UEFA B

The Football Association have rolled out three new qualifications. I am often asked what they are about and why should coaches take them, so we have put together some information on them and provided links for you to find out more.

For Football coaches, the qualification pathway is FA Level 1, FA Level 2, FA Level 3 (UEFA B) and FA level 4 (UEFA A). The Football Association have now launched a new UEFA B License, so for those football coaches who are interested in what it is about, we have put together key information on this new qualification

This is an example of coaching a UEFA B, Level 3 Small Sided Game, Coach Defend as a Team.

This is an example of coaching a UEFA B, Level 3 Small Sided Game, Coach Support Play.

There are three areas of practical coaching that a candidate must understand and practice. These being:

The Football Association Level 3 Course (UEFA B) is the third qualification on the Football Association coaching ladder. It is mainly geared towards more experienced football coaches. Particularly those football coaches who are coaching players aged 16+. It is a pre requisite requirement to take the course that a football coach has already gained the Football Association Level 2 coaching award.

I have recently attended a UEFA B football coaching course and was asked to coach a Phase of play ‘defending wide areas’, for my internal assessment.  This phase of play involved coaching the full backs in a 1v1 with the attacking wide player.  While coaching the full back I was a little bit confused on which way the full back should show the wide player.  Should he show him inside towards his covering defenders but towards goal or should he show him down the line were this isn’t space but there is a danger of him getting a cross into the area?   Also during my feedback, my assessor discussed with me that a full back needs to delay the attacking player but also be big to stop him from crossing the ball, this is a valid point, but if the defender is trying to be big how can he delay and possibly ‘jockey’ the attacking player, either down the line or inside?  When I’m coaching defending the main aim is to stay low, and be side on to try and win the ball with the front foot and be able to move into different directions quickly, by being big this quite impossible especially if the attacking player is quick, as they usually are!

On a recent UEFA B course, Alan Walker lead Tutor of Kent Football Association, coached a functional session on combination play to finish.