Spotlight – Frank K. Ludolph UEFA Head of Football Education Services

RFEF ANNUAL COACHES CONFERENCE 2018, MADRID, SPAIN

Frank K. LudolphUEFA Head of Football

Education Services

Professional career (football)

1991-1997 Coach Education Manager, German FA (DFB)

1997-1999 Section Manager Coach Education, UEFA

2000-2003 Technical Education Manager, UEFA

2004- (…) Head of Football Education Services, UEFA

Education

Studies at universities in Germany and France

Qualified secondary school teacher

for sport (physical education) and French

Master / (DEA) PH.D. in Romance languages and literature

Qualified UEFA/DFB coach

Playing

Top amateur rung & universities (Germany/France)

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UEFA Coaching Convention

Competent UEFA

Committee & Panels

UEFA Exchange Programmes

UEFA Workshops,

Courses, Conferences

UEFA Grassroots Programme

UEFA Technical Reports &

Publications

Convention Timeline video

CoreProgramme

SpecialistDiploma

SpecialistDiploma

National C diploma

UEFA Grassroots Charter

National Goalkeeper certificate

UEFA Pro diploma

UEFA A diploma

UEFA B diploma

UEFA Elite YouthA diploma

UEFA Futsal B diploma

UEFA Goalkeeper A diploma

National Futsal certificate

SpecialistDiploma

Spanish Coaching Convention Membership

• UEFA B Diploma (since 17 January 1998)

• UEFA A Diploma (since 17 January 1998)

• UEFA Pro Diploma (since 17 January 1998)

• UEFA Goalkeeper A Diploma (since 15 May 2016)

Convention Scale

303’652

146’718

44’555

4’440 9’076

UEFA ProUEFA Elite Youth AUEFA AUEFA BGrassroots C

RATIO OF FEMALE TO MALE COACHES IN EUROPE

94%

6%

208,085TOTAL NUMBER OF UEFA COACHING CONVENTION

ENDORSED LICENCES 2017

Women’s video

Coaches quotes video

CoreProgramme

SpecialistDiploma

SpecialistDiploma

National C diploma

UEFA Grassroots Charter

National Goalkeeper certificate

UEFA Pro diploma

UEFA A diploma

UEFA B diploma

UEFA Elite YouthA diploma

UEFA Futsal B diploma

UEFA Goalkeeper A diploma

National Futsal certificate

SpecialistDiploma

UEFA Goalkeeper B diploma

UEFA Study Group Scheme – New cycle 2018-20

COACH EDUCATION

UEFA Elite Youth A Licence

Fitness for Football Goalkeeping NEW

Elite Player Pathway NEW

WOMEN’S FOOTBALLGRASSROOTS

FOOTBALL

Football in Society NEWRelations to Governments, Volunteers,

Fair-Play, Refugees, Disability football,

Walking football, Fitness football,

Mental Health, Football and Dementia

Club Development

Grassroots Coach Education

NEW

Football in Schools

Grassroots Manager

Development NEW

Futsal Coach Educators

NEW

Goalkeeper Coach

Educators NEW

Pro Licence: StudentExchange 2500+ students

and tutors have attended

THE STORY SO FAR

47 associations

attended

All Pro Licence

associations have

taken part

Student Exchange video

The future

Continuity and Progression…

… to develop the coach – to develop the game.

“Logic will get you from A to B.

Imagination will take you everywhere.”

Building for the Future

Key priorities to tackle:

Development of coach educators

Further education (CPD)

Reality-based learning

Additional focus on:

Creation of a knowledge hub

Improvement of data collection tools

Increase of qualified female coaches

A journey to raise the bar…

• The coach is key to success

• Coach education has to be well structured,multi-layered & constantly adapted to theevolutions of the game

• UEFA, with the introduction of theCoaching Convention, has massivelycontributed to raising the level of coacheducation on a pan-European scale

• Positive impact on the quality of the gameas a whole

Spotlight – Frank K. Ludolph UEFA Head of Football Education Services

RFEF ANNUAL COACHES CONFERENCE 2018, MADRID, SPAIN

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