Certificate in Youth Soccer Athletic Development LTAD

Course Code

IS001

Do you see yourself working in the world of football? Then this Certificate in Youth Soccer Athletic Development LTAD course could be the perfect start to your journey.

Developed by some of the most respected coaches, sports scientists, physical specialists, practitioners and academics working within soccer from around the world.
The course materials link key research with an applied practical application to maximise the long-term athletic development of young football players.
Ideal for physiotherapists, psychologists, coaches, managers or strength and conditioning coaches.
This course explores the long-term athletic development pathway, highlighting some of the key considerations when developing young players across their athletic journey.
Study online from the comfort your own home.

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This unique certificate has been designed to help you further your knowledge and gain an understanding of how conditioning, nutritional, psychological, and physiological aspects contribute to the development of young players and can be utilised in combination with specific training principles and techniques.

During this course, you will receive lessons taught by world-class, respected practitioners and academics from the game. You will study topics such as elite youth profiling and professional successes; the growth, maturation, and impact of youth player conditioning; windows of opportunity and age-related effects of training; and how nutritional support can have a positive impact on youth players.

What next?

Upon successful completion of this course, you could enrol on another one of our fitness and sports courses and enhance your skills and knowledge even further. You will be one step closer to working in football, but here are a few job roles that use the knowledge learned during the Certificate in Youth Soccer Athletic Development LTAD course:

Youth soccer coach
Soccer performance specialist
Athletic development coordinator
Youth sports trainer
Sports conditioning coach

Course Duration

You will have six months to complete this course.

Course Outcome

On successful completion, you will be awarded a Certificate in Youth Soccer Athletic Development.

Entry Requirements

There are no pre-requisites to study this course.

Assessment

You will be assessed through eight individual tasks based on the course modules.

Led by Professor Darren Paul.
Justifications and key considerations of testing in youth soccer.
The role of testing in youth soccer.
Advantages and disadvantages of testing in youth soccer.
Impacts affecting the testing outcomes within these age categories.
How can we performance profile and identify key considerations for youth testing.

Led by Professor Hassane Zouhal.
The morphological profiles of soccer players from a range of countries and backgrounds.
Elite youth profiling and professional successes.
Physiological profiling of successful players.

Led by Hamish Munro.
Importance of strength development for junior and senior players.
How to plot the methodology across training cycles.
How to structure the strength development phase across the athletic journey of an academy-based player.
Growth, maturation, and the impact of youth player conditioning.
The application of strength training across the academy journey.

Led by Tsikakis Antonios.
What is long-term athletic development from a soccer specific perspective?
Growth and specific stages of maturation within an elite academy environment.
Windows of opportunity and age-related effects of training.
Bio-banding and maturity assessment within an elite soccer academy.

Led by Jack Christopher.
Building a nutritional support structure.
Nutritional support across the development phases and how it can have a positive impact.
Core principles and the basis of sporting nutrition.
Supporting the growth and maturation through nutrition principles.
Nutrition for life and providing an understanding of key nutritional strategies.

Led by Alex Segovia Vilchez.
Physical qualities of youth soccer and understanding the whole picture.
The physical integration and coordinative development.
Skill acquisition – the learning process.
Training components – piece by piece.

Led by Tsikakis Antonios.
Long-term development planning.
The physiological components of the LTAD model.
Developmental training – focussing on endurance, strength and speed.
Coordination development and principles.
Developmental stages and guidelines for progression.

Led by Alex Segovia Vilchez.
New physical qualities approach and the importance of functional training.
Application of conditioning drills within an applied skill acquisition framework.
Coaching development processes.

Led by Jack Christopher.
Defining VBT and its practical use.
Using VBT to improve training and performance outcomes.
Benefits of VBT in developmental soccer.
Practical application of VBT across long-term athletic development across academy stages.

Led by Hamish Munro.
Tactical periodisation overview within youth and senior applications.
Development and alignment of training processes.
Integrating physical and tactical periodisation in youth development.
Considerations of tactical periodisation in youth soccer.

Led by Dr. Alejandro Romero-Caballero.
The youth physical development model.
The effects of early specialisation and diversification.
Soccer training in pre-pubescent players.
Developing a game model in youth development stages.
Developing the athletic qualities of youth players by bringing all of these development processes together.

Led by Tanja Simone Ecken.
Understanding the academy to first team transition phase.
Physiological demands of making the step up to the first team.
Coping strategies associated with the bridge between the academy and the first team.
Supporting the demands and pressure moving forwards.
The perception of the transition, coaching style and self-reflection.

Course duration

Once enrolled, you have six months to complete your studies.

Study method

You will study this course by distance learning, which will enable you to learn when and where you want. You can study from home or at work, it is completely up to you. All your materials will be delivered online.

Course outcome

Upon successful completion of the course, you will achieve a Certificate in Youth Soccer Athletic Development.

Assessment

You will complete eight individual tasks which are based on what you have studied during the 12 modules. You will submit your assignments via the learning portal and receive feedback from a member of the team.

It's not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Student Support Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.