Over the last few years, sports science has become essential in providing information to plan, implement and monitor training programs in the field of football. On March 10th a brand new course will be launched in conjunction with the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sports Science Department and the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sports that will deal with training methodologies in modern football. The course, which will be a total of 60 academic hours will meet 12 times at Kiryat Shalom. Lecturers will include Dr. Antonio Dello Iacono, Course Coordinator, the Youth Department’s Performance Director Patrick van Leeuwen, Raymond Atteveld and other coaches from the department.
Registration for the course which begins on March 10th and will be held on Fridays between 09:30-14:30 is already open.
The course will focus primarily on three main topics as the participants will receive a broad skill set to deal with the demands of modern football.
1. Coaching Philosophy
Lectures on this topic will be given by Patrick van Leeuwen and Raymond Atteveld, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Performance Director and his assistant who will explain how to build an entire system around the philosophy. For example, the issue of how to set match principles from a young age to the youth club level and thereby develop the players by this method. In addition, participants will learn how to plan a training schedule for the short-term (weekly) and long term (eg. 6 week work cycle or a two year longer work cycle).
2. Utilizing Sports Science
Dr. Antonio Dello Iacono, Director of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Sports Science Department will primarily be handling this part of the course. Participants will be taught how to practically train football players while using the extensive scientific knowledge that exists today. How to streamline the training process will also be explained according to scientific principles with the goal of fostering the athletes and prepare them for the senior teams.
3. Technology in Sports
In this area, the participants will be exposed to many systems that facilitate a deeper understanding of the players capabilities. For example, GPS systems, databases including match reports, player assessments in accordance with the same coaching philosophy including mental and physical aspects and video analysis while connecting all of these elements together.
In addition, there will also be guest lectures by experts in the coaching and training world of professional football.
