DFB Academy Inside: Individualization as a key

By Patrik Grolimund (Deputy Head of DFB Football Teacher Training) and Simone Schubert (Fitness Trainer of DFB Women)

Man, the player or players should always be in the center of all our considerations, concepts and measures. We are completely convinced of that! So far so good. But: in the center of what considerations, from which viewing angle? Apart from that of the coach (Note: The male form includes all sexes)? From that of the family? From the club or association optics? Or the consultant? Or maybe rather out of the view of the players? And if so, what does that mean concrete for the claim back to the world tip? Ideally not only for our current national teams, but also sustainable also for the future.

If we are consistently taking the look of the player, then we have to deal with intrinsic motivation. What motivates you? What is the drive for a talent, constantly challenge and always to develop? Why does a player overcome obstacles and grows in trouble? Without a pronounced inner drive, a talent will not be able to prevail in the long term. The strengthening of its own resources and learning practicable psychological tools thus not only help improved resilience, but also lead to more conscious motives, improved self-esteem and self-confidence in combination with the examination of their own personality.

Newly launched Performance Days

The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is quoted: Health is not everything, but without health everything is nothing. In order to be able to participate in the training and game operation, we need players who are healthy - physically and mentally. Of course, the trainers also have a major influence by taking serious training planning and a correct, customized load management. At the same time, self-responsibility is important, because the influence of the players and coaches and their immediate environments reveal great potential! From the nutritional behavior on regeneration techniques and prevention exercises to dealing with social media, the topics are diverse to have the immediate influence on health.

Here are our new performance Days newly rebuilt in the female U teams. The kick-off made U 17 at the beginning of August. Later, all other U teams (men and women) should follow. Performance Days are a further development of the classic performance tests and should bear sustainably the individual holistic performance development. They are targeted to the needs of each player and complement the corresponding offer within football in consultation with the respective associations. Relevant subareas.

The goal is to continuously accompany and support the players from U 15 to U 20. Especially the aspects of injury prophylaxis and performance optimization include a crucial role in maintaining continuous training and playability. Sensitizing within these contemplating subareas helps, existing recipe for success: to accompany people individually to reflect action patterns and develop themselves proactively. Earlier non-sports-specific test methods are replaced by contextual diagnostics. For example, associative change of direction or the jumping and land movement are analyzed and derived from it, whether there is an increased risk of injury.

Popp, Magull & Co. prepare

From the results and knowledge transfer in football-relevant partial areas such as nutrition, regeneration, Psychology, medicine or neuroscience result for individual training and recommendations for action for the Player. These are applied directly to the football field or should be awareness of one Create power-promoting action.

The women's national team of national coarin Martina Voss-Tecklenburg also benefits from the diverse Offered in the course of Performance Days by the experts of the DFB Academy. In addition, the entitlement to a holistic and sustainable promotion of national players has created an offer to acquire the new B + license (former EJ license). Players like Alexandra Popp, Lina Magull or Sara Däbritz prepare themselves on their professional future, fill their competence backpack and can evolve as a person as a player and as a future trainer. Ideally, not only the current national teams, but also the next generations of players benefit from this.

Once a month, experts and experts of the DFB Academy in the Deputy Head write about the diverse academy topics such as coaching, technical school, tactics, manager certificate, nutrition, neurocentred training or artificial intelligence. It's about development and progress in football - in short: Academy Inside.