Showing posts with label World Football Academy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Football Academy. Show all posts

Thursday, 7 August 2014

WFA Founder Raymond Verheijen discusses Coach Education and Football Periodisation with Ricky Master Coach.

In this podcast Ricky Master coach and Raymond Verheijen discuss Football Periodisation, World Cup 2014 muscle injuries and why coach education is important for young coaches entering the game.

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Raymond Verheijen and Guus Hiddink.



Friday, 14 December 2012

Come and meet DrillBoard™ at the Emirates

DrillBoard™ has been invited, as an example of Best Practise in Football, to the inaugural World Football Academy UK National Symposium at The Emirates Stadium on 19th December 2012.


If you're thinking of coming along to the event it would be great to see you there.

The theme for the day is "UK Football...Back to the Future" and will take a look at changing coaching culture. Speakers include:
  • Raymond Verheijen
  • Gareth Southgate
  • Craig Bellamy

Click here for the Full Schedule and here for Ticket Information


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Tuesday, 26 June 2012

DrillBoard™ Invited to World Football Academy Launch

The DrillBoard™ team are delighted to accept an invitation to take part at the founding event of the World Football Academy (WFA) in Amsterdam this week.

The World Football Academy (WFA) is an initiative developed by Raymond Verheijen in collaboration with a number of leading figures in world football including WFA Ambassador Guus Hiddink - one of the world’s most highly respected and successful coaches of his era.





To celebrate this milestone the WFA are hosting a 5-day "Periodisation Expert Meeting" in Amsterdam between Wed 27th June - Sun 1st Jul 2012.

We are very excited that DrillBoard™ will feature as a key part of the event, which will be attended by some of the best Football Conditioning Coaches from 50 different countries on all the continents.

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The World Football Academy team of instructors include some of the leading names in world football coaching including;

Marcel Lucassen (Football Technique Training)
Technical Expert with the German Football Association (DFB) Marcel has successfully implemented an effective structure with all National Youth Teams.

Damian Roden (Monitoring Football)
One of the best injury prevention fitness specialists in the Premier League and beyond. Former Head of Sports Science at Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Australia & Wales.

Raymond Verheijen (Football Periodisation & Conditioning)
Football Coach and Football Conditioning Expert. Worked for Feyenoord, Glasgow Rangers, Barcelona, Zenit St. Petersburg, Chelsea and Manchester City. Assistant Coach in last 3 World Cups (2002, 2006 and 2010) and last 4 Euro’s (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012).

Simon Bitcon (Football Strength & Core)
Arguably the best Strength and Conditioning Coach in football. Renowned for his effective Football Specific approach to Strength, Simon is currently Head of Strength and Conditioning at Manchester City FC.

Ton van Rhoon (Management)
Pro-Licence Instructor on Football Management for over 2 decades for the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) Ton has advised each and every successful Dutch Manager.

Frans Hoek (Goalkeeper Coaching)
Dutch Goalkeeper Expert of impeccable pedigree and former Goalkeeper Coach of Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Holland.

Mikael Kuijpers (Rehabilitation)
Dutch Physiotherapist with vast experience in both domestic and international football. Personal Physiotherapist to many current Dutch international players.

Andy Barr (Screening & Testing Football Players)
Leader in the implementation of functional movement screening and development of injury prevention programmes in the Premier League. Successfully made the transition across sports and is currently the Injury Prevention Specialist at the New York Knicks.

Kerry Kayes (Nutrition for Football)
Founder of the leading sports nutrition brand CNP and renowned for his training methods and nutritional advice in boxing. Advisor to several Premier League and International Team Medical Departments.

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Player Fatigue Distorting European Football - World Football Academy

World Football Academy presents ground-breaking study demonstrating player fatigue is distorting European Football
  • Clear performance deficit suffered by teams playing after only two days’ recovery
  • Domestic title and European qualification outcomes affected
  • Study author, Raymond Verheijen, calls for mandatory three-day gap between matches
After studying the results of 27,000 professional matches, Verheijen said he had concluded that rest period of three days proved sufficient and did not give rise to any noticeable change in the chances during the second match.

The world players’ union FIFPro back recommendation

BERNE (Reuters) – FIFPro fully backed a study conducted by Dutch coach Raymond Verheijen which said that two days were insufficient and significantly affected a team’s chances of winning.

FIFPro’s technical director Thys Tummers said the devaluation of the Europa League could be a direct consequence of the two-day rest periods

“Clubs in the Europa League that want to gain a place in the highly lucrative Champions League increasingly favour the (domestic) competition in which they can gain qualification for the Champions League and rest their best players for the Europa League fixtures,” he said.

“This has been the consistent policy of Tottenham Hotspur throughout this season. The team was eliminated in the group stage.

“Twente Enschede, even though they had a lead of 1-0, fielded a weakened team for their return match at Schalke 04 and were eliminated.

“This undesirable effect could be avoided in the future by giving players and teams three days’ rest between two matches.”

Tummers said there were other reasons for following the recommendations.

“First, there is the question of fair play. By allowing one club only two rest days, you give the teams an unequal chance of a good result.

“In addition, we must take care that our players are not overused. First, because of the health of the players, but second, because the public want to see the players perform at their best.

“That doesn’t happen after just two rest days. It is plausible that the number of injuries is higher after only two rest days; a follow-up study is currently being held into this.”

Press release:

http://worldfootballacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/WFA_Study-on-recovery-days_pressrelease_9May2012.pdf

Report:

http://worldfootballacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/WFA_Study-on-recovery-days.pdf