HOW TO COACH FOotball 1
The proven course that helps new coaches design game-based sessions with clarity, confidence, and real-game impact.
✅ Lifetime Access: Start Anytime
🗓️ Self-Paced: One Module Released Every 3 Days
💬 Optional Access to the WhatsApp Community
💵 Price: $99
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
Methods matter. Design matters. But in the end, it’s your voice that players will remember.
🛠️ What You Get
✅ 9 video modules released every three days
✅ Downloadable PDF tools and reflection prompts
✅ Access to the IJaS Community WhatsApp group
✅ Lifetime access to all materials
HOW TO COACH FOOTBALL 1
HTC 1 is a self-paced foundational course that helps coaches move from reacting in training to designing sessions that look and feel like the game.
✔️ Learn to design sessions that look and feel like the game
✔️ Build clarity and confidence in your coaching
✔️ Connect training design directly to the moments of play
✔️ Join a global community of coaches developing their craft
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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. ”
START ANYTIME
HTC 1 is available year-round as a self-paced course.
Modules unlock every three days to help you:
Reflect between lessons
Apply ideas to your own coaching
Avoid rushing through concepts that need time
You can begin immediately and move through the course at a steady, intentional pace.
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 with intentional structure. One module is released every three days to encourage reflection and application. You can start anytime, and once a module is unlocked, you’ll have permanent access.
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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. HTC 1 includes optional access to the general It’s Just a Sport WhatsApp group — a shared space for coaches across programs to exchange ideas and observations.
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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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