1-Day Course Football Periodisation, Pittsburgh

When preparing a training session, many coaches struggle to design training situations that reflect the reality of an 11v11 match. The main reason is that most coaches do not have 22 players available for training. This means they are forced to simplify the 11v11 game and design a 10v10, 9v9, 8v8, or even smaller-sided training situation, depending on how many players show up. Unfortunately, this simplification results in players interacting with unrealistic spaces and distances compared to the real 11v11 game. How often have you watched your own training session and thought your players were behaving in ways that does not look like their desired behaviour in an 11v11 match?

Another reason many coaches struggle to design realistic training situations is the lack of access to a full-size pitch. Often, they are forced to develop players’ football ability and fitness using only half a pitch—or even less. Again, this leads to unrealistic situations where space and time are much more limited than in a real 11v11 match. Attacking becomes unrealistically difficult, while defending is underloaded. How often have you watched a half-pitch session and felt like you were observing a game of pinball rather than football?

Coaches may also face the challenge of designing smaller-sided training situations —such as a 4v4 or 7v6 game —without knowing what to do with the remaining players. Have you ever faced the dilemma of worrying about how to keep those players engaged while focusing on your main training objective?

All the problems above (and many more) will be addressed in this 1-day course. Raymond Verheijen will introduce a new way of thinking about football periodisation. He will present tools to develop a tailored training week planning and season planning based on the characteristics of your team and the external factors within your environment.

PROGRAM, Saturday July 12 2025

08:00 – 09:30am Principles Of Football Periodisation: Guidelines to develop a top fit team without injuries
09:30 – 10:00am Break
10:00 – 11:30am Planning Your Training Sessions: How to anticipate external factors and obstacles?
11:30 – 12:30pm Lunch
12:30 – 02:00pm Planning Your Training Week Cycle: What type of training on which day?
02:00 – 02:30pm Break
02:30 – 04:00pm Planning Your Seasonal Cycle: Methodological steps from week to week and month to month

LOCATION

DELEGATE FEE

Delegate fee $169 (€150)

This fee includes the in-person course and course certificate.

REGISTRATION

Coaches who want to make a credit card payment can register below.

Coaches who register with a group of three coaches or more will receive a 20% group discount.
If you would like to take advantage of the discount, please send an email to info@fcevolution.com