Older aspiring soccer coaches may still be familiar with these terms: coach C-grassroots soccer and trainer C-competitive soccer. But these terms have had their day. Since 2015, the German Football Association has restructured its coaching licenses. Since then, people have been talking about Trainer C license and Trainer B license or UEFA Grassroots or UEFA B-level.
Just a minute! Will one or the other say:
B license?
It's happened before. That's right. While the two named C-trainers were formerly at a license level, differentiation is now being made. It is also new that the C license is no longer a requirement for filing the higher-rated B license. Instead, course candidates must now pass a uniform aptitude test nationwide in order to take part in a B-trainer training course. Only then can the big coaching career be embarked on.
Of course, in order to get off to a good start, the training does not end when you take the B-license. Rather, this is just the beginning. Because: Without the new B-license, nothing goes up. The next level above is called the DFB Elite Youth License. Only then can interested parties apply for the A-license.
The elite youth license from the German Football Association serves as a link between B and A license. While the regional associations still manage the registrations and carry out the courses and exams at the lower license levels, the umbrella organization is responsible for the elite youth license and all trainer licenses classified above it. Registration is therefore made directly with the DFB.
Before this and therefore admission to training can take place, interested parties must submit a written application to the German Football Association and the official training center.
The address in question is:
German Football Association
Department of Education and Training
Otto-Fleck-Schneise 6
60528 Frankfurt
The basic requirement for admission to the DFB Elite Youth License course is the prior completion of the Trainer B license with at least 10 points. In addition, active participation in 20 training units at a DFB base and a one-year job (or longer) with a B-license are required. Both must be proven when applying to the DFB. The required documents summarized:
· Proof of a C-license overall score of at least 9 points (grade: 2.7) for exams before 2013
or
· Proof of a C-license overall score of at least 10 points (grade: 2.3) for exams from 2013
or
· Proof of an overall B-license score of at least 10 points (grade: 2.3) for exams from 2015
· Proof of coaching activity with a C license of at least one year
or
Proof of coaching activity with the new B-license (from 2015) for at least one year
· Proof of approval as a C-license trainer (copy of the front and back of the valid C-license. Not the license agreement)
or
· Proof of B-license trainer approval (copy of the front and back of the B-license valid from 2015; not the license agreement)
· Proof of membership in a DFB club
· Extended driving certificate (not older than three months). This also applies to police officers. Copies of official IDs are not accepted.
· Medical certificate of sporting fitness (not older than three months)
· Evidence of active participation in a DFB base (at least 20 training sessions or 10 training evenings) or proof of employment as a support point trainer (copy of the contract)
· Evidence must be provided that the applicant has played soccer in a club of a national association affiliated to FIFA (copy of the player pass)
· Curriculum vitae including sporting career
The forms for the certificates can be found on the homepage of DFB be downloaded and submitted in the original.
The association also points out that only documents submitted in full will be considered. Applicants receive a written confirmation.
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Once approved, it's time to buffalo. The cost of obtaining the DFB Elite Youth License is set at 160 learning units. Each learning unit is 45 minutes long. This makes the DFB Elite Youth License the most comprehensive of all coaching licenses. By way of comparison, the B license is 140 units, the C and A license are 120 units each.
The content focuses on group and individual tactics. After the learning part, the exam must be taken. At all levels of training, this includes an exam, an oral examination, a teaching sample, a free presentation, which usually deals with reflecting on one's own teaching sample, and a practical test of one's own soccer skills.
50 percent of the overall grade consists of sample and free presentation. The former is weighted to four fifths, the free presentation to a fifth. One third of the remaining 50 percent of the overall grade consists of the oral examination, the practice test and the written exam.
The top score is 15 points. The graduate needs at least five points in each sub-area to pass the course. The test can be repeated once
become, after six months at the earliest. Unless the Audit Committee decides otherwise, the examination must be retaken in all parts. If the examinee does not pass the examination, the entire training must be completed again, which is only possible after two years at the earliest. The completed training is valid for three years
In order to renew the license, an application must be submitted in due time. This should be done in the last six months of the period of validity. Further training is also required. A training course comprises around 20 learning units.
The costs for the entire training amount to around 650 euros. However, according to DFB information, these can differ at any time. With the received DFB Elite Youth license, teams in the B-Junior Bundesliga can be supervised. It is also possible to work in an association's junior research center or in an association base. If it all sounds a bit dry, don't worry! A world coach hasn't just come out of the sky yet.
And the idea of possibly being on the big soccer stage at some point is motivation enough, isn't it?
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