Football Fitness and Conditioning

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This book is intended for those who want to work on improving the fitness and conditioning of football players. The contents are written, above all, for the needs of the fitness coaches (strength and conditioning / performance coaches) in football/ soccer, but the needs of the head and assistant coaches have also been covered. This book is a particularly useful tool for coaches working with young categories of football players. The principles for fitness (and conditioning / performance) training are similar for different categories of players, professional (adults) / young players. The following contents, through examples and programmes, explain the principles of the processes of training and transformation of Human Motor Abilities (HMA), which are predominantly recognisable in the football game, and which affect the improvement of the general and specific fitness of football players. For us, as authors of this book, our goal is, through these contents, to enable the coaches to independently understand and set up transformation of Human Motor Abilities in the form of fitness and conditioning trainings. The trainings described are examples of good practice (based on science). After reading the contents of this book, the coach should be able to develop one’s own plan and programme for each kind of training. The future fitness and conditioning training plan should be a flexible plan and should follow the changes that occur in the players; it should be dynamic and adaptable according to the respective conditions.

Authors

Who we are

Vladimir Vuksanovikj* - book author and editor (PhD), Professor of Anthropomotorics, fitness coach of Macedonian National A football Team, Core Team - UEFA Fitness diploma developer, FC Metalurg, FC Rabotnichki, FC Sileks, Mentor of the study plan Fitness and Conditioning at the Faculty of Physical Education, Sports and Health, in Skopje, ; Robert Hristovski* - co-author (PhD), Professor of Theory and Methodology of Sports Training, Head of Program / Group for complex systems in sports, congress lecturer at Barcelona Innovation Hub; Ognen Brazhanski - co-author (BSc-PE teacher) fitness coach in FC Teteks, BC Rabotnichki, Fitness revolution-fitness studio for functional conditioning training [founder and manager]; Aleksandar Tancheski - co-author (BSc-PE teacher) Fitness coach in FC Struga, FC Pembroke Athleta, FC Bregalnica, AD Alcorcon; Ángel Ric Díez *** - co-author (PhD), Professor of Football at INEFC Lleida - Spain, part of the Complex Systems In Sport Research Group, employed in the department of science and development Barcelona Innovation Hub; Zoran Handziski** - co-author (PhD), specialist in sports medicine, President of the Association of Physicians Specialists in Sports Medicine of the Republic of Macedonia, part of the medical team of WHC Kometal, FC Rabotnichki, FC Metalurg, FC Vardar, HC Vardar, Head Physician of the Macedonian Olympic Team at the Olympics in Vancouver, London, Sochi, and Rio; Lenche Aleksovska Velichkovska* - co-author (PhD), Professor of Sports Psychology, Dean of Faculty of Physical Education, Sport and Health, Sports Psychologist of several sports clubs, national teams, and athletes; Nebojsha Markovski* - co-author (PhD), Professor of Football, Director of the Educational Centre of the Football Federation of Macedonia; Zhikica Tasevski* - co-author (PhD), Professor of Football, coach in FC Madzari, FC Vardar, FC Metalurg, FC Rabotnichki, FC Loko-Plovdiv, Hunan Billows F.C.-China, FC Sileks, FC Macedonia; * University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Physical Education, Sport and Health, Skopje, Macedonia ** Kineticus Private Health Institution, Skopje, Macedonia *** National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, Spain;

Collaborators to this book

Mihailo Shejkeroski (BSc-PE teacher) fitness coach in FC Levski, BC MZT, FC Vardar, FC Rabotnichki, FC Septemvri-Sofia, FC Lokomotiv-Plovdiv, FC Academy Pandev, FC Metalurg, FC Ilinden, FC Madzari; Ivan Jovanovski- Karas (BSc-PE teacher), fitness coach in the FC Shkendia, A national football team of Macedonia, FC Ural, FC Gençlerbirliği, FC Inter Baku, FC Ludogorets, FC CSKA-Sofia, FC Metalurg, FC Rabotnichki, FC Cementarnica, FC Macedonia; Dimitar Manevski (BSc-PE teacher / physiotherapist specialized in kinesitherapy) with experience in FC Cementarnica, FC Macedonia Gjorche Petrov, FC Metalurg, FC Vardar, HC Vardar, Handball Federation of Macedonia, RC Veszprem (Hungary);

Impressum

Author and editor: Vladimir Vuksanovikj Translation from Macedonian: Ida Blazhevska, Gordana Pejkovska-Kirovska Organization of demonstration exercises: Ognen Brazhanski Vladimir Vuksanovikj Performing of fitness exercises: Nora Janevska Viktor Trajanovski Photographs: Pop Foto MK (Orce Popovski) Petr Stojanovski Robert Spasovski Igor Panevski Design and preparation: Stanislava Sharovic Pavkovic Macedonia, Skopje, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIP – Cataloguing in publication National and University Library “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Skopje, Macedonia 796.332.015(035) VUKSANOVIKJ, Vladimir Football fitness and conditioning [E-book] : pre-season plan | training load + dosage management | functional strength/power training | performance monitoring | off-season trainings | rehabilitation (injury prevention) / Vladimir Vuksanovikj ; translation from macedonian Ida Blazhevska, Gordana Pejkovska-Kirovska, 156 pages. : illustrations. - Skopje : V. Vuksanovikj, 2023 (Skopje) ISBN 978-608-66708-1-8 а) Football -- Fitness and conditioning training - Manuals COBISS.MK-ID 62402565 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------