The Training of High-Level Competition Football Players from the Perspective of Academy Coordinators

Clara Isabel Pazo Haro

Pedro Sáenz-López Buñuel

Luis Fradua Uriondo

António José Barata Figueiredo

Manuel João Coelho e Silva

*Corresponding author: Clara Isabel Pazo Haro clara.pazo@uhu.es

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Pazo Haro, CI, Sáenz-López Buñuel, P., Fradua Uriondo, L., Barata Figueiredo, AJ, & Coelho y Silva, MJ (2011). The Training of High-Level Competition Football Players from the Perspective of Academy Coordinators. Apunts. Educación Física y Deportes, 104 , 56-65. https://dx.doi.org/10.5672/apunts.2014-0983.es.(2011/2).104.06

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Abstract

Many efforts are made to identify sporting talent, where the term ‘talent’ means the extraordinary qualities that an
individual has, which may be due to genetics, and above all the final outcome of systematic training. Hence training is
presented as the prime model for the development of that talent. In this study we look at what the essential elements in
achieving success are together with the work carried out at different clubs, according to 7 coordinators belonging to the most
important academies in Spain. This research is qualitative, using interviews as its measurement tool. The data were analyzed
using the MAXQDA2007 program, showing that the environment surrounding the player, technique, tactics and individual
psychology are the critical aspects in the training of young football players.

Keywords: Football, Psychosocial, Talent., Training.

ISSN: 1577-4015

Received: November 5, 2009

Accepted: March 30, 2010

Published: April 01, 2010