Carl Wild

Carl is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the BA (Hons) in Football Coaching and Management course at UCFB having obtained a MSc in Sport Performance Coaching. His first book The Intelligent Soccer Coach provides a detailed insight into the concept of the game of football and what young players need to be equipped with, to be able to play it with confidence and creativity. It will provide you with all of the necessary knowledge needed to plan and deliver player-centred practices that are both relevant and realistic to the game of football. And to support your understanding of what makes an effective session, a range of different practices are provided as examples, which can be used or easily adapted to meet the needs of your players. Whilst his second book Essential Practices for Player Development will provide you with 10 core football practice sessions that players will find both enjoyable and challenging and that the coach will find develops key areas of the game. There are 9 adaptations provided with each core practice, making 100 practices in total and every practice is linked to one key area of the game that is identified as being essential to player development.

He holds both the A Licence and Youth A Licence qualifications and he has a great amount of experience of coaching in the professional game, working with both male and female players, including being the Foundation Phase Lead for one of the leading WSL clubs in England and the Lead Coach for Chester FC Junior Section. As well as the professional game, he has a vast amount of experience of coaching within grassroots football and has supported grassroots coaches through a number of roles with the English Football Association. Having previously been a coach mentor providing coaches with support and guidance he is now a Coach Developer for the English F.A delivering on both the UEFA B and UEFA C Licence courses.