u/DylThomas77

Hi all, I am 15 years old and I dream to be a professional football manager one day. Due to having no playing experience I am going to try to pursue talent identification with coaching youth teams on the side and see where life takes me.

I have been advised to take 4 courses fa playmaker level 1, fa talent identification level 1 first aid and safeguarding and have been repeatedly told these as well as a strong scouting portfolio could potentially get me a voluntuary role at my local national league side.

However I have a couple of questions regarding these

1. In what order should you do these badges.

2. Do they actually help/look good to clubs

3. How old do you have to be to partake in these courses

4. Is it possible to do these courses as well as revising for gcses and school stuff exc

5. How hard are they? does the average person pass these?

I'd appreciate another advice on what it is actually like to take these courses and just any other extra advice would be greatly appreciated.

cheers:)

Hi all, my names Dylan Im 15 and have a big passion for football and I dream to be a football manager one day. However due to having no playing experience I want to gain experience in recruitment/scouting(specifically talent identification) first. I contemplated opposition scouting/performance analyst originally however I currently feel my skills align better with player recruitment. However these roles are something I am still open to and I am aware those skills are likely more transferable to becoming a football manager.

Currently Id say I have decent football knowledge. I've done a couple of scout reports using the 4 corner model but it felt as if I was winging it a bit. Id say I am decent at reading the game to a basic extent such as knowing basic systems eg 4231exc) However this is something I want to learn in a lot more detail.

I have a couple of questions which id really appreciate if anyone who has experience in such roles could answer or anyone who's just been in the same boat as me. My main dream is to become a manager(but that's obviously a long term goal) and I do have quite a lot of time on my hands so I do not mind learning new things and experimenting.

1. What is the best role to pursue before trying to become a manager and what would you recommend for me?

2. do you need to actually be good or at least okay at football to be good manager?(to put into context I am pretty terrible)

3. In terms of talent identification how do you get a good eye for potential and how can you clearly tell the level a player is at eg(league 2 exc)?

4. Are there any extra things you recommend which can help in the footballing world e.g learning new languages exc?

5. What is the best way to figure out how to make a good scout report template and how do you know what should be in a scout report and in what order?

6. Even if im starting in recruitment or anylsis how can i make it clear from day one I want to be a football manager(ideally as young as possible but I know life may not always work that way)?

7. Is it better to be an expert in one field originally or be a jack of trades?

Any answers will be greatly appreciated and I will try t0o read them as quick as possible

Thanks again

Dylan 😄

Hi all, my names Dylan Im 15 and have a big passion for football and I dream to be a football manager one day. However due to having no playing experience I want to gain experience in recruitment/scouting(specifically talent identification) first. I contemplated opposition scouting/performance analyst originally however I currently feel my skills align better with player recruitment. However these roles are something I am still open to and I am aware those skills are likely more transferable to becoming a football manager.

Currently Id say I have decent football knowledge. I've done a couple of scout reports using the 4 corner model but it felt as if I was winging it a bit. Id say I am decent at reading the game to a basic extent such as knowing basic systems eg 4231exc) However this is something I want to learn in a lot more detail.

I have a couple of questions which id really appreciate if anyone who has experience in such roles could answer or anyone who's just been in the same boat as me. My main dream is to become a manager(but that's obviously a long term goal) and I do have quite a lot of time on my hands so I do not mind learning new things and experimenting.

1. What is the best role to pursue before trying to become a manager and what would you recommend for me?

2. do you need to actually be good or at least okay at football to be good manager?(to put into context I am pretty terrible)

3. In terms of talent identification how do you get a good eye for potential and how can you clearly tell the level a player is at eg(league 2 exc)?

4. Are there any extra things you recommend which can help in the footballing world e.g learning new languages exc?

5. What is the best way to figure out how to make a good scout report template and how do you know what should be in a scout report and in what order?

6. Even if im starting in recruitment or anylsis how can i make it clear from day one I want to be a football manager(ideally as young as possible but I know life may not always work that way)?

7. Is it better to be an expert in one field originally or be a jack of trades?

Any answers will be greatly appreciated and I will try t0o read them as quick as possible

Thanks again

Dylan 😄