GLOBAL SUMMIT FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE & SCIENCE 6th & 7th October, 2017 London

33 Pages·2017·9.61 MB·English

GLOBAL SUMMIT
FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE & SCIENCE
6th & 7th October, 2017
London – UK

ASPIRE ACADEMY GLOBAL SUMMIT
Aspire Academy
Aspire Academy is a globally renowned national sports
institution dedicated to the holistic development of Qatar’s
elite athlete prodigies. Our internationally acclaimed sports
programs and facilities have come to symbolize Qatar’s
sporting vision and mission.
Aspire Academy develops well-educated sports champions,
providing integrated sporting development, sports science
and academic learning for Grades 7 to 12 scholarship
boys, aged between 12 and 18.
In the sporting arena our program has already produced
several Qatar national football team representatives,
and Olympic and World Championship medalists.
And, as a member of the Council of International Schools,
we embrace the principles of multiculturalism,
internationalism and modern learning techniques.
ASPIRE ACADEMY VISION:
By 2020, we will be recognized as the world’s leading
sports academy in the development of youth athletes.
ASPIRE ACADEMY MISSION:
We develop well educated sports champions. We foster
Qatar society realizing a healthy, active lifestyle.

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ASPIRE ACADEMY GLOBAL SUMMIT
CROSSING THE BRIDGE
Since its launch in 2014, the “Aspire Academy Global Summit” has established itself
as the world’s leading gathering of experts in youth player development. The Summit
is the flagship of the “Aspire in the World Fellows” program, which over the last three
years has brought together 50 of the world’s leading clubs, federations and leagues.
During the three previous editions of the Summit in Paris 2014, Berlin 2015 and
Amsterdam 2016, representatives of the “Aspire in the World Fellows” gathered to
discuss and share their view on modern youth training methodology. Thereby, the
“Aspire Academy Global Summit” uses a dynamic approach of communication and
encourages the Aspire Fellows to engage during a series of roundtable discussions
and workshops.
In addition, the Summit includes “Stars Chat”, sessions involving leading managers,
coaches and players. Speaker to date include Johan Cruyff, Ronald de Boer, Marc
Overmars, Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez, Edwin van der Sar, Roberto Mancini, Thomas
Tuchel, Juan Sebastian Veron, Stefan Effenberg, Lothar Matthäus, Frank Rijkaard,
Clarence Seedorf, Gabriel Heinze and Patrick Kluivert.
Since the first edition of the Summit in 2014, the Aspire Fellows community has
continued to work together, sharing information and experiences and engaging in
debate and discussion through The Aspire Fellows web platform. The website is the
world only platform hosting detailed information on the training methodology of
the world’s elite clubs and federations. The platform also offers exclusive interviews
with world leading coaches such as Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte, Roberto Di
Matteo, Gianfranco Zola and Roberto Martinez alongside presentations from leading
performance practitioners.
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ASPIRE ACADEMY GLOBAL SUMMIT
MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER
Aspire Academy is bringing together football experts from around the world for the
fourth consecutive year, for the “Aspire Academy Global Summit” to discuss issues
around ‘Football Performance and Science.’
During the two-day event held in London, some of the most influential figures in world
football alongside leading members of the scientific and performance community
will discuss contemporary in training methodology. Participants from international
football clubs and federations will also present details of their approaches to
identifying, selecting and developing talented young players.
Last year’s edition in Amsterdam brought together 150 football and performance
experts to address recent developments in the sport and explore the importance
of continual improvements and optimization of performance in attaining sporting
excellence. In addition, the 2016 Global Summit also launched a new concept – the
‘Master Class’, sessions taught by renowned global speakers.
It has always been a major goal of Aspire Academy to not only create a community
like this, but to further develop football in general. In order to achieve this goal, a
new concept was introduced in 2016 called “The Fellows’ Extended Community”.
This approach gave each member of the “Aspire Fellows” the opportunity to issue
“wild cards” to affiliate clubs to enable them to attend the summit in Amsterdam.
This afforded them the chance to attend presentations and lectures as well access
to selected areas of the Fellows’ online platform.
Since the future focus of the program will be geared towards best practice and
research informed practice, the 2017 Global Summit in London is going to have a
new feature. After establishing a research committee in the past year, the Fellows
were encouraged to submit research projects, the best of which would be chosen by
the committee to be presented in London. It is hoped this initiative will encourage
clubs to think about potential collaborative research projects in areas that will be
of mutual benefit to their respective organizations.
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