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Certificate in Physical Training & Soccer Methodology
In this course you will learn the following key areas of Soccer Psychology:
1. Tapering & Periodisation
2. Microcycle, planning & performance
3. Game Model Development
4. Individualised Periodisation
5. Developing a Working Model
6. Player carbohydrate requirements
7. Physical & Tactical Periodisation
8. Maximal intensity conditioning
9. Training session design
10. Competitive Microcycle
Your Soccer Faculty
This course provides you with the most efficient fitness & strength based training methods and tactical strategies to help your players attain peak athletic performance.
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1. Conditioning: Tapering & Periodisation
In this lecture we deep dive into tapering & periodisation in team sports. We will discuss Periodisation models & theoretical base, Traditional vs. contemporary concepts, Tapering strategies & managing the training week. Pitch based content – preparing & conditioning, & off to on-pitch links – conditioning philosophy.
2. Monitoring: Weekly microcycle, planning and performance
In this lecture you will explore load monitoring methods used functionally within the game. We will discuss weekly training microcylces, specific soccer strategies for planning and performance & how we can maximise this in our work with teams.
3. Game Model Building & Development
In this lecture we deep dive into Reinterpreting Tactical Periodisation. We will discuss tactical periodisation background, Implications & considerations of training methodology, Developing a game model & structuring the microcycle.
4. Individualised Periodization
In this module, we deep dive into individualised periodization in a soccer team . We will discuss Periodisation models & defining training load, Player load & training load response, Sport specific training games – practical problems, & Individual based programming & training tapering.
5. Developing a Working Model
In the lecture, we look into developing a working model. We will discuss soccer specific profiling – player evolution, structural organisation within soccer, planning & periodisation – specificity of the game, training session content – drill design, & targeting physical outcomes with soccer training.
6. Player carbohydrate requirements
In this lecture we look at the carbohydrate requirements of soccer players and the implications for periodisation. We will discuss activity profiles & metabolic demands of play, meal types & nutrition for performance, fuel for the work you do – understanding what’s needed, & nutritional periodisation.
7. Physical & Tactical Periodisation
In this module, we deep dive into integrating physical & tactical periodisation in soccer at both senior and youth levels. We will discuss tactical periodisation overview – recap, building a game model – holistic approach , integrating physical periodisation into tactical periodisation, & considerations of tactical periodisation in youth soccer.
8. Maximal intensity conditioning: Physical vs. Tactical strategies
In this module, we deep dive into maximal intensity conditioning periods in soccer. We will discuss game demands & understanding the training requirements, training game formats & physical responses, physical vs. tactical strategy – preparing for the demands of the game, & drill design & justifications to compete.
9. Training session design
In this module, we deep dive into preparing the modern soccer player. We will discuss selective principles, training guidelines – balancing work & recovery principles, pre-training preparation, pitch based content – training session design, & sport specific strength & power development.
10. Competitive Microcycle, Structure & Justification
In this module, we deep dive into competitive soccer training microcycle. We will discuss evolution of competitive soccer demands, an example of a weekly training structure – working microcycle, training session examples and specific content, opposition analysis & game plan development, technical-tactical-conditioning implications of the microcycle.
The Certificate in Physical Training & Soccer Methodology provides you with the most efficient and modern training methods, drills and exercises to maximise the physical, tactical and technical development & preparation of your players for peak performance.
This course is suitable for:
Individuals tasked with the responsibility for the coaching, training, & preparation aspects of soccer players from youth to senior levels.
Individuals with an interest in developing their knowledge in the training methodology, physical training & development of individual athletes, players or team sports.
The course is comprised of the following:
20 study hours
Pre- & post-lecture reading references
Multiple-choice tests
Tutor assessed assignment
Certificate of Achievement
The focus of the course is as follows:
- Provides latest research findings, most efficient training methods and detailed insights into developing a soccer based methodology around player fitness & tactical strategies
- Provides an understanding of how to maximise development & preparation of players in a more efficient & modern approach
- Understanding how to balance key training elements from a technical, tactical & physical preparation in order
to attain peak performance
Who is this course designed for?
