PREMIER LEAGUE

STAFF
Goalkeeping Coaches
65. Each Club which operates an Academy shall employ, either on a Full Time or Part Time basis, such
goalkeeping coaches as are necessary to ensure that each Academy Player who is a goalkeeper
receives the required hours of coaching set out in Rule 104.
66. Each goalkeeping coach must:
66.1. attend at least five hours of in-service training to be provided by the Football Association
each year;
66.2. attend the first aid training for Academy coaches provided by the Football Association at
least once every three years; and
66.3. undertake Continued Professional Development organised by the Club.
67. Each goalkeeping coach must hold an up to date UEFA B Licence and an FA Youth Award.
Guidance
This section of the Rules should be read subject to Rule 44.
Consideration is being given to the development of a bespoke FA goalkeeping (youth) qualification.
Senior Professional Development Coach
68. Each Club shall appoint a Senior Professional Development Coach who shall:
68.1. report to the Academy Manager;
68.2. liaise with the Manager;
68.3. by no later than the start of Season 2013/14 hold a UEFA A Licence and the FA Advanced
Youth Award specific to the Professional Development Phase;
68.4. oversee on a day-to-day basis the Coaching Programme for the Under 19 to Under 21
age groups;
68.5. manage the transition of Academy Players to the Club’s senior squad in accordance with
the Club’s procedure for the same described in Rule 69;
68.6. contribute to the Performance Reviews of all Academy Players in the Professional
Development Phase; and
68.7. manage the Club’s team which competes in the Professional Development League.
69. Each Club shall develop, implement and provide evidence of a procedure to enable the transition
of Academy Players to its senior squad.
Guidance
This section of the Rules should be read subject to Rule 44.
Coaches: Qualifications and Professional Development
70. Each coach (excluding goalkeeping coaches to whom Rule 66 applies) must hold:
70.1. an up to date UEFA B Licence (save where these Rules require a coach to hold an up to date
UEFA A Licence); and
70.2. an FA Youth Award; and
70.3. an up to date FA Advanced Youth Award applicable to the Development Phase which he coaches.
71. The FA Youth Award and FA Advanced Youth Award shall be acquired at the latest within 18
months of the start of the coach’s employment.
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