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This Course Enables You To:
- Motivational Climate
- Decision Making Processes
- Emotional Intelligence
- Psychology of Injury
- Resilience in Soccer
- The Role of the Coach
- Understanding Personalities
- Talent Identification
- Skill Acquisition
- Leadership and Culture
Course Details
Who is this course designed for?
This course has been designed for beginner to elite level coaches who want the latest research findings, most efficient training methods for soccer specific psychology and mental skills training.
How long is the course?
This is a 16-hour course providing a deep understanding and best practices that can be applied to your own team environment to maximise performance and protect the mental well-being of your players.
Is my progress logged through the course?
After each lecture there is a short multiple-choice test designed to cement your learning. You can access your test results at anytime through your course progress area.
Can I stop/pause a presentation part way through?
Yes, the course is completely flexible. You can go back to a module at anytime and continue from where you left off.
Can I take the modules in any order?
No. The course follows a set structure that must be studied in numerical order. You can only access the next module once you have completed the previous module test.
Is there a time limit on the course?
Yes. This course has a 12-month access limit. You can access the course 24/7 within this period.
Will I get a certificate to show that I have passed the course?
Yes, you will receive a pass certificate provided you have attained the minimum pass grade of 75%.
If you have any further questions, please Contact Us.
The focus of the course is as follows:
- Provides latest research findings, most efficient training methods & detailed insights into sport psychology;
- Maximise the developmental aspects of sports participation & understanding the systemic issues associated with sports settings and organizations.
Official Accreditation By ISSPF
- This course is fully accredited by ISSPF & ensures the study hours will contribute to the achievement of a formal accreditation & ISSPF continued professional development.
UEFA Federations:
Official Accreditation By Latvian Football Federation (UEFA)
- The Latvian Football Federation (LFF) fully accredits ISSPF online courses. Completion of these courses contributes to formal LFF accreditation and professional development. ISSPF courses are also recognized for UEFA PRO to C course revalidation and Professional Diploma refreshment.
Official Accreditation By Slovenian FA (NSZ) (UEFA)
- The Slovenian FA (NSZ) fully accredits ISSPF online courses. Completion of these courses contributes to formal NSZ accreditation and professional development. ISSPF courses are also recognized for UEFA PRO to C course revalidation and Professional Diploma refreshment.
Official Accreditation By Iceland FA (KSI) (UEFA)
- The Iceland FA (KSI) fully accredits ISSPF online courses. Completion of these courses contributes to formal KSI accreditation and professional development. ISSPF courses are also recognized for UEFA PRO to C course revalidation and Professional Diploma refreshment.
Official Accreditation By Lithuanian Football Federation (UEFA)
- The Lithuania FF (LFF) fully accredits ISSPF online courses. Completion of these courses contributes to formal LFF accreditation and professional development. ISSPF courses are also recognized for UEFA PRO to C course revalidation and Professional Diploma refreshment.
CONCACAF Federation:
Accredited by British Virgin Islands Football Association (BVIFA), CONCACAF
- This online course holds full accreditation from the BVIFA, guaranteeing that study hours count toward formal accreditation and BVIFA's professional development. Additionally, it's accepted for BVIFA-CONCACAF course revalidation.
Official Course Endorsement
Endorsed By Scottish Football Association (SFA)
- This course has been endorsed by the SFA as part of the revalidation process.
Endorsed By Bournemouth University (BU)
- This course is fully endorsed by the Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, England, UK.
Endorsed By East Tennessee State University (ETSU)
- This course is fully endorsed by the ETSU, Tennessee, USA.
Endorsed By Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
- This course is fully endorsed by the UiTM, Malaysia.
Endorsed By Wrexham University
- This course is fully endorsed by the Wrexham University, Wrexham, Wales, UK.
- The Estonia FA (EJL) fully accredits ISSPF online courses. Completion of these courses contributes to formal EJL accreditation and professional development. ISSPF courses can be used for UEFA PRO to C course revalidation and Professional Diploma refreshment.
- The FA of Finland (FAF) accredits ISSPF online courses as part of their UEFA coaching program & course revalidation. Completion of these courses contributes to formal FAF accreditation refreshment and professional development.
Course Modules
01Motivational climate within a performance environment
Delivered by Sarah Murray
In Module One, you will understand & realise how motivational climate impacts the developing player and performance, the two types of climate, and understand how coaches create the climate within their team through and use the TARGET principle to develop task climate.
