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Back to EpisodesAlberto Mendez-Villanueva on How Balancing Sport Science and Appreciating Context Is Key To Impacting Player Development
Description
Fitness training can be DRIVEN through the strategic & TACTICAL directions of the coaches and the rest of the staff 😁!
Alberto Mendez-Villanueva goes in depth about how he thinks about fitness training in football, how he prefers the knowledge and “coaches eye” over over extensive technology and monitoring strategies
Plus he also gives direct insight into how he PREPARES his players weekly in terms of endurance volume and speed training 🚄!
In the 13th episode of The Training Science Podcast, Martin and Alberto discuss everything in relation to fitness and football ⚽. This includes their apparently shared love for football tennis, their understanding of how tactical focus in training can carry important weight when designing training, as well as how technology and sport science can be better utilized in the future for football.
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Today’s speakers:
Dr Martin Buchheit https://martin-buchheit.net/
Alberto Mendez-Villanueva
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References:
Tactical Periodization article. Soccer Journal. 2012.
Tactical Periodization book. Alberto Mendez-Villanueva & Juan Bordonua https://shop.soccertutor.com/tactical-periodization-a-proven-training-model/st-b043?___from_store=default&___store=eur