Player Development Stages in Youth Football
Join this FREE WEBINAR to discover how to adapt training content to each stage of player development. You will learn why young players need different objectives depending on their age, maturity, and understanding of the game, and how the Ekkono approach organizes youth training through key content blocks such as perception, coordination, individual fundamentals, and team concepts.
LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR | FREE
WEDNESDAY
MAY 20th
Join this FREE WEBINAR to understand how young players develop across different stages and what this means for your training process. You will discover how age, maturation, cognitive development, and game understanding influence the content coaches should prioritize with youth players.
This session also serves as Session 0 of the Expert in Youth Coaching, giving you a clear introduction to the Ekkono framework for organizing youth development through perception, coordination, individual fundamentals, team concepts, and collective development.
WEBINAR CONTENT
Expert in Youth Coaching [NEW]
LIMITED SPOTS – Learn how to structure the initiation stage and coach young players with a clear methodology. Through key areas such as Planning, Methodology, Offensive and Defensive Basic Fundamentals, and Game Model development, you will learn how to identify what young players need to understand, what concepts coaches must correct on the pitch, and how to design training contexts that help players perceive, decide, and execute better. By the end of the course, you will have a structured framework to plan the initiation stage, design age-appropriate training sessions, and develop smarter players who understand the game.
MAY 20th | LIVE COURSE | 13 SESSIONS
Why this course?
At the initiation stage, young players are building the foundations that will shape how they understand the game for the rest of their development.
But many youth environments still train players through isolated exercises, disconnected content, or sessions that are not clearly adapted to the players’ age and learning needs.
The result is common: players repeat actions, but they do not always understand when, why, or how to use them in the game.
“Do not just train young players to execute actions. Teach them to understand the game.”
At Ekkono, we have spent more than 20 years helping clubs, academies, and federations around the world develop smarter players through a methodology based on perception, decision-making, and game understanding.
This course brings that methodology into the initiation stage, from U6 to U13.
Across 13 live sessions of 90 minutes, plus an introductory Session 0, you will learn how to plan the full initiation stage, design age-appropriate training exercises, and coach the key concepts behind the Basic Fundamentals.
By the end of the course, you will have a clear framework to organize youth development, correct players more effectively on the pitch, and build a game model adapted to their age, level, and learning process.
What will you learn?
- Planning of training content throughout the initiation stage, from U6 to U13
- Training methodology adapted to young players
- How to manage information during training to improve player learning
- Tools to build a game model adapted to players’ age and level
- Key concepts behind the Offensive Basic Fundamentals: support, first touch, pass, dribbling, driving, ball protection, and unmarking movements
- Key concepts behind the Defensive Basic Fundamentals: tracking, marking, and coverage
- Collective concepts such as block perception, block coordination, Offensive Team Fundamentals, and Defensive Team Fundamentals
Specific Methodology for Youth Coaching
The Ekkono Methodology will help you design your own training exercises for each key content in the initiation stage.
Learn how to create the right structure and context for young players to improve their game understanding, decision-making, and execution.
Planning for the Initiation Stage
Learn how to plan, schedule, and prioritize training content based on players’ age, level, number of weekly sessions, needs, and club identity.
This will help you build a clear development pathway from U6 to U13.
Basic Fundamentals: From Content to Coaching Concepts
Obtain a detailed explanation of the most important offensive and defensive contents players must learn during their youth development.
For each of them, you will learn the key concepts players must understand, what the coach should observe, and what to correct on the pitch.
Team Fundamentals and Game Model
Learn how to introduce collective concepts such as block perception, block coordination, Offensive Team Fundamentals, and Defensive Team Fundamentals during the initiation stage.
Adapt your game model and team fundamentals to the players’ age, stage, and level, helping them progress from individual concepts to collective behavior.
This course gives you a clear framework to plan the initiation stage, design better training sessions, and correct players with more precision.
What should you expect?
- 13 Sessions | 20h hours of live content
- Downloadable video clips used during the course
- Downloadable training exercises for youth coaching
- Live and on-demand access to all sessions
- Practical examples from real youth football situations
- Direct feedback and answers to your questions
- Official Diploma signed by the Ekkono Method Authors
By enrolling, you will receive exclusive access to download video clips and training exercises used during the course.
Course Schedule
The course will be delivered via live Zoom sessions. To ensure the best experience, participation is limited to 20 coaches. Register soon to secure your place!
After registration, you will receive a link to access the live sessions. All sessions will be recorded and available on-demand, so you can review them at your convenience.
- Session 0. 20/05 @ 7pm.
- Session 1. 28/05 @ 4pm.
- Session 2. 2/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 3. 4/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 4. 9/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 5. 11/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 6. 16/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 7. 18/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 8. 23/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 9. 25/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 10. 30/06 @ 4pm.
- Session 11. 2/07 @ 4pm.
- Session 12. 7/07 @ 4pm.
- Session 13. 9/07 @ 4pm.
All dates are shown in DD/MM format and times correspond to Central European Time (CET).
599,00 €Add to cart
Creating Superiority in Inner Spaces
Watch this webinar to learn how to generate numerical superiority in inner spaces. Understand how professional teams manage interior zones, identify where advantages can appear, and adapt inner-space occupation according to different game systems.
WEBINAR + 30 DAYS MEMBERSHIP | 8.99
WEDNESDAY
MAY 13th
In this webinar, we analyze how teams can generate numerical superiority in inner spaces to progress, create advantages, and attack with more clarity.
We begin by studying why interior zones are so important in modern football and how the best teams use them to accelerate the game, attract opponents, and break defensive structures.
We will then focus on the key principles coaches need to understand when managing inner spaces: where the advantages can appear, which players can contribute to occupying those spaces, and how the team’s own system can condition the way these situations are created.
Special attention will be given to practical strategies that help teams occupy and exploit interior zones more effectively. You will learn how to adapt the management of inner spaces depending on different game systems, both your own and the opponent’s, and recognize how these structures influence the creation of superiorities.
Using real match examples from professional teams, we will connect theory with real tactical behavior and present concrete solutions that coaches can apply directly in their own teams and training environments.
By the end of the session, you will have a clearer framework to generate numerical superiority in inner spaces and use it to improve ball progression, attacking continuity, and collective decision-making.
WEBINAR CONTENT
By purchasing this webinar you will receive a 30-day free trial for the Essential Membership. You can cancel anytime during the free trial period without any cost. After the free trial period expires, the monthly price will be 19€.
Already a member? Get your link for the webinar here.
8,99 €Add to cart
