Sport Methodology I - Sport Training - Soccer

Code:

225

Acronym:

225

Instance: 2025/2026 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Sports Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCD	75	First Degree in Sports Sciences (2011/2012)	2	-	10	-
		First Degree in Sports Sciences (2025/2026)	2	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

• To enable the understanding of high-level Football in line with its specific problems, promoting in students the curiosity and the ability to find out complementary knowledge from various sources.

• To promote in students the theoretical knowledge about soccer training methodology on different levels of performance. In this context, lead the students to develop competences on programming, planning, conducting and evaluating the training process and the management of the competitions of football.

• To develop the understanding of the most recent models of reflection and intervention in the training process and competition, in youth and high-level football contexts. In this sense, will be emphasized the specific constraints of the training process contexts, as well as the conceptions that become susceptible to induce effective professional practices in the exercise of sports coaching activity.

Learning outcomes and competences

Enable students to reflect and solve problems related to the preparation of football players and teams, and to intervene in football competions.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The programme and the fundaments of the curricular unity (CU) Methodology of Sport I - Football are guided by two main aspects:

• didactical, which arises from the specific characteristics and constraints of the Football game, namely its content, guiding principles and respective rules of action;

• methodological, more related to the understanding of the methods of planning, programming and organization of the training process, as well as the training and competition management.

Thematic unit 1
Function, knowledge and competences of the Football Coach
1.1. Coach formation
1.2. Coach functions and tasks

Thematic unit 2
Theory and methodology of the sport preparation in Football
2.1. Football game organization
2.2. Characterization of the tactical and technical behaviors in Football
2.3. Characterization of the speficic physical demands in Football

Thematic unit 3
Organization and management of the Football season
3.1. Planning, programming, and periodization of the training process in Football
3.2. Training control in Football

Thematic Unit 4
Observation and interpretation of the training process and the match of Football
4.1. Observation and interpretation of the players and teams behavior as a pedagogic tool
4.2. Design and implementation of observational designs
4.3. Players and teams behaviors observational, recording and analysis systems.

Thematic unit 5
Preparation of children and youth Football players
5.1. Identification, selection and talent development in Football
5.2. Structure of performance and particularities of the models of preparation

Mandatory literature

Teoldo, Israel; Guilherme, José; Garganta, Júlio; Para um Futebol Jogado com Ideias, Apris Editora, 2015
Garganta Júlio; Futebol
Bangsbo Jean; Fitness training in football. ISBN: 87-983350-7-3
Carling , Christopher; The handbook of soccer match analysis : a systematic approach to improving performance. ISBN: 0-415-33909-X
Haff , G. Gregory; Scientific foundations and practical applications of periodization. ISBN: 978-1-4925-6167-5
Kormelink, H. & Seeverens, T.; Team Building., Reedswain, 1997
Kraemer , William J.; Developing the athlete : an applied sport science roadmap for optimizing performance. ISBN: 978-1-7182-1857-4
Marques, A. T.; O treino e as novas realidades. As questões da prática e as tarefas da ciência, Horizonte, XI (65), 169-174, 1995
Mesquita, Isabel; Pedagogia do treino. A formação em jogos desportivos coletivos, 1997
Rosado, A. & Mesquita, I.; Modelos, concepções e estratégias de formação de treinadores, A. Rosado & I. Mesquita, 2009
Álvaro Rogério Fortunato Vaz; Periodização em futebol de alto rendimento
Cauan Felipe de Almeida; Caracterização das competências dos jogadores de futebol relativas aos diferentes estatutos posic
Ribeiro , João; Talent development in sport requires athlete enrichment : contemporary insights from a nonlinear pedagogy and the athletic skills model

Teaching methods and learning activities

Formal sessions will be used, with the lecture method being predominant, and complemented with audiovisual tools. Discussion sessions regarding theoretical and practical contents and experiences will be prioritized.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	70,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	75,00
Frequência das aulas	120,00
Trabalho de campo	75,00
Total:	270,00

Eligibility for exams

a) To attend actively 75% of the formal sessions.

b) To perform with success the individual and the grupal proposed tasks.

Calculation formula of final grade

The students are evaluated continuously, with no final exam, in three main aspects: positive practical information (PPI), knowledge and competences in the proposed tasks.

The PPI is a prerequisite for students to be evaluated in the regime of continuous evaluation, and implies the fulfillment of two conditions: