Certificate in Youth Soccer Athletic Development LTAD

Course overview

• 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.

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.