The role of a conditioning coach in football teams U16, U17 and U19

Title: The role of a conditioning coach in football teams U16, U17 and U19 Objective: The objective of my work was to examine the role of conditioning coaches and the extent to which they are involved in trainings of youth football teams U16, U17 and U19, which participate in the highest level of Czech football league for young people aged 16 to 19. In order to achieve the main objective of my work I have defined several minor goals, such as the usage of appropriate literature which deals with the issue of conditioning training for football teams. I also created and evaluated an anonymous questionnaire based on which I determined the extent to which conditioning coaches are involved in youth football teams as well as their role in these teams. In the above mentioned questionnaire, respondents were also specifying whether they use other sports or any supplementary tools during the training process. At the same time, I was comparing the results of my bachelor thesis with the work of Jiří Zemánek (2011), who was concerned with the involvement of conditioning coaches in adult football. Methodology: I have acquired the information needed for completing my bachelor thesis by studying the appropriate literature. I have based my questionnaire on the non-standardized questionnaire of Zemánek (2011) and..