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Danny Cowley: “We haven’t come this far to only come this far.”

Coaching Features Features News & Features Videos 18th September 2019

Just five years ago, Danny Cowley was managing non-league side Concord Rangers and he’s now targeting the Premier League with his new club, Huddersfield Town. After hanging up his boots, the PE teacher was handed the role of boss at Concord, who were then playing in the Essex Senior... Read more

UEFA B Coaching Course – Day Three

Coaching Coaching Features 13th April 2016

Read the latest part of our guide to the UEFA B Coaching Course, written by JBFC head coach Jamie Bradbury. Day three was a case for the defence.. UEFA B Coaching Course – Day Three The day began in the classroom as we looked back at tutor Colin Reid’s... Read more

UEFA B Coaching Course – Day Two

blog Coaching Coaching Features 13th April 2016

Read the latest part of our guide to the UEFA B Coaching Course, written by JBFC head coach Jamie Bradbury. UEFA B Coaching Course – Day Two After cramming in so much on day one of the UEFA B Coaching Course, we began by reviewing the content we’d looked at so far... Read more

UEFA B Coaching Course – Day One

Coaching Coaching Features 12th April 2016

Read the first part of our UEFA B Coaching Course Guide by Jamie Bradbury, head coach of our football coaching partner JBFC. He talks about his experience on the UEFA B coaching course, some of the UEFA B football coaching practices. UEFA B Coaching Course – Day One That moment... Read more

UEFA B Practice Definitions

Coaching Coaching Features Coaching Practices 1st April 2016

If you are keen to get involved in The FA UEFA B Coaching Licence, or have recently enrolled, explained here are the different types of UEFA B practice definitions you can expect to use on the course… Pattern Practice A practice within which the movements of the players and ball tactically appropriate... Read more

UEFA B Application Process – How I enrolled

blog Coaching Coaching Features Football football coaching jamie bradbury 9th March 2014

The Youth Award Module 2 got me back in the mood for coaching courses and ready for what would, to date, be my biggest challenge in coaching – the UEFA B Licence. I had wanted to get on the course ever since I picked up the bug on the Level 2... Read more

‘Congratulations on being offered a place on UEFA B’

blog Coaching Coaching Features Football football coaching jamie bradbury JBFC Coaching 23rd February 2014

Jamie has taken his next steps along the coaching pathway and is now working towards the UEFA B coaching licence… January’s Youth Award Module 2 got me back in the mood for coaching courses and ready for what would, to date, be my biggest challenge in coaching – the UEFA B... Read more

Youth Award Module 2 – Course Blog

blog Coaching Coaching Features football coaching jamie bradbury 24th January 2014

Jamie completed The FA Youth Award Module 2 ‘Developing the Practice’ in January 2014. To learn more about this four-day course and what is involved, click on the links below… Day One – The Practice Spectrum Day Two – Developing Skill Day Three – Practice Makes Permanent Day Four –... Read more

Crossing and Finishing

Coaching Coaching Features Uncategorized 23rd January 2014

Before departing for the evening last Friday, our course tutors Gary Piggott and Alan Ackrell split the group into eight small teams to each come up with their own session to deliver on the final day. I was paired up with Mark, a coach from a youth club the other... Read more

Practise Makes Permanent

Coaching Coaching Features Football football coaching jamie bradbury JBFC Coaching 21st January 2014

Having read through much of the course literature since Saturday’s session, we gathered back at the venue in Colchester on Friday and the first task was to quiz the other candidates on the subjects raised in the pre-course reading. Split into groups, we each came up with five questions from... Read more