 Hey coach, how's it going? My name is Ben neighbors and I'm the founder of soccer entrepreneur and in today's video I'm gonna get really specific on answering a question that I know so many coaches have before they start Their training Academy and when I say training Academy, I'm talking about private training group training Starting your own business for soccer and that's what my whole channel is about if you haven't seen any of our videos yet Go ahead check out all of our videos. Look at our resources. This is what I do I help you as a coach start your own business now the biggest Question that I've seen recently and this is a question. I had when I started is That I thought I had to get certified to be a coach And I'm talking about like the a-level license the B-level. I mean, there's all these different coaching certifications that are available now for coaches to go to courses be instructed on how to coach teams and a Lot of times when trainers are looking to start their own business They think that they need a piece of paper to tell them that they can start now and Here's my experience and I'm very Transparent on my videos and my emails and my book I'm very transparent about how I started and I wouldn't want to lie to you because if you did it a different way Then how I show you like then I wouldn't be telling you the truth And a lot of coaches when they hear about what I'm about to say right now They're gonna be like what like how did you do that? But a lot of coaches have asked me hey, like what's your certification? Do you are you a-level, you know certified right and I say no Those certifications in my opinion are not going to help me personally train players individually and I know this because I've seen lots of other trainers who go through those courses who still need advice about how to train players privately and here's my my opinion on everything when it comes to certifications or Getting a master's degree in business all of that stuff can help you But nothing is going to be better than real ruled experience And so what I say by that is like I would rather you you know Dip your toe into training players see how that goes get results like results is what matters not a certification and I've trained now over 3,500 players in my city and across the US and not one of those parents has ever been like hey Ben I don't think we're gonna train with you because you're not certified. You don't have an a-level license No, one's done that parents don't care about that and most parents don't even know what that means So knowing that your experience you're you getting results with the players is way more valuable than you having a license So The way that I can explain this is very blunt very simple. Do you need that to start absolutely not? Do you need that to help you? Maybe I don't know like for me. I don't do that. I don't need that I've already trained enough players where I have a lot of experience. I Feel very comfortable now to go train any player no matter what their age group No matter what the love the level is and I the same with coaches I can help you figure out how to train players, but as far as having an actual License to go train players that should be the last reason to stop you from starting training players in the first place And I know right now. This is a common question I get so that's why I want to make this video So do you need a license to train players? No You don't have to have that that's a piece of paper That's telling you that you have a certification in my opinion. It's the same exact thing is having a college degree I didn't get here To where I'm at right now creating these videos creating our information products Helping lots of coaches. I didn't get a degree in consulting I got a degree in exercise sports science, which in my opinion has nothing to do with business And so I didn't have to have a business degree to start what I'm doing You don't either so don't let that stop you from starting your academy That's the last thing that should stop you and going forward to I'm gonna be answering a lot of other questions From coaches who have asked me about other things that are Stopping them from starting so if you have any questions on that about maybe there's an obstacle right now that you need to Help with about not knowing how to get something set up if that's the case Comment below this video. I want to help you out Maybe we can hop on the phone this week and I can call you and walk you through how to overcome that So comment below this video hit that subscribe button If you want to stay up to date with all our new videos, we have two new videos coming out every week I'm really excited about that We have so much brand new content that's gonna be on this channel for you If you are a coach that wants to take your passion of soccer training turn that into a business This is why I'm here I want to share my experience of how it's worked for me And I'm also going to be sharing all the experiences from the other coaches who I've been able to personally help with their own businesses So if you have any questions comment below Go below this video. There are several different links. These are all my resources That are going to help you step by step structure your soccer business So the first link there is my book. It's called the startup soccer Academy book This is going to show you exactly what to do how to start It's gonna show you my story about everything I had overcome And I know in that book that it has helped hundreds of trainers now And it's going to help you if you take action right now, it's gonna help you So go check that book out there. We also have my four-week advanced business course This is an online course that you can access from anywhere The results that coaches have gone, you know after they have gone through this program are pretty unbelievable We have coaches who have quit their nine to five jobs that are doing this full-time now So that's an awesome resource that I highly recommend you check out as well. That's gonna be under the the link below