As part of the commencement of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Youth Clubs League, over 100 coaches including 20 from the NPFL Youth Clubs met in Abuja for a weekend Coaching Course with Trainer Personnel coming from the Spanish League, La Liga precisely. This is a positive result from the partnership between the NPFL and the La Liga.
In attendance also are 60 coaches from the Nationwide League One which will be coordinated by two La Liga trainers, Oscar Pruzon and David Aznar.
As part of the NPFL-LaLiga Commercial and Technical Partnership, the Clinic for the Youth Coaches which will hold from Saturday, 4th March - Monday, 6th March, will see the Nigerian academy coaches enlightened on the basics of Youth Team Training.
Former Nigerian International and Head of the La Liga Nigeria Office, Mutiu Adepoju spoke on the contents of the clinic which holds at the Abuja National Stadium saying it will be based on the La Liga Coaching Methodology.
“This clinic on the La Liga Coaching Methodology will have sub-topics ranging from Introduction to La Liga Methodology; Football Training Structure and Basic Technical / Tactical Training and Foundations. It will also include tutorials on Advanced Technical /Tactical Training and Foundations, Football Training Periodization & Game Model and Strategy and Team/Opponent Analysis”.
Adepoju also said there will be practical sessions that will hold on the pitch for all the topics.
On the benefits of the clinic to the participants, The La Liga representative said, "It is expected that the coaches will be in a position to practice at the highest level at the end of this seminar. The benefit will also result in the players who will be under these coaches to have good technical and tactical foundations to aid them play at the highest level”.
The NPFL Youth League for U-18 year old players of the NPFL Clubs with its support by La Liga is expected to start during the on-going 2016/17 season and would be played on zonal format culminating in a finals. It is part of the League Management Company's (LMC) long term strategy to develop a supply chain of trained players for the league.
The NPFL-La Liga Partnership signed in 2016 have since recorded a number of exchanges between the two leagues including a tour of Spain by an NPFL All-Star team, the opening of La Liga Nigeria office in Abuja and a La Liga Support for the Internally Displaced People of Borno State through El-Kanemi Warriors FC.
In attendance also are 60 coaches from the Nationwide League One which will be coordinated by two La Liga trainers, Oscar Pruzon and David Aznar.
As part of the NPFL-LaLiga Commercial and Technical Partnership, the Clinic for the Youth Coaches which will hold from Saturday, 4th March - Monday, 6th March, will see the Nigerian academy coaches enlightened on the basics of Youth Team Training.
Former Nigerian International and Head of the La Liga Nigeria Office, Mutiu Adepoju spoke on the contents of the clinic which holds at the Abuja National Stadium saying it will be based on the La Liga Coaching Methodology.
“This clinic on the La Liga Coaching Methodology will have sub-topics ranging from Introduction to La Liga Methodology; Football Training Structure and Basic Technical / Tactical Training and Foundations. It will also include tutorials on Advanced Technical /Tactical Training and Foundations, Football Training Periodization & Game Model and Strategy and Team/Opponent Analysis”.
Adepoju also said there will be practical sessions that will hold on the pitch for all the topics.
On the benefits of the clinic to the participants, The La Liga representative said, "It is expected that the coaches will be in a position to practice at the highest level at the end of this seminar. The benefit will also result in the players who will be under these coaches to have good technical and tactical foundations to aid them play at the highest level”.
The NPFL Youth League for U-18 year old players of the NPFL Clubs with its support by La Liga is expected to start during the on-going 2016/17 season and would be played on zonal format culminating in a finals. It is part of the League Management Company's (LMC) long term strategy to develop a supply chain of trained players for the league.
The NPFL-La Liga Partnership signed in 2016 have since recorded a number of exchanges between the two leagues including a tour of Spain by an NPFL All-Star team, the opening of La Liga Nigeria office in Abuja and a La Liga Support for the Internally Displaced People of Borno State through El-Kanemi Warriors FC.
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