EMPOWER: A vision of human performance and player development in football

"A must read to rethink training and the developmentof the player of tomorrow."— Kris Van Der Haegen, Head of Coach Development, UEFADrills, tactical patterns, management techniques…We constantly chase the details that make thedifference, new methods, new ideas.But do we take the time to question what isself-evident — what we have always done?EMPOWER questions the assumptions built up overdecades in football coaching, and puts forward anoriginal vision of performance, of player development,and of the role of the coach.WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS BOOK:→ An epistemological approach to football coaching, rare in the field→ More than 40 diagrams and concrete examples→ A framework for designing drills that develop players' football IQ→ A reflection on the cognitive biases shaping our decisions as coaches→ A clear vision of the coach's role: no longer a prescriber, but an architect of contextsWHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?For ambitious and passionate coaches, who do notoutsource their thinking, and chart their own path.For educators, instructors, and everyone supportingplayer development — from U6 through to the highestprofessional level.Ready to become the coach you want to be?THE AUTHORDamien Della Santa is a French football coach. Fromthe U6s of Avant-Garde de Caen to the Europa Leaguewith Olympique Lyonnais, over more than twenty yearshe has worked across every age group and every level,from district to international football, in bothmen's and women's football.EMPOWER is the formalisation of that journey: theframework of thought he has built through hisexperiences, his encounters, and his doubts. Read more