Online Event: Periodization – Planning and Programming in Football

General Info

17/10/2023

4:37 pm

2h

English

25 €

Speaker

Stjepan Likić

S&C Specialist

Strength and conditioning coach experienced in working with best youth academies and professional teams in Croatia and abroad. Passionate about building a high-performance team through periodization and load management of football teams. For any performance-related inquiries or questions about S&C coaching methodologies, feel free to reach out to Stjepan via...

Marko Matušinskij

Marko Matušinskij

Performance Scientist

Highly accomplished sports performance professional with extensive experience in football and athlete development. Currently serving as Ultrax Head of Performance and WFC Dinamo Physical Coach, his expertise includes strength and conditioning, injury rehabilitation, and sports science analysis. For any sports science-related questions about S&C coaching methodologies, feel free to reach...

Key Points

In this webinar, we will present the main problems of periodization in football by putting our focus on training principles and methodology. Besides that, we will walk you through topics such as physical training session design and delivery, integrated vs. isolated approach to fitness training and how to construct a weekly microcycle.

Applications open until 17.10.2023.

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