Luis Castro, one of our Ambassadors, talks with us about the complementary and fundamental training on the Pattern Morphocycle . TP: In a training session, taking into account what is the complementary part and the fundamental part of that day, in a Pattern Morphocycle, do you feel that the complementary part of training, particularly on a Wednesday or a Friday, sometimes the players can make it a little easier. Facilitate in the sense of, what is complementary to what is fundamental? Luís Castro: We first need to define what is complementary and what is fundamental and what [...]

Vítor Matos, Certified Trainer and speaker at our Congresses, chats with us about the importance of Tactical Periodization® in Youth Football/Soccer. TP: Your experience in Youth Football/Soccer is well known, what do you think about the use of Tactical Periodization® in that regard? Vítor Matos: Tactical Periodization® brings us closer to the essence of the game. Fundamentally because it is a methodology that trains the game. With the game. With our way of playing, the one that the coach wants. At the same time, it also allows us to look at what reality is and experience it [...]

David Tenney, High Performance Director for Austin FC, experienced Coach in MLS. Talks with us about the huge increase on hamstring injuries in the last 20 years. Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22 (Ekstrand et al 2022) TP: What’s your opinion on the following frequent argument? “There’s more intensity now than 20 years ago”. David Tenney: 
I think people think about intensity and they think purely volumes of running at fast speeds, or volumes of [...]

Rui Lemos, Fisiólogo del primer equipo del SC Braga durante las últimas 5 temporadas, comenta el estudio sobre el aumento de las lesiones de los isquiotibiales en los últimos 20 años: Hamstring injury rates have increased during recent seasons and now constitute 24% of all injuries in men’s professional football: the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study from 2001/02 to 2021/22 (Ekstrand et al 2022) PT: En 20 años las lesiones de isquiotibiales se han duplicado, ¿dónde está la raíz del problema? RL: A mi modo de ver las cosas, y es mi opinión, el problema es entender [...]