02Pressurised environments: Decision making processes
Delivered by Daniel Dymond
In Module Two, you will gain a foundational understanding of the brain under pressure, various types of decision making & specific processes, insights into the relationship between pressure & reactive decision making, and problematic decision-making processes and methods in order to make better decisions.
03Emotional intelligence within the soccer environment
Delivered by Thomas Pratl
In Module Three of this course, you will be exposed to the understanding of emotional intelligence in sport, and how to maximise your own coaching influence. Being able to take the information provided in this module and implement it within your own environment and enhance coaching behaviour and practice is a key aspect of this module alongside self-development and action planning for you and your coaching staff.
04Player Motivation: Goal Setting in Soccer
05 Resilience in soccer: Dealing with adversity
Delivered by Dr. Tanja Ecken
In Module Five you will understand the different personal, psychosocial, academic and athletic challenges soccer players work through as they progress to the 1st team, understand how increased psychological pressures affect quality of sleep, rate of injuries and impact performance and why good coping strategies are essential and how to detect maladaptive coping skills.
06Guiding player development in soccer: The role of the coach
Delivered by Martin Macháček
In Module Six, you will understand how to train players with greater efficiency, be able to focus on how your energy as a coach can influence the energy of the player, understand how to coach using key psychological skills and be able to highlight the need to be & act as a role model – in all aspects of coaching!
07Understanding different soccer personalities: Coach & player integration
Delivered by Sion Rowlands
In Module Seven, you will have gained a better understanding of personality in the soccer environment, you will understand & focus around 5-Key Coaching Cs – commitment, communication, concentration, control & confidence and you will know how you can apply the 5c’s to your working scenarios & phases.
08Talent identification: Observation & assessment in training & competition
Delivered by Pedro Assis
In Module Eight, you will understand the definition of talent and what it means, the obstacles & issues arising with talent within sporting environments, finding talented individuals & where to look for it and the importance of observation: identifying the key information required.
09Soccer specific skill acquisition: Long term player development pathway
Delivered by Jorge David Mora Anzola
In Module Nine, you will understand skill acquisition & the learning aspects, detect talent from a psychological perspective, the implications & techniques for the psychological integration and understand mental toughness.
10Leadership and Culture for High Performance Soccer
Delivered by Max Lankheit
In Module Ten, you will know how to understand and assess your team and where it is in its development cycle, evaluate yourself and other leaders regarding their leadership style and how to adjust it to your teams needs, and how to apply systems thinking principles to your organization and how to move your team towards high performance.
What you get with your enrolment:
- 25-Hours Soccer Psychology Training
- Tutor Assessed Assignments
- Certificate of Achievement
- 30 day money-back guaranteea
Frequently asked questions
Who is this Intermediate Soccer Psychology course for?
This course has been designed for beginner to elite level coaches who want the latest research findings, most efficient training methods for soccer specific psychology and mental skills training.
Is this course suitable for me?
- Are you tasked with the responsibility for the training & coaching aspects of both individual athletes or team sports?
- Do you have an interest in developing knowledge in the preparation, training & development of individual athletes or team sports?
- Are you a sports psychologist keen to understand more about football science & football training?
Why is this Soccer Psychology course important?
The demand for sport psychologists & mental skills training specialists with a focus on football science is growing year upon year. Thousands of coaches, students & independent learners with qualifications, coaching badges & sport science degrees, are asking the key question – How do I get a job in football? What’s the next step? Which area of sport science do I want to specialise in? What is the role of sports psychologist?
The bespoke courses developed by ISSPF Faculty members are a way of further exposing sport science students, individuals working within the game & other football science enthusiasts with a thirst to develop further in this area.
What skills will I improve if I take this Soccer Psychology course?
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How will this course help me?
- Understanding the key components of what drives coaches, players, & athletes to succeed is of paramount importance.
- Developing strategies in order to prepare individuals for both training & competitive games from a psychological perspective is of great benefit to coaches & practitioners.
- Coaches & performance practitioners can make huge advances in this under-applied area of coaching & sport science.
- This course is developed specifically to enhance the coaching & performance process.
- All practitioners & coaches can only benefit themselves & their players even further by having a more in-depth knowledge of applied psychology & mental skills training development.
- May help us to maximise our decision making through a better understanding & appreciation of psychological & mental skill principles.