TAKE YOUR COACHING TO THE NEXT LEVEL
WITH BEN BARTLETT
Next cohort March '25
Early bird price: £495 / $595
March 2025 ENROL NOW
WHAT IS THE COACHING AWARD?
Designed and delivered by Ben Bartlett, the Elite Soccer Coaching Award (ESCA) is a cutting-edge course focused on developing your individual style and potential.
The course is a highly personal journey, where you will be encouraged to reflect on your context (your club's vision, the soccer you want to play, the players in your team), refine your coaching approach to best meet your ambition and create your personal coaching dossier.
The ESCA reflects a new age of coaching, one that is less routine and prescriptive, more responsive, holistic and context relevant.
Course Features
The skills you need to stand out.
8 workshops across 4 core components: Playing soccer, Understanding players, Coaching soccer, Connected coaching
Designed and taught by Ben Bartlett, based on his best-selling coaching books, with bi-weekly live Q&A sessions
Free 12-month subscription to Elite Soccer (worth $149.50) and companion book Elite Player & Coach Development
Final assignment provides a coach-centred, deep, clear and coherent coaching dossier
2 hours per week for 12 weeks, 100% remote yet highly social and interactive
Coaching Award certificate
Who is it for?
The ESCA is designed to help coaches learn their own way of coaching. It is therefore suitable whether you are in the early stages of your coaching career or an accomplished coach trying to get to the next level.
Academy coaches
Career movers
Senior coaches
Syllabus
You’ll learn the strategy and structure to build a world-class coaching methodology centred around you. Click on a Workshop below for more detail.
Your Personal Coaching Dossier
The ESCA is context-driven which makes it accessible to coaches at every age and stage of the game.
Sarah Lowdon
Ben speaks to Portland Thorns Assistant coach Sarah Lowdon as part of the current cohort of the Award.
Charlotte Healy
Ben speaks to Manchester United Women Assistant First Team Coach Charlotte Healy as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Paul McGuinness
Ben speaks to former Manchester United Academy Head coach Paul McGuinness as part of cohort 2 of the Award.
Will Ryder
Ben speaks to Port Vale Academy Director Will Ryder as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Tom Hounsell
Ben speaks to former Fulham Academy Insights Manager and U21 Coach Tom Hounsell as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Saul Isaksson-Hurst
Ben speaks to Individual skill development expert Saul Isaksson-Hurst as part of the current cohort of the Award.
Mike Jacobs
Ben speaks to Nashville SC General manager Mike Jacobs as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Charlotte Healy
Ben speaks to Manchester United Women Assistant First Team Coach Charlotte Healy as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Sarah Lowdon
Ben speaks to Portland Thorns Assistant coach Sarah Lowdon as part of the current cohort of the Award.
Q&A with Ben 1
Rewatch the first Q&A with Ben which covered Component 1: Playing Football
Will Ryder
Ben speaks to Port Vale Academy Director Will Ryder as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Paul McGuinness
Ben speaks to former Manchester United Academy Head coach Paul McGuinness as part of the current cohort of the Award.
Q&A with Ben 2
Rewatch the second Q&A with Ben which covered Component 2: Player Development
Q&A with Ben
Rewatch the Q&A with Ben which drew together concepts from the first three components of the Award
Tom Hounsell
Ben speaks to former Fulham Academy Insights Manager and U21 Coach Tom Hounsell as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Saul Isaksson-Hurst
Ben speaks to Individual skill development expert Saul Isaksson-Hurst as part of the current cohort of the Award.
Q&A with Ben 3
Rewatch the second Q&A with Ben which covered Component 3: Coaching Players & Football
Mike Jacobs
Ben speaks to Nashville SC General manager Mike Jacobs as part of cohort 1 of the Award.
Dossier check-in 1
Rewatch the first dossier check-in with Ben
Dmitri Halajko
Ben speaks to Ipswich Town Academy director Dmitri Halajko as part of the current cohort of the Award.
Q&A with Ben 4
Rewatch the fourth Q&A with Ben which covered Component 4: What We Measure
Dossier check-in 2
Rewatch the second dossier check-in with Ben
Dossier review
Rewatch the dossier review with Ben
INTERACT WITH INDUSTRY EXPERTS - MARCH '24 COHORT
Gareth Southgate OBE
Graham Mills
René Marić
Tom Shields - Technical Director, STA Soccer
Noel Dempsey
Cristian Colas
BEN BARTLETT
Ben is a UEFA Pro-Licence & MSc qualified coach. Over 25 years of coaching experience has led Ben to focus on player development.
He has written two best-selling books, advocating a shift in the coaching culture which is more responsive and better connected to the environment and the people within it.
Having recently led the integration of coach and player development at Fulham Football Club, Ben is now Director of Methodology at Houston Dynamo.
Ben previously spent 12 years at The English FA, supporting the development and training of coaches within national teams & professional football clubs.
He also has experience leading youth development programmes which support the development of international players in both The Premier League and English Football Leagues.
A regular presenter at coaching conferences, Ben is the author of the best-selling and highly influential coaching books Constraining Football and Connected Coaching.
Explore our frequently asked questions for anything we might have missed.
When does the course start?
The next course starts in March '25 but all elements are on-demand with live events also being recorded. The course fits around you and your schedule.
How long is the course?
The course consists of 8 workshops which are around an hour each, with some breaks, Q&A sessions and an assessment period. In total 12 weeks.
Do I need to be free on certain days?
No. Whilst each workshop will be released on a Monday, you can watch and learn whenever at your own pace. We do recommend keeping up week to week, but you don't need to be watching 'live'. The bi-weekly Q&As will be live Zoom calls. These will be scheduled once we know the make up of the cohort but likely in the late afternoon or early evening, UK time.
How much is the course?
The coaching award is just £495 (inc. VAT) per person or US$595.
How do I book the course for myself?
You can click Enrol Now and pay with a credit or debit card.
How do I book for the course for others?
If you have a group of 3 or more coaches, please email us on esca@elitesoccercoaching.net or click the Contact button.
Can I pay by invoice?
For group bookings or payment enquiries please email us on esca@elitesoccercoaching.net
How long do I have access to the course for?
You will have access to the course materials until the platform closure date (see the brochure for a full calendar).
How will I access the course?
Once you’ve registered and bought the course, you will be able to log in anywhere on the Elite Soccer website and commence elevating your coaching. Naturally, we will email you as each workshop is released and there will be direct links therein.
Can we get a group discount?
Due to high demand for places we are not currently offering group discounts please email us on esca@elitesoccercoaching.net if you wish to enrol a group.
How does the assessment work?
The ESCA is set apart by its contextual assessment. Though participants complete the same set of core modules, the final assessment is a self-referencing document.
The final assessment is a critical component of the course as over the 12 week period you'll be guided to build your own body of work. Rather than assessing participants against what we believe is important in the game of soccer, we are able to assess against what you have told us is important to you.
The assessment empowers coaches to formalise their beliefs and to close the loop. At the completion of the assessment, you will be uniquely positioned to demonstrate what you value, why and how you go about measuring it and affecting it - whether you're coaching the U9s or the first team. This will all be in a dossier you can show fellow coaches and prospective employers to clearly communicate your beliefs.
Contact
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