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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.
As an Elite Soccer member you will receive the award for participating in one of two instructor-led cohorts delivered each year..
The award encourages you 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. It is your chance to move beyond the "what" and "why" and codify the "how".
Course Features
The skills you need to stand out.
8 workshops across 4 core components available online and on-demand
Designed and delivered by Ben Bartlett with bi-weekly live Q&A sessions
Exclusive tools and resources available 24/7
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.
WALL OF LOVE
Abbas Yassin
Alfie Wylie
Declan Duffin
Graham Mills
Moritz Kossmann
Ryan McConville
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 FC in the Premier League and Houston Dynamo in MLS, Ben is now the Pro-Licence Educator for US Soccer.
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?
If you enrol today you'll have immediate access to the workshops and resources. You will also be invited to join the next instructor-led cohort which starts in September 2025
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. You will have a full year of access to the workshops and resources to complete the award at your own pace. During the year you will have two opportunities to follow the instructor-led program which takes 12 weeks.
Do I need to be free on certain days?
No. You can watch and learn whenever at your own pace. Live Q&As and expert interviews are scheduled at convenient times for UK and US learners and all are made available on demand 24 hours after the event.
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 for a full 12 months from the day you enrol.
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?
Yes. If you would like to provide access for your club please contact us via esca@elitesoccercoaching.net and we will be in touch to talk about your needs.
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
Want to get in touch?
For any questions about the ESCA please fill in the form and we will respond within one business day
Since 2010 Elite Soccer has given subscribers exclusive insight into the training ground practices of the world’s best coaches. Published in partnership with the League Managers Association we have unparalleled access to the leading lights in the English leagues, as well as a host of international managers.
Elite Soccer exclusively features sessions written by the coaches themselves. There are no observed sessions and no sessions “in the style of”, just first-hand advice delivered direct to you from the coach.
