are given an opportunity to represent Myerscough in University football BUCs team as part of the course.

It should be noted that to succeed on this course it is not a pre-requisite to be a gifted and talented footballer. However, it is important to have an enthusiasm for football and a desire to explore all aspects of the professional industry.

Year 1 and Year 2 - not available; Year 3 only. Year 3 - Sports Industry Consultancy; High Performance Training for Sport; High Performance Coaching for Sport; Coaching Pedagogy for Specific Populations; Research (Double) Project (double module).