At the elite level of any team sport, players or athletes are required to possess a range of physical capacities within their profile inclusive of high endurance levels coupled with powerful, repeated bouts of high-intensity and high-speed actions alongside limited recovery periods.
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Based on the fact that team sport athletes such as football players, consistently perform intense running actions and directional changes within training and games, they are under immense muscular and mechanical strains which inevitably increase the risk of injury
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Players at all levels are subject to seemingly endless fixture congestive periods on top of preseason preparation match-play, international games and ever growing post-season demands in addition with national team qualifying games and International tournaments.
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Training load management is one of the hottest debated topics in the game at this moment of time, and coaches or managers who rotate their squad for fitness vs. freshness benefits are in no doubt this is the way to succeed. Taking individual players fitness, injury history, age & physiology into consideration is key when managing the game & training loads.
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Recent years has left many practitioners questioning if coaches are preparing players to compete at the levels required through the development phases, readying them for the first team cauldron.
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The demand for sports science, physiotherapists, and performance & coaching specialists in football & team sports is growing year upon year.
Thousands of students are leaving university with a sports science degree, physio or therapy-related qualification, however many of them asking the key question – What now?
- How do I get a job in football?
- What’s the next step?
- Which area of sport or football science & medicine do I want to specialise in?
This is certainly an interesting question as progressing from completing a sporting, medical or therapy-related degree to then working in professional football & trying to understanding all the key components, and soft skills that come with jobs in football or careers within sport is complex.
As a result, the bespoke courses developed by ISSPF Elite Medical & Football Science Faculty members are a way of further exposing learners, parents, professional coaches, students, or other individuals interested in football science with a thirst to develop & upskill further.
The link below will take you to the hugely popular & expertly designed ISSPF endorsed & University & Football Association accredited Soccer Science & Performance online sport science course, where you will be exposed to sports medicine & football science with a coaching science led research overview, and practical examples used by the game’s leading practitioners.
Training Load Management Course
Soccer Science & Performance Online Sport Science Course
How This Course Will Improve You
- Provides justification for the guiding of specific training methods, interventions & decision making processes within soccer.
- Highlights the practical application of modern, research based training methods & assessment tools.
- Provides an increased evidence & knowledge to understand key soccer science & performance processes across a range of coaching science topics.
- Discusses the most efficient training methods and detailed insights into developing player fitness alongside rehabilitation & training methodologies.
- Learn from industry experts in the area of football science, nutrition, sport science & performance training in team sports.
- Help maximise your decision making through a better understanding & appreciation of football or soccer science.
What Does This Course Cover?
Outline of the Soccer Science & Performance Course:
Module 1: The demands of professional soccer: Physiological costs of the game
Lecturer: Dr. Vasilis Kalapthorakos (Greece)
Topic: Physiology
Module 2: Developing Resilience in Soccer: Mental Skill Development
Lecturer: Nikki Crawley (England)
Topic: Psychology
Module 3: Game model building & development: Reinterpreting Tactical Periodisation
Lecturer: Dr. Alejandro Romero-Caballero (Spain)
Topic: Training Methodology
Module 4: Injury reduction strategies in professional soccer
Lecturer: Dr. Patrick Orme (England)
Topic: Injury Prevention
Module 5: Leadership and Culture for High Performance Soccer
Lecturer: Maximillian Lankheit (Germany)
Topic: Psychology
Module 6: Current trends in leading European soccer teams: In-Possession
Lecturer: Chris Meek (England)
Topic: Performance Analysis
Module 7: Soccer nutrition & the role of the nutritionist
Lecturer: Matthew Jones (England)
Topic: Nutrition
Module 8: Competitive soccer training microcycle: Structure & justification
Lecturer: Dr. Manuel Segovia (Spain)
Topic: Training Methodology
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