Youth Development in Football

Lessons from the world’s best academies

Mark Nesti, Chris Sulley (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

126 Seiten

2014
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-81499-7 (ISBN)

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The identification and development of talented young players has become a central concern of football clubs at all levels of the professional game, as well as for national and international governing bodies. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey and assessment of youth development programmes in football around the world, to highlight best practice, and to offer clear recommendations for improvement.

The book draws on original, in-depth research at eight elite professional football clubs, including Barcelona, Ajax and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national football academy at Clairefontaine. It adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, including psychology, coaching and management studies, and covers every key topic from organisational structures, talent recruitment and performance analysis to player education and welfare. Written by two authors with extensive experience in English professional football, including five Premiership clubs, this book is important reading for any student, researcher, coach, administrator or academy director with an interest in football, youth sport, sports development, sports coaching or sport management.

Mark Nesti is Reader in Sport Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University where he is also head of the MSc programme in Sport Psychology. His current research interests are focused on identity, meaning and critical moments in sport. Mark was formerly the counselling sport psychologist to the first team at Bolton Wanderers (2003-7) and at Newcastle United FC (2007-8) and Hull City AFC (2008-10) in the Premier League. Chris Sulley is Head of Coaching (5-13) at the Everton FC Academy where his focus is on developing the coaching skills and competencies congruent with the club's playing and coaching philosophy. Chris is a former professional footballer, starting his career in a very successful youth development programme at Chelsea (1972-81) before moving on to Bournemouth (1981-6), Dundee United (1986-7), Blackburn Rovers (1987-92), Port Vale (1992-3) and Preston North End (1993-5).

1. Introduction 2. Governance and talent identification 3. Educating the whole person 4. Coaching philosophy 5. Sports science philosophy 6. Coaching practice and sports science support on the ground 7. Psychology support 8. Conclusion

Zusatzinfo	16 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	204 g
Themenwelt	Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
ISBN-10	0-415-81499-5 / 0415814995
ISBN-13	978-0-415-81499-7 / 9780415814997
Zustand	Neuware