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WEBINARYouth Academy

Growth Spurt Periodisationby Raymond Verheijen

Wednesday 18 February 2015

11:00 - 12:00PM CET (English)

1:30 - 3:00PM CET (Japanese translation)

08:00 - 09:00PM CET (English)

WORLD FOOTBALL ACADEMY

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Webinar Youth Academy Growth Spurt PeriodisationBetween 1997 and 2009 the Growth Spurt Study took place in the famous Dutch youth academy system. All 36 professional youth academies participated resulting in a database of more than 10 thousand youth players. For 12 years, every month, the players’ body length and weight was measured. Also, all injuries were recorded, including the nature, cause and seriousness, and the number of training sessions and matches that were missed as a result. During the webinar, Raymond Verheijen will present a number of shocking findings based on the Growth Spurt Study which caused an ethical discussion in Dutch football.

• A huge ‘month of birth bias’ with most players being born early in the calendar year and correspondingly only a few players born late in the calendar year.

• Because of the ‘month of birth bias’ many talented youth players are overlooked by scouts.

• The ‘month of birth bias’ results in overtraining of younger players within age category.

• The overtraining of younger players results in irregular growth patterns and injuries.

• Younger players within an age group become smaller people as they lose 6-10 centi-meters during the period from Under 13 to Under 19.

Based on the shocking results of the Growth Spurt Study, Raymond Verheijen will pre-sent several solutions for coaches to deal with the growth spurt of youth players and how to avoid growth deficiencies and subsequent injuries. Verheijen will demonstrate how the scouting and training of talented youth players can be optimized. Speaker With an immaculate track record and extensive background in football Raymond Verheijen is the leader in football conditioning and has introduced his unique football specific approach successfully throughout the world. Since 1998 coach Verheijen has been involved in every FIFA World Cup and EURO reaching 5 semi finals and the FIFA World Cup Final with Argentina in Brazil 2014. Also, many teams have benefited from his approach on a domestic level boasting the best injury record and allowing the coach to train and play with his strongest team almost every day.

Youth Academy Growth Spurt Periodisation

Sessions

This webinar will be presented live* from Amsterdam at three different times to serve all time zones. To find out the best time within your local time zone, please check here.

1) 11:00 - 12:00PM CET

2) 01:30 - 03:00PM CET

3) 08:00 - 09:00PM CET

*Please note that the webinar is being presented live and may take longer than the estimated time.

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Pricing

• Attendee fee English session: EUR 20 excl. 21% VAT• Attendee fee Japanese translation session: EUR 25 excl. 21% VAT

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