Learn to plan, coach and develop young players the way the professional game does, and earn a certification that’s recognised wherever you coach.
Plan, programme and periodise your content by developmental stage, so every session has a clear purpose and builds towards the next.
Design training that fits how young players learn, from the warm-up to the main game. You’ll know what to coach, when to coach it, and how to make it stick.
Complete the Expert in Youth Football certification and join an alumni network of coaches working across academies and federations.
Four modules take you from the foundations of youth development through to reading and analysing a real match. You’ll learn to observe the game with tactical intentions and to use a game model suited to every youth age group.
The methodology, the theory behind training young players, and how to identify a player’s stage of game understanding — then how to plan and programme your season around it.
How to teach on the pitch: designing sessions across the warm-up and main phases, and choosing the right coaching style for the moment.
Build physical development into every session, from coordination and psychomotor skills to age-appropriate movement, rather than treating fitness as a bolt-on.
Watch the game with tactical intent and work with game models for 5v5, 7v7 and 9v9, so you can turn what you see into clear coaching points.
Awarded by Coaches’ Voice School and recognised by clubs and federations internationally. It evidences that you can plan, coach and analyse youth football to a professional standard.
You work through the course inside the story of a professional club, applying each idea to situations coaches face in the job.
Hands-on with the video analysis tools used inside professional clubs, learning to gather, structure and interpret information the way analysts do.
Your work is reviewed by coaches and analysts active in the professional game, so you improve against a professional standard.
Share your work, compare approaches and build your network with coaches from clubs around the world.
This programme is built for academy managers, heads of coaching and player development, youth academy coaches, academy strength and conditioning coaches, and physical education teachers.
You don’t need prior formal qualifications. You do need around 150 hours and a genuine interest in developing young players well.
The Expert in Youth Football is fully online and self-paced. You choose when to study each week around your schedule.
The programme is 150 hours across roughly 30 weeks. Most coaches spend around five hours a week, but you can go faster or slower.
Yes. The full programme, assessments and tutor support are delivered in English.
No prior formal qualification is required. Everything you need is provided inside the platform, including access to Coaches’ Voice Session Planner.
You receive the Expert in Youth Football certification from Coaches’ Voice School once you complete the assessed work. It is recognised by clubs and federations internationally.
If you'd like a refund or to switch to a different cohort please get in touch with the team and we will do our best to facilitate your request.
150 hours, self-paced. The Expert in Youth Football certification on completion, .
No commitment. We’ll get back to you with everything you need to decide.