This course has been designed for beginner to elite level coaches who want the latest research findings, most efficient training methods and detailed insights to attain peak performance of their players.
How long is the course?
This is a 20-hour course providing a deep overview of soccer science and performance best practices that can be applied to your own team environment to improve the performance of your players.
Is my progress logged through the course?
After each lecture there is a short multiple-choice test designed to cement your learning. You can access your test results at anytime through your course progress area.
Can I stop/pause a presentation part way through?
Yes, the course is completely flexible. You can go back to a module at anytime and continue from where you left off.
Can I take the modules in any order?
No. The course follows a set structure that must be studied in numerical order. You can only access the next module once you have completed the previous module test.
Is there a time limit on the course?
Yes. This course has a 6-month access limit. You can access the course 24/7 within this period.
Will I get a certificate to show that I have passed the course?
Yes, you will receive a pass certificate provided you have attained the minimum pass grade of 75%.
If you have any further questions, please Contact Us.
This online course is fully accredited by the BVIFA & ensures the study hours will contribute to the achievement of a formal accreditation & BVIFA continued professional development.
The course will also be accepted towards the revalidation for the BVIFA-CONCACAF Level D-B courses.
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FAQ’S
Who is this Physical Training & Methodology course for?
• Individuals tasked with the responsibility for the training & coaching aspects of both individual athletes or team sports
• Individuals with an interest in developing their knowledge in the preparation, training & development of individual athletes or team sports
• Sports coaches or football practitioners keen to understand more about sport science, developing a training methodology & athletic development training in team sports
• Individuals with an interest in training and coaching
Is this course suitable for me?
- This course is developed and structured for all individuals with an interest in developing their knowledge around the key performance area of physical training and sporting methodology approaches to team sport including soccer or football
- Students with degree level or post-degree level educations, learners with UEFA, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, AFC or other FIFA recognised coaching awards in the training & development of individual soccer players or team sports.
- If you are an individual tasked with the responsibility for the coaching or coaching education developmentaspect of both individual athletes or team sports
- This is for you if you are an individual with an interest in developing your knowledge in the training periodisation, and coaching methodology developmentof individual athletes or team sport players
Why is this Soccer Methodology course important?
- Understanding the key components of what drives coaches, players, & athletes to succeed is of paramount importance
- Provides most efficient training methods and detailed insights into developing player fitness alongside tactical strategies & developing a training methodology
- Gain a better understanding how to maximise development & preparation of players in a more efficient & contemporary game model approach
- Learn how to balance key training elements from a technical, tactical & physical preparation in order to attain peak performance
- Practitioners & coaches can only benefit themselves & their players further by a more in-depth knowledge of physical training & soccer methodology
- Help maximise your decision making through a better understanding & appreciation of tapering & soccer periodisation
- Learn from industry experts in the area of football science, sport science & performance training in team sport
- Help maximise your decision making through a better understanding & appreciation of football or soccer science
What skills will I improve if I take this Soccer Methodology course?
- This course discusses the most efficient coaching methods and performance, sport science principles and detailed insights into how to program them within a team sport environment
- Provides you with an increased evidence & knowledge to understand key physical training, soccer science and performance training methodology processes
- Help you to understand the key performance elements and interventions used to organise a training development model in line with physical development of players
- Gives you more information in order to prepare, perform & recoveryour team sport athletes from both a training and match-play or competitive scenario
- Allows practitioners and coaches tobenefit themselves and their players even further by having a more in-depth knowledge of this key physical training performance area
- Learn from industry experts in the area of football methodology in team sports around these key areas:
- Periodisation
- Training monitoring
- Game model development
- Tactical periodisation processes
- Integrated training
- Nutritional integration of training
- Preparing the modern player
- Help maximise your decision makingthrough a better understanding & appreciation of football or soccer science
- You will learn from industry experts in the area of football science, sport science & performance training in team sports
- Help you to maximise your decision makingthrough a better understanding & appreciation of football or soccer psychology and how it can benefit you as a coach or practitioner
How will this course help me?
