Elite Soccer Coaching Award cohort 6

Pricing

Members only - To sign up to this cohort you must be a member of the Elite Soccer Professional Development Programme

 

Details

The summer/autumn 2026 cohort of the Elite Soccer Coaching Award will take place from August to October. Over the course of ten weeks, you will be guided through the four Elite Soccer components, with workshops, resources, expert interviews and Q&As with Ben Bartlett.

 

Joining the cohort is open to all Elite Soccer members – whether it’s your first time doing it, or you want to do it again.

Schedule

 

Component 1 – Playing Football

Week 1 – w/b Monday 3 August

• Workshop 1 – Playing Football 1

Week 2 – w/b Monday 10 August

• Workshop 2 – Playing Football 2

• Playing Football expert interview with James Barlow, head of academy, Portsmouth

• Playing Football Q&A with Ben Bartlett

Component 2 – Player Development

 

Week 3 – w/b Monday 17 August

• Workshop 3 – Player Development 1

Week 4 – w/b Monday 24 August

• Workshop 4 – Player Development 2

• Player Development expert interview with Mirelle Van Rijbroek, talent ID education lead, FIFA

• Player Development Q&A with Ben Bartlett

 

Component 3 – Coaching Players & Football

 

Week 5 – w/b Monday 31 August

• Workshop 5 – Coaching Players & Football 1

• Dossier insight call with Jamie Scott, Elite Soccer Coaching Award alumnus and head of academy, Penn Fusion Soccer Academy

Week 6 – w/b Monday 7 September

• Workshop 6 – Coaching Players & Football 2

• Coaching Players & Football expert interview with Dr David Adams, Chief Football Officer, Welsh Football Association

• Coaching Players & Football Q&A with Ben Bartlett

 

Component 4 – What We Measure

 

Week 7 – w/b Monday 14 September

• Workshop 7 – What We Measure 1

• Dossier insight call with Heidi Schuitman, Elite Soccer Coaching Award alumnus and U12 coach, Union FC Indy

Week 8 – w/b Monday 21 September

• Workshop 8 – What We Measure 2 

• What We Measure expert interview with Kim Andre Pedersen, sports director and coach at Brøndby IF Women

• What We Measure Q&A with Ben Bartlett

 

Award close

 

Week 10 – w/b Monday 5 October

• Keynote speaker

• Dossier review session

 

Dossier submission date – Friday 23 October