Course information

From 5 - 17 August, 2011 the KNVB Academy organizes an International Coaching Course for
participants from all over the world. The Course content is designed by the Academy of the Royal
Netherlands Football Association and all elements in the course are updated to the latest Training-
and Coaching principles. The previous editions of the International courses (1999 through 2010)
attracted in total 330 coaches from 73 countries. Should you be interested, do not hesitate to register
in time. The number of participants is limited to 25.
Course level
The level of the course is comparable with UEFA B- (Basic) Course, with some elements of A- and
Pro-level (especially the analysis of Pro-matches and special topics are on highest level).
Participants in this course will receive a ‘Participation Certificate’. There will be no formal testing on
knowledge and skills and coaches do not receive a diploma, due to the different entrance levels of the
participants and the specific and non-comparable contents of this program in relation to other
coaching programs.

Who can participate? Participants must have:
• experience as a player
• a minimum level of coaching (youth) teams
• knowledge of coaching football
• be physically fit for practice sessions
• be fluent in English language and being able to execute training sessions in English

The instructors are appointed by the KNVB Academy. They stay with the group throughout the course.
During the Course Staff instructors of the KNVB Academy will give lectures and do practice sessions
on special topics such as Characteristics of Dutch Football, Pressure Football, Counter Football,
Conditioning, Match Analysis and Goalkeeping.
Since 1999 a number of Dutch Premier League clubs like Ajax, Feyenoord, Willem-II, FC Groningen,
Vitesse Arnhem and NEC Nijmegen have participated in the program by lectures and visits to their
Youth Academy or giving the group the chance to watch training sessions of the Pro team which are
normally closed sessions.
Accommodation & Transfers
The course will be held at the KNVB Sportscentre/KNVB Hotel. The address of this centre is:
Woudenbergseweg 56-58
The Netherlands
NL - 3707 HX Zeist
For more information about the hotel, you can visit www.knvbhotel.nl.

All transfers needed to execute the program are included. During the course the course manager will
be available to assist you in case of questions and problems.


Unfortunately, it is too late to enrol for this KNVB course.

If finances permit, I may do it next year.

If one wants a career in coaching within the Australian FFA system, it is not worth doing. If one wants to become as knowledgeable as possible about football coaching, it is well worth doing. Hopefully, someone who participates in Performance will attend the course and pass on what they learn on here.

Hopefully, they may make an exception for Judy Free's late application for this course.:lol:






Edited by Decentric: 5/7/2011 08:31:09 PM

One can never have too many certificates of attendance, especially when teaching kids to dribble around cones.

All up about $10,000?

Bargain, mate. :lol:

Decentric, why don't you move to a country that appreciates you more? Get a gig with the KNVB?

Probably need him here a lot more.

Agreed

Btw thanks for the post Decentric did not know about this.

You probably don't post on here much.

Apart from some former members of TWGF, KNVB is taken seriously by a few senior former international coaches I know, at senior level in the Tasmanian split state league, the state FFA TD (former captain of the Young Socceroos), other former professional players living in this state, NTC coaches around the country, significant numbers of Tasmanian junior, youth, senior footballers and coaches, and most members of 442 forum.

The juniors, youth, elite youth and female senior state league (moderate improvement) and female reserve state league players are making phenomenal progress with KNVB training modules at Football For Everyone. I wish I'd had access to it when I was playing football, rather than the physical, non-technical commando style training we had.:roll:

Xmaswhore, your comment might reflect where you've spent most of your time involved/discussing football - TWGF, Anarchy Forum and NHBF - places where a pastime called 'trolling' takes precedence over genuine football discussion.

From memory I think you've lived overseas. Whichever country you live/lived in, the national football federation would also take KNVB very seriously too.:)

As a corollary, this state's top football journo was explaining to me how a very technical Korean under 12 team visiting Tasmania went through their paces on the training ground. He was particularly impressed with a kinaesthetic drill. It was a KNVB exercise for setting out formations. We concluded Korea had learnt from Hiddink, Advocaat amd Verbeek coaching in that country, or, KNVB has taken a number of courses in Korea.


Edited by Decentric: 19/7/2011 01:15:36 AM

Edited by Decentric: 19/7/2011 01:16:32 AM

not having a go at you, simply reading about your frustrations surely there would be a more appreciative FA for you to work with

Sorry Xmaswhore. Certain punters 'troll' incessantly.

In terms of football coaching, I've never been more contented.

There are a few frustrations with state FFA. A number of their officials seem to spend a massive amount of energy trying to discredit what we are doing. The notable exception is the state FFA TD. The reason they try to refute what we are doing is because they should be doing it as part of their charter, and, they feel a threat because the feedback for FFE has been exceptionally positive. The state TD acknowledges that his organisation has a shocking reputation. He wants to move forwards not backwards. Unfortunately, he is burdened by some deadwood who stay on and on. Nearly every good person who works in the organisation leaves before 12 months with state FFA.

Publicly we are constantly defending the state FFA. This is only to preserve our relationship with the state TD. I think he is supporting us, and other football groups, against overwhelming indifference to downright animosity. He seems prepared to go the extra kilometre for the greater good of the game, as opposed to simply abiding by FFA national edicts.

It might surprise Chips, but from a different perspective there is an element of truth in his acrimonious attacks on FFA and how the organisation operates. Making money (for what?) seems to be paramount to many in the organisation.

What really frustrates me is that Rob Baan as FFA TD brought AD Derkson and Arie Schans from Holland to run courses here, because Baan wasn't an accredited KNVB instructor.

Then, various FFA stakeholders say that the KNVB course has no validity because it wasn't assessed as a licence. Our current state FFA CEO told me he organised the KNVB course. I thought I'd seen him before. I replied he must have recognised the inherent value in it if he observed it as the organiser. His reply was that he wasn't a football person, simply an administrator, so he couldn't pass judgement!!!!](*,)
I thought I'd softened him up because he was interested in a state league conference model which minimises travel and saves money. I explained the concept and he liked it. The state FFA TD really pressed me to outline the modus operandi of FFE to the state FFA CEO at the same time.

Yet FFA made $75 000 in remuneration from the KNVB course. I saved 40 % because I received free accommodation at a relatives.

This is what makes me think some stakeholders in FFA are only interested in money at times. That is why I suggest there is great inherent value in the aforementioned KNVB course, but that FFA will try and extract every cent they can from putting coaches thorough FFA approved courses, despite whether coaches are KNVB , Clarefontaine or Coverciano trained .

There is a also a new tactic of suggesting every coaching course is obsolete after a year. The only coaches who can afford to do these annually are FFA staff coaches, NTC coaches and coaches who are paid for by professional clubs, as they don't have to incur loss of income from taking time off work. As Gregory says, there are many FFA A and B Licence holders who derive no income from football.