Football Theory Course

About this Course

If you aspire to become a professional football player and dream to be scouted to play in any of the popular football leagues, the Player Education International’s Online Football Theory Course is a must-have foundation course for you. The 3-month online course provides amateur and football club players with the requisite theoretical competences of the game of football to help them improve their technical and tactical skills.

In every football match, a team’s primary objective is typically to score more goals than the opponent. To be able to score more goals than the opposition team, players must perform certain actions. In order that the players can perform those actions they must possess knowledge of principles of play and the fundamental strategies they can effectively apply or adapt to any tactical situation during a game. Knowing the actions to perform and strategies to apply in any given situation will be an advantage over the opposition team.  What exactly are those actions, principles of play and the strategies that can be applied to win a football match? This is what this course is all about.

At the end of this course, players will understand the principles of play, phases of play, tactical dynamics of football and will be able to apply certain playing, attacking and defensive methods in any given situation.

What does this course lead to?

Player Education International’s partnership with SportEdu Nigeria offers players who successfully complete this 3-month online course and participate in our tryouts an opportunity to be scouted.

Football agents and scouts from SportsEdu Nigeria, Spain and the UK will attend our trial matches to scout for highly skilled football players. SportsEdu officials will be present at our trial matches with the aim to select the best players who can join their Academy in Nigeria for a 3-month development programme that aims to prepare and promote players to win football contracts in Europe.

A player who can be scouted is the one whose play demonstrates that he understands the game of football and is technically proficient and tactically aware.

Where do Players go if they are not Scouted?

If a player doesn’t catch the eyes of the European Scouts at a particular trial event he will have the opportunity to participate in subsequent tryouts and hope to be scouted one day. Those who join SportEdu in Nigeria and are not successful at the end of the development programme will return to Ghana and hope to be scouted at another tryout opportunity.

Entry Requirements:

This course is open to Divisions 1, 2, and 3 and premier league club players with at least a secondary education with a pass grade in English language. Should be able to read and write and speak fluently in the English language. Should be aged 17 – 27.