WORKSHOP: In-person, fully interactive.
WORKSHOP LENGTH: The workshop is 6 hours long, including additional distance learning tasks.
SESSION SCHEDULE: The workshop is in-person over one day, consisting of one 6 hour session.
WORKSHOP SIZE: Limited to a maximum of 20 attendees.
PRESENTED BY: Ged Searson, Professional Football Scout and a fellow experienced professional football scout.
WHO IS THE WORKSHOP FOR?
This six-hour, fully interactive workshop is designed for both new and experienced football scouts and analysts who want to enhance their scouting skills and abilities for analysing opponents.
The workshop is also beneficial for football coaches seeking to develop their tactical knowledge and understanding of opposition scouting.
Learn the art of opposition football scouting from an experienced professional football scout who has worked at the highest levels of domestic and international football.
This workshop will demonstrate how professional football clubs at the highest level scout and analyse opponents, emphasizing the importance of opposition analysis.
Acquire the scouting techniques necessary for successfully evaluating opponents and assisting a team in achieving successful results.
Learn how to observe opponents in different phases of play to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and effectively relay this information to coaching staff.
Through fully interactive tasks, we will guide you in the process of scouting and analysing opponents, as well as compiling scout reports to the standards utilized in professional football at the highest level.
All attendees will receive a scouting pack, including software, to complete their own scouting reports following the workshop.
As the workshop is fully interactive with a small group of attendees, you will have the opportunity to interact with the presenter and fellow attendees, providing excellent networking opportunities with like-minded individuals and professionals working in football clubs at all levels.
Upon completion of the workshop, attendees will be presented with a A.F.C.A.S. workshop certificate CIMSPA-accredited.
WORKSHOP CONTENT: The workshop content includes:
- Learning how to prepare for scouting at a match.
- Gaining scouting hints and tips to assist you during a match.
- Acquiring observation techniques to efficiently scout players during matches.
- Learning professional football scouting techniques and skills.
- Understanding the different phases of player possession and how to scout players in these areas.
- Participating in numerous video scouting tasks.
- Engaging in group tasks and discussions.
- Learning how to write and create your own scouting reports.
- Understanding different types of scout reporting and assignments.
- Learning how to assess and grade player performance with a structured approach.
- Building scouting templates to scout players in different positions.
- Assessing player performance in different playing positions.
- Exploring additional aspects of player performance, including awareness and communication.
- Producing different types of scouting reports.
- Understanding the operation of recruitment departments at the highest level.
- Use video footage to practice creating scout reports during the workshop.
- Homework tasks will be assigned to provide further opportunities for you to apply your newly acquired skills and receive feedback during the workshop.
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