Player development guidebook for JJK Jyväskylä football club
Wusu, Babatunde (2013)
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013052310342
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013052310342
Tiivistelmä
The purpose of this thesis was to write a guidebook for Jyväskylä football club JJK’s junior team coaches. The guidebook includes information about general development of athletes and practical information to help to create effective training programs.
The idea for the thesis came when seeing JJK achieving success in Finnish top league and having passion for developing the junior coaching organization. It was discussed with the head of the junior coaching that common guidelines would be an effective tool in the development
work.
The guidebook has two sections. The first section introduces general development of an athlete throught a five stage model. It also gives information about the development of talent of an athlete. The second section informs about the requirements of soccer and general principles of
effective physical training.
The focus of the guidebook is in the role of the coach in the process of the player’s development. It gives information about the development of the most talented players but it
also puts emphasis on the support of the average player’s work towards the highest level performance.
The end result of this thesis is a guidebook which can be used as an tool by the junior team coaches in JJK. It will be distributed to all of the coaches and it can be found in JJK’s web page also. In the future the guidebook will be updated regularly by coaches and by the author.
The idea for the thesis came when seeing JJK achieving success in Finnish top league and having passion for developing the junior coaching organization. It was discussed with the head of the junior coaching that common guidelines would be an effective tool in the development
work.
The guidebook has two sections. The first section introduces general development of an athlete throught a five stage model. It also gives information about the development of talent of an athlete. The second section informs about the requirements of soccer and general principles of
effective physical training.
The focus of the guidebook is in the role of the coach in the process of the player’s development. It gives information about the development of the most talented players but it
also puts emphasis on the support of the average player’s work towards the highest level performance.
The end result of this thesis is a guidebook which can be used as an tool by the junior team coaches in JJK. It will be distributed to all of the coaches and it can be found in JJK’s web page also. In the future the guidebook will be updated regularly by coaches and by the author.