Pathway · Lateral move
Five-a-Side Venue Manager to Coaching Camp / Academy Owner
How to move from Five-a-Side Venue Manager to Coaching Camp / Academy Owner: what to learn, what to prove and what formal steps, if any, are needed.
Qualification check for Coaching Camp / Academy Owner
Strongly preferred
Most employers will expect a qualification for the new role, but evidence of experience also counts. No licence is needed to start a business, but customers, insurers and leagues expect coaching qualifications, safeguarding training and first aid.
1 to 3 yearstypical timeline
4new skills to build
3qualifications to consider
+27%mid-point UK pay change, illustrative
The move at a glance
Five-a-Side Venue Manager
Manages a small-sided football centre and its leagues.
Coaching Camp / Academy Owner
Runs a private football coaching business, camps or academy.
Skills and knowledge to build
Experience and routes that help
Qualifications to consider
Tools to learn
What the new role asks of you
- Plan sessions, camps and programmes
- Market to families and manage bookings
- Hire and train coaches
Practical steps
- Ask for a small piece of the new role's work before you apply, for example one of the tasks above.
- Close the top gap first: Entrepreneurship.
- Keep a record of two results that show you working at the next level.
- Talk to three people who do the job. Ask how they got in, and who they would recommend you speak to.