The teaching course aims to educate students to the knowledge of sensible phases of young subjects and of the components of physical fitness and the means and methods of training to build a training unit of a short, medium and long-term training schedule referring to scientific evidence and best practice evoked by experimental studies.

The student will be gradually brought to the knowledge of the principles of training during development. Theory of training will be dealt developing a multifactorial and flexible approach to administration of training loads, its increase and control. The theoretical lessons will illustrate on:

1) Rules of the game of soccer

2) Sensitbles phases and growth

3) Definition of technique and tactics in soccer

4) The methods and means for physical training

5) Specific training for the different age groups

6) Tools for monitoring training load

There are no bridging courses

At the end of the study course, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired:
- Knowledge and understanding Knowledge of the functional requirements of soccer and of the methods and means of training telated to development of athletes.
- applying knowledge and understanding The student will be called to produce, in itinere, training programme projects in written form, with oral presentation, also through systems on online platforms. 
- Making judgments Through the oral presentation and the formulation of training program designs, the student will have to motivate the choice of his behavioral hypotheses.
- Communication skills During the presentation phase, the student is asked to demonstrate mastery of the sectoral languages ??and the multimedia presentation methods of the sporting activity projects implemented.
- Learning skills Through the previous components, the student is called to highlight his autonomously developed acquisition and connection skills.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Course books

- Technic Guide of Soccer. F.I.G.C.

- Roles of soccer

- Weineck J. L'allenamento Ottimale nel calcio