Female coach education reaping rewards
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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UEFA's commitment to developing female coaching is illustrated by the progress of Sweden's Yvonne Ekroth, who is passionate about self-improvement.
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The year 2015 has been fruitful for Swedish football.
Their men won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in a summer that also brought success in the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship in Israel. Later in the year, their men's senior team earned qualification for UEFA EURO 2016 with a play-off defeat of old rivals Denmark.
During the calendar year, Yvonne Ekroth – the coach of the Sweden team that reached the 2012/13 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship final and currently overseeing the U15s – attended one of UEFA's student exchange Pro licence courses in Nyon. The aim is to use UEFA's investment in the education and development of female football coaches to make continual improvements as a technician and have a knock-on effect on other coaches in Sweden.
"Football keeps changing so much, players keep changing and there are notable influences from many different parts of the world," says Ekroth, who participated in the 20th such course in Nyon, Switzerland. "I put demands on myself to keep developing."
You can hear more from Ekroth by clicking on the video player.
