The training of young footballers’ coaches

Abstract

This study analysed the initial and ongoing training, as well as the training needs of coaches of young footballers in Andalusia. With this objective, 10 experts in youth football and in the training of football coaches were interviewed. Most of those interviewed considered the studies linked to physical education and sport as a very positive factor when it came to carrying out football-related instruction. In the training of the youth football coach, the experts highlighted the contents connected to medical and biological sciences, sports training, base-level physical education and the period of practicals. Furthermore, the specialists estimated that, in permanent training, informal strategies were just as relevant as formal ones, and they indicated that the following were necessary aspects of training: methodology, technical-tactical aspects, psychology, physical preparation and base-level physical education.

Keywords

• Entrenador
• formación inicial
• formación permanente
• necesidades de formación