MADRID, 28 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The youth soccer coaches of the Korean K-League have completed an intensive training stay in Spain with the aim of learning how LaLiga youth academies work to detect and implement areas for improvement in the lower categories of Korean soccer, according to a statement issued. this Wednesday by the employer.
This project is framed within the agreement that LaLiga has maintained since 2020 with the K-League, the official Korean competition that has been promoting the development of its youth academy in recent years, one of the reasons why it has partnered with LaLiga.
According to the statement, LaLiga Grassroots, LaLiga’s initiative to promote global grassroots football, has trained more than 22,000 foreign coaches in the LaLiga Methodology since 2015 through projects such as ‘Train-The-Trainers, LaLiga Formation Methodology’ .
On this occasion, the LaLiga sessions have dealt with the game model, physical preparation, talent detection and game analysis. Athletic Club, RC Celta, Osasuna, Atlético de Madrid and RCD Espanyol have given Korean coaches training sessions in which they have shown the operation, philosophy and structure of their academies and other issues required by the coaches themselves.
In addition, they have visited their facilities, sports cities and stadiums, in addition to seeing matches of the subsidiaries and other lower categories of mattresses and ‘parrots’ in person.
All the aforementioned teams appeared in the CIES Football Observatory rankings of the best European academies last season, clearly dominated by LaLiga clubs: Athletic Club, RC Celta, RCD Espanyol and CA Osasuna are among the ‘Top 12’ teams of the five major European leagues, with an exclusively Spanish podium (Athletic, Real Sociedad and Celta). Atlético shares a place in the ‘Top 15’ of most productive academies with Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Valencia.
“The academies of the LaLiga clubs have a lot of prestige outside our borders, but in addition to this, it should be noted that there is also an openness to collaboration that has boosted their level in recent years, since contact and exchange between clubs is growing, forming a collective intelligence network through which efforts and knowledge are shared”, highlighted the person in charge of the technical and sports area of LaLiga Grassroots, Juan Florit.
For LaLiga, carrying out this program in Spain “ensures that the coaches are in contact with the LaLiga ecosystem”, something that “fosters a competitive environment of a very high level”. “It helps to get the most out of the experience for both parties,” said the head of Business and International Development at LaLiga Grassroots, Francisco Javier Hernández.
Likewise, some of the young players from their academies could carry out group training stays or receive scholarships for long-term programs that take place annually in Madrid, such as ‘LaLiga Academy’ or ‘LaLiga Talents’. “These programs combine academic and sports education at the ESC LaLiga & NBA Madrid Center, where players live and study throughout the year, and are open to young people of all nationalities,” the statement explained.