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Certificate in Youth Soccer Athletic Development (LTAD)

The Certificate in Youth Athletic Development in Soccer (LTAD) provides the latest training methods, research findings and detailed insights to help coaches prepare, train and maximise the long-term development of youth soccer players.

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Fitness Training articles

Fitness Training26 August 2026

Soccer Pre-Season Training After the 2026 World Cup

Explore recovery, training load, sprint exposure and individual periodisation, & how coaches manage soccer pre-season training after the 2026 World Cup?

Fitness Training9 August 2026

The 2026/27 UEFA Women’s Champions League

Read how the landscape of women’s professional soccer has entered a transformative era characterized by unprecedented athletic intensity and rapidly evolving tactical complexity.

Fitness Training1 July 2026

Pre-Season Training

Read how the physiological demands of a gruelling ten-month domestic and continental campaign, coupled with the suffocating international match calendar, dictate that