If I wanted to do anything in the coaching world, I would probably need to upskill myself.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
I've started the coaching badges. I did some at Aston Villa, but things got in the way.'
I am gonna go into my coaching badges after my England days are finished and I have the time on my international break.
I wanted to get my coaching badges after retiring, and I asked to take the exam, but they told me I needed to study for four years. I told them they were crazy. Who is going to study for four years? How is someone going to teach me technical things when I know more than they do?
We've always got to look for opportunities for our English coaches to get more experience than just doing county coaching gigs. They need to do more than that if they're going to be viable candidates for England jobs going forward.
I passed my Lawn Tennis Association coaching exam, and I persuaded my local club to let me use a court after school and on Saturdays.
I've done it the correct way with the coaching badges. I have done watching the games, I have done listening to managers, I have done travelling around Europe watching other managers train, I have done a bit of TV work to help with analysis.
