Starts in April 2025 in Stuttgart
Starts in April 2025 in Stuttgart
Athletic coach – the valuable specialists in the background
Do you want to make your team fitter, improve the physical condition of your players and minimize the risk of injury? Then the CAS Athletic Coach in Football is the right course for you.
The demands on athletic coaches in football have increased considerably in recent years. The systematic improvement of conditional skills in competition, the increasing individualization of training measures and injury-preventive training options are increasingly expanding the range of tasks in this specialist area.
For example, athletic coaches need to optimize their players’ football-specific endurance performance based on sound basic endurance, take into account the various aspects of speed in the training process and improve maximum strength levels in order to subsequently develop speed performance.
In addition, topics such as functional training, core strengthening, mobility, leg axis stabilization, coordination training and position-specific athletic measures are part of the versatile and demanding range of tasks.
TOP LECTURERS FROM ATHLETIC TRAINING
MICHAEL KÖLLNER
Head Coach FC Ingolstadt 04
DENNY KRCMAREK
Athletic coach U21 Nationalteam Austria
GEORG WALLNER
Athletic coach, SpVgg Unterhaching
ANJA PFLUGER
Program Manager and Football Player SGS Essen
GÜNTHER LEIPOLD
Program Manager and Lecturer at IFI
Florian Klausner
Head of Performance at the Liechtenstein Football Association
MATTHIAS LUGINGER
Co-coach professionals SpVgg Unterhaching
BENEDIKT KOSAK
Head of Performance NLZ VfB Stuttgart
MICHAEL STÜGELMAIER
Head of Analysis, Data & Science VfB Stuttgart
OUR PARTICIPANTS RATE US
Grade 1.32 Ø
Quality of the lecturers
Grade 1,26 Ø
Individual support
Grade 1.32 Ø
Learning Platform/Virtual Phase
Grade 1,30 Ø
Overall impression of the face-to-face event
OUR PARTICIPANTS RATE US
Grade 1.32 Ø
Quality of the lecturers
Grade 1,26 Ø
Individual support
Grade 1.32 Ø
Learning Platform/Virtual Phase
Grade 1,30 Ø
Overall impression of the face-to-face event
YOUR ADVANTAGES: YOU OPTIMIZE YOUR PERFORMANCE KNOW-HOW
Especially in amateur and youth soccer, there is still enormous potential in the area of athletics when it comes to optimizing the performance of individual players, but also of the entire team.
Often, clubs and associations lack top athletic coaches with the necessary expertise to develop and set up an ideally coordinated athletic program in line with the competition calendar.
Theoretical and practical knowledge and skills ensure the successful development of a team in both the short and long term.
That’s why this CASv focuses on imparting knowledge about all aspects of modern football training so that you can set yourself apart from the competition as an athletic coach in football.
SHORT PROFIL OF THE CAS “ATHLETIC COACH IN FOOTBALL”
brief profile of the certificate “athletic coach in football”
TARGET GROUP OF THE ATHLETIC COACH PROGRAM
The certificate program is a professional training and further education offer and is aimed at employees who are already working as athletic coach or would like to work in this field in the future.
The content taught can also be of great benefit to professional coaches, amateur coaches, assistant coaches, club managers, sporting directors, employees in youth development centers and player consultants, as it expands their own skills in an important decision-making field.
Active football players and students with a keen interest in football who are considering a career as an athletic coach will also benefit from the experience gained.
Improving players in the long term and maintaining their health at the same time is a task in football that is becoming increasingly important in professional, semi-professional and youth football.
Prerequisites for participation in the CAS are a university entrance qualification or completed vocational training in a recognized profession that is conducive to the course as well as at least three years of professional experience that is conducive to the course, a keen interest in football and athletic training and experience in professional football. Applicants without a university entrance qualification but with a professional qualification can also be admitted to the CAS under certain conditions. In these cases, an institute certificate is issued instead of a CAS certificate with ECTS points.
EXPERIENCE REPORTS & GRADUATES’ VOICES
“Athletic training especially in soccer, represents an increasingly complex area.
In all modules, the content was very well conveyed due to the strong practical relevance and the high quality of the lecturers.
For me, it was a further development and enrichment for the implementation of my athletic training on the football field.”
“The area of athletic training is becoming more and more important in soccer every year. The advanced training has given me a lot of good and important input, both as an active player and as an athletic trainer. The lecturers did a great job and conveyed the theoretical and practical content very well. A very recommendable continuing education!”
“One of the most important coaching competencies in soccer is to stay on top of the latest developments. This development in soccer tends to be constantly increasing dynamics involving complex processes of perception, decision-making and execution. The structure of the “Athletic Trainer in Football” education at the IFI not only includes these important aspects, it also aims at a practical and football-specific application and further development of these skills. A further training that is structurally excellently structured and is definitely worthwhile for football coaches of all levels and ages.”
“The topic of athletic training is becoming increasingly important in today’s age of soccer. It is an everyday companion on as well as off the training fields. The lecturers and top experts have created a module through their experience and knowledge, which allows every graduate to supervise and develop his team in the athletic area with high quality and the latest know-how, whether in amateur or professional soccer. The certificate was a professional & personal enrichment for me and would recommend it anytime.”
“A strong athleticism can make all the difference these days. The daily confrontation in the training sessions aroused my curiosity to take a look behind the scenes. The excellent teaching of adapted training control, performance analyses and injury prevention by qualified lecturers not only enables an optimization of the training, but also initial insights into sports science.