- This course will help anyone interested in making better decisions when it comes to discussing and implementing a physical training and football methodology intervention or structure.
- You will learn from industry experts in the area of football fitness and physical development processes in team sports, especially football coaching science
- This course has been developed by some of the most respected practitioners in the game to help players and coaches develop in the key areas of football science and coaching:
- Football periodisation
- Training monitoring
- Game model development
- Tactical periodisation processes
- Integrated training
- Nutritional integration of training
- Preparing the modern player
How can this course assist me to progress?
Reviews From Professional Coaches:
Claudio Donatelli
(MSc)
Performance & Fitness Coach
Italian National Team
“ISSPF have been able to seamlessly provide all individuals with an interest in team sports and specifically soccer with the chance to learn from some of the best people in their key research areas. Developing throughout my career as a fitness & conditioning expert and applying the scientific principles of training at the elite level of the soccer, I feel being able to use the e-learning strategy within ISSPF challenges and adds further credibility to my working practices. I highly recommend individuals from all learning levels to tap into the fantastic resource available here. ”
Tony Merola
(UEFA A License)
Boys ECNL Director - Tulsa Soccer Club, USA
“Never before have I seen a unique set of soccer specific performance & coaching specialists under one banner and available 24 hours a day 7 days a week to learn within the comfort of my own home. Being part of the educational partnership program with ISSPF has opened up a new & time efficient way for both myself as Technical Director, and my club coaching and fitness staff to up skill and develop as coaches.”
Steve McClaren
Manchester Utd, Middlesborough, FC Twente, Wolfsburg, Nottingham Forest, Derby County, England
"This is by far the most innovative style of learning that I’ve seen in this digital era. The breadth of topics covered, combined with the level of detail and insights makes this a must learning environment for any coach who is working or wants to get into the game and progress to the highest levels."
Ringo Wu
(AFC ‘B’ Coaching Certificate)
Head of Physical Education & Sport, Nanwai Kings College Soccer Team, Jinkai District, Jiangsu, China
“ISSPF have managed to provide our soccer coaching staff within our college team with a 1st class opportunity to learn & apply some key performance coaching aspects. The opportunity to personally develop & track the staff’s progress through their assisted e-learning process is very impressive. I highly recommend the content as a must for all individuals tasked with the development of soccer players across all levels of the game.”
Kari Ukkonen
(UEFA Professional License)
Head of Coach Education, Football Association of Finland, UEFA, Helsinki, Finland
“Working with ISSPF as an educational partner has allowed us here at the Football Association the chance to provide CPD and continue to educate our coaches across a wide range of learning levels from our UEFA foundation levels through our UEFA Professional Licence. Offering our candidates, the chance to use both the ISSPF platform & specific soccer courses, is a huge advantage to us as an education provided within the game”
Vin Blaine
(CONCACAF) Director of Football & Coach Education, US Virgin Islands Soccer Association, FIFA Coach Educator, US Virgin Islands
“An experienced director with a demonstrated history of working in the soccer industry & having developed across a range of sports psychology, match analysis, player development, and sports management - I feel the opportunity to integrate the e-learning facility available from ISSPF into as a federation, club or individual self-development level is of huge benefit. As a FIFA & CONCACAF Instructor & Director of Football I have rarely seen an educational tool as good as this to positively influence individuals across a range of key soccer topics.”
Leo Lucas da Silva
(Level-2 License)
Youth Academy Coach, Botafogo de Futebol, Brazil
“Using the ISSPF learning facility has opened my eyes to the detail and incredible knowledge provided from an elite faculty of elite coach developers and soccer science educators. As an individual who continually wants to progress my coaching pathway, I think this might be the best solution to increase my awareness of all elements of the game. The large amount of content and lectures available has already, and will continue to improve me. Gaining the Foundation Certificate in Soccer Science & Performance was extremely to me.”
Sir Alex Ferguson
Aberdeen, Manchester United
“Sports science, without question is the biggest, most important change in my lifetime. It has moved the game onto another level that maybe we never dreamt of all those years ago. Sports science has brought a whole new dimension to the game.”
Mario Cantaluppi
(UEFA A License)
Youth Academy Head Coach, FC Basel, Switzerland
“I am always looking for ways to combine coach education and professional coaching development with my full-time job within professional soccer. The time constraints are very difficult generally, but ISSPF have provided a fantastic platform to bring coach education to my own home during busy schedules. The range of topics on offer gives a broad & unique continued professional development”
Oriol Gonzales
(UEFA Professional License)
Head Coach & Technical Director, Angkor Tigers FC, Asian Champions League, Cambodian Superleague, Cambodia
“Living abroad to work as a soccer coach has its difficulties in terms of coach education provision due to travel and time commitments. Being able to access the ISSPF platform has allowed me not only to maximise my spare time from a self-development perspective, but we have also been able to gain certifications & qualifications as a club across all elements of the game. From our senior squad staff to the academy staff, ISSPF is a fundamental education tool for our club development strategy.”
Jingze Quan
(AFC ‘B’ Coaching Certificate)
Director of Youth Development Coaching, Eagles River FC, Yanbian, Jilin, China
“Being able to develop the coaching staff throughout the club here in Eagles River FC is a large part of my role within the club. Having come across ISSPF and now using the e-learning platform for our English-speaking Chinese coaching, and medical staff we have been able to improve our focus and upgrade some key elements within the organisation. As a large grassroots club here within the province, we feel using ISSPF as an educational partnership is of huge benefit”
Woody Jacobs
(SAFA Level 1 Diploma)
Assistant Manager & Coach Developer, Namibian National Soccer Association, Namibia
“Working as both Assistant Manager with elite players of our national team, I have been able to directly take a lot of content and thought provoking ideas from the content on view within ISSPF and use them to the benefit of our national players. Furthermore, I am delighted to say that we are now integrating the ISSPF online courses into our coach development program to uplift the whole coaching education aspects of our nation.”
Susan Lockyear
(FFA Advanced Coaching License)
Head Coach & Technical Director, Canberra State County FA, Australia
“As the game develops within the professional women’s game & also filters down within the girl’s academy programs across the world, we are proud to be at the forefront of driving the developmental aspects of the game in this area. To be able to link as an educational partnership with ISSPF is a huge part of our federation soccer development strategy, and as we can now offer a range of online content, certification qualifications and courses from a range of leading professionals – we have already seen a direct enhancement across our coaching content and performance department delivery.”
Lorenzo Francini
(MSc)
Head of Performance, AC Milan, Women’s Division, Italy
“As a fitness coach and sport scientist working at the elite level of the female game, I feel that ISSPF and their integration of both applied and academic quality is something that will be of huge importance for people within our industry. ISSPF have manage to accumulate a faculty of leaders across soccer science, medical & coaching science that will enable them to educate people from a very insightful and practitioning way.”
Peter McDonnell
(UEFA A License)
Assistant Soccer Coach - The University of Maine
Director of Coaching - Seacoast United Maine
“The layers of content within ISSPF is in a league of it's on when considering CPD options for coaches of all levels. Having explored many avenues through my own coaching journey, the detail embedded in the courses really lends itself to closing the gap between the integrated knowledge across the fields of Sports Science and the actual application of the skills on the field. Being able to learn from many experts, across a global faculty, affords me the ability to step into their professional world and soak in the abundant knowledge they have, all in my own time. ”
