HOW TO COACH FOotball 1
The proven 3-week course that helps new coaches design game-based sessions with clarity, confidence, and real-game impact.
🗓 Cohort Begins: October 1st, 2025
🛒 Enrollment Window: Sept 17–24 only
💬 Live Q&A + Community Support Included
💵 $99 • Get 50% off if you’re on the beta testing waitlist for this cohort only
Is This You?
You’ve just started coaching or you’ve been doing it for a few years but still feel like you’re reacting more than designing.
You want to run game-based sessions, but you’re not always sure how to connect training to the actual game.
You feel the pressure to “look organized,” but you leave practice wondering if players really improved.
You spend hours searching YouTube drills, but your sessions still feel disconnected from the actual game.
HTC 1 gives you the clarity and framework you’ve been missing.
WHAT YOU’ll LEARN
This course gives you the tools to coach with clarity from day one by building around the game itself.
We’ll help you answer the questions every coach faces:
What should I focus on in training?
How do I make my sessions more realistic?
How do I actually help players make better decisions?
But instead of giving you a clipboard of drills, I’ll teach you how to design training that’s based on real game moments, grounded in intention, and aligned with how players learn best.
The Course Journey
You’ll go from guesswork to game clarity through a three-week progression:
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✓Reframe your role as a curator of experience, not a deliverer of drills
✓ Learn how to design training that starts with the game, not with instruction
✓ Guide attention by shaping perception, not just correcting actions
✓ Use positional play as a flexible framework—not a rigid system—to build player understanding
You don’t need to control everything. You just need to shape what they see.
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✓ Learn how to guide attention, not just correct actions
✓ Use team principles to shape player perception and behavior
✓ Build game-realistic training sessions through dynamic spaces and IJaS steps
✓ Design experiences, not drills, using constraint-based methodology
You’re not just handing players solutions. You’re crafting environments where better answers can emerge.
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✓ How to analyze your own sessions with clarity
✓ Developing your authentic coaching voice
✓ Articulate Your Why
✓ Walk Through Core HTC 1 Activities
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You’ll join a live Q&A to unpack the course, troubleshoot your real-world challenges, and connect with coaches like you. Throughout the cohort, you’ll also have access to a private community to share reflections, ask questions, and get feedback.
🛠️ What You Get
✅ 9 video modules released weekly (pre-recorded but paced like a cohort)
✅ Downloadable PDF tools and reflection prompts
✅ A private group to ask questions, submit work, and engage with other coaches
✅ A Live Q&A session in Week 4 to wrap it all together
✅ Lifetime access to all materials
Beta Test Enrollment (Past Course Participants Only)
This October, I’m running the very first cohort of How to Coach Football 1 — and you’re invited to be part of the exclusive Beta test group.
✔️ Early access before the public release
✔️ 50% off the full course price (normally $99 | For you $49.50)
✔️ Chance to shape the course with your feedback
✔️ Your testimonial featured when we launch to the wider community
Enrollment is open Sept 17–24 only. After that, this Beta closes and the course will not reopen until December — at full price.
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MARK CARR, SAN DIEGO WAVE, HEAD OF PLAYER SCOUTING
"As coaches, we need to make things as simple as possible for our players and [David] certainly does this- a no brainer for any coach.”
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TIFFANY WEIMER, SPORTING CT GIRLS DIRECTOR
“[It’s Just a Sport] provides frameworks and action plans to work from. It has helped me design sessions that are much more organized and specific.”
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Mutanda Kwesele, Blackhills FC DiRECTOR of coaching
“The beauty of [It’s Just a Sport] is in the way that David presents complex ideas in a simple way, thus allowing the learner to make connections to their own coaching environment. Being able to connect ideas from beyond football is crucial. ”
Enrollment opens Sept 17 for 7 days only.
Join the BETA TESTING waitlist now to lock in early bird pricing and guarantee your spot.
This is a cohort-style course. After Sept 24, enrollment closes and won’t reopen until later this year.
Start your coaching journey with clarity, connection, and a proven foundation without the noise.
Meet YOUR INSTRUCTOR
David Garcia – UEFA A Coach | Coach Educator | Founder of It’s Just a Sport
I’m David Garcia, a UEFA A licensed coach and coach educator with over 15 years of experience in both Spain and the U.S. I’ve coached at clubs like C.E. Europa and Albolote F.C., worked with the Andalusian Futbol Federation, TOVO Academy, Colorado Rapids, and U.S. Soccer—and I’ve spent my career bridging the gap between elite ideas and grassroots environments.
Since 2015, I’ve been designing methods that simplify the game without dumbing it down. My goal has always been the same: help players develop faster by learning through the game itself.
This course distills the best of what I’ve learned—through trial, failure, joy, and thousands of hours on the field—into a practical, no-fluff system that’s ready for you to apply.
If you’ve ever felt unsure about what to coach, how to design a session, or how to help your players actually understand the game… I made this for you.
FAQs
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HTC 1 is built for grassroots and developing coaches who want more clarity and purpose in their training. If you’re tired of running isolated drills and want to build players who understand the game — this course is for you.
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You’ll have lifetime access to all course content. This includes videos, reflection prompts, downloadable resources, and any future updates to the course.
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About 1 hour watching, plus as much as you want applying it
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HTC 1 is self-paced but cohort-based. You’ll receive 3 modules per week over 3 weeks, plus a live Q&A in week 4. You can engage on your own schedule while still feeling part of a shared learning journey.
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No, but it helps; you can use past experiences or observations.
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This course doesn’t just give you drills — it gives you a new lens. You’ll learn how to design experiences, coach player decisions, and understand the game through systems, not scripts. It’s football-first, not drill-first.
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HTC 1 is a fresh rebuild. It weaves together past ideas with new frameworks, clearer structure, and updated session design tools. If you’ve taken past courses, this will deepen and unify your understanding.
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Yes. You’ll be part of a private community group to ask questions, share ideas, and submit reflections. During Week 4, there’s also a live Q&A session where you can bring your biggest questions to the table.
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It’s recorded and you keep lifetime access.
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If you go through the course and feel it wasn’t worth it, just email me within 30 days and I’ll refund you — no hard feelings.
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