A unique training course that, in addition to professional competence, also entails exceptional human interaction. Absolutely recommended!”
“First of all, thanks go to all lecturers and participants who contributed to the success of this training as well as a pleasant atmosphere. Among other things, I found the mixture of lectures on the basics of training science, lectures by different guest lecturers from different clubs and the practical units based on them very good at the face-to-face events. In particular, the different working methods and procedures presented there offered me the opportunity to take away numerous useful tips and ideas for my own work and to refine my previous way of working. The extensive range of literature and media on the learning platform offers the opportunity to deal with individual topics in great depth and to acquire basic theoretical knowledge. All in all, this training is a great basis for working on athletics, whether as an athletics coach or head coach.”
“After reflecting on what helps me as a coach to become even better, I came up with the topic of athletic training in football. I was able to take away a lot from strength training and speed training. The learning platform is also very valuable, you can read books online and really work on topics in depth. I would like to express my sincere thanks to all lecturers, experts and the program director for the knowledge imparted.“
YOUR LEARNING CONTENT IN THE ATHLETIC COACH ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
The training and further education program is run by the International Football Institute. Renowned lecturers impart application-oriented knowledge for practical work in the modules.
In the three modules, each with three days of attendance, a virtual learning phase and the Athletics Talk, participants deal intensively
with the focal points of endurance, strength, speed, agility and coordination as well as systematic fitness training in football. At the end of the certificate course, each participant prepares a final presentation (conducted in virtual space) and a final paper.
Module 1: Basic
Module 2: Power
Module 3: Speed
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OUR LEARNING CONCEPT: BLENDED LEARNING
Blended learning is even more than e-learning: it combines the classic face-to-face seminars with various online learning formats, thus making learning more modern, flexible and transfer effective.
Due to the semi-virtual concept and the block models, the programs are extra-occupational and can therefore also be carried out alongside sport and family. The certificate program is therefore much more than an online or distance learning program.
In order to test the knowledge gained, online tests are just as possible as study papers on individual topics.
The innovative learning approach guarantees the compatibility of work, sports and further education. Lecturers with enormous subject expertise impart practical knowledge at the highest level during the ten days of attendance.
OUR LEARNING CONCEPT: BLENDED LEARNING
Blended learning is even more than e-learning: it combines the classic face-to-face seminars with various online learning formats, thus making learning more modern, flexible and transfer effective.
Due to the semi-virtual concept and the block models, the programs are extra-occupational and can therefore also be carried out alongside sport and family. The certificate program is therefore much more than an online or distance learning program.
In order to test the knowledge gained, online tests are just as possible as study papers on individual topics.
The innovative learning approach guarantees the compatibility of work, sports and further education. Lecturers with enormous subject expertise impart practical knowledge at the highest level during the ten days of attendance.
CAS SIMPLY EXPLAINED
Extra-occupational training and further education courses that can be completed with a Certificate of Advanced Studies – CAS for short – offer the opportunity to deal with a topic academically and acquire a qualification below an academic degree (e.g. Bachelor). CASs are also assessed according to credit points under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Accordingly, these credit points are also recognized throughout Europe. CASs can be upgraded to a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) or other academic degree programs by attending further CASs and writing an academic thesis.
ACTIVITY AS AN ATHLETIC COACH IN FOOTBALL
With regard to competitive sports, it is clear that athletics is an interplay of complex movement skills and the demands in football are constantly increasing due to the ongoing professionalization.
Today’s football players must be able to combine skills such as agility, speed, stability, strength, endurance and coordination without neglecting the focus on their own ball and game technique. Training these skills is the main task of athletic coaches in football.
To do this, they need specific sport motor knowledge and skills in order to teach and instruct appropriate exercises. Athletic trainers set up systematic, position-specific and individual training plans to improve each individual player as well as the team as a whole.
The goal is long-term performance development, performance optimization and performance maintenance. Age and performance level determine the training program. The close exchange with the coaching team and the coordination of team and individual training depending on the competition calendar are therefore fundamental prerequisites for the daily work.
THESE COOPERATION PARTNERS TRUST
IN OUR EXPERTISE
By cooperating with us, our partners come into direct and personal contact with decision-makers from the soccer industry who work for us as lecturers or people with expertise.
In addition, partnerships enable contact with people who already work at clubs or associations and who are already deciding, or will soon be deciding, on their own collaborations with partners.
The early point of contact with current and future executives enables the development of new business areas. During excursions, cooperation partners can also present themselves as attractive employers.
THESE COOPERATION PARTNERS TRUST
IN OUR EXPERTISE
By cooperating with us, our partners come into direct and personal contact with decision-makers from the soccer industry who work for us as lecturers or people with expertise.
In addition, partnerships enable contact with people who already work at clubs or associations and who are already deciding, or will soon be deciding, on their own collaborations with partners.
The early point of contact with current and future executives enables the development of new business areas. During excursions, cooperation partners can also present themselves as attractive employers.
IMPRESSIONS
STUDY LOCATION STUTTGART
The Stuttgart campus is located right in the heart of the Neckar metropolis.
Here, modern and friendly seminar rooms await you, which are optimally adapted to your learning needs.
Thanks to the proximity to the main train station, you can reach the campus easily by public transport. If you arrive by car, there are parking spaces in the immediate vicinity.
Accommodation is available in all categories in the immediate vicinity of the Stuttgart campus.
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Contact Person Stuttgart
Andreas Giglberger
Head of Training & Development IFI
International Football Institute
Steinheilstr. 8
85737 Ismaning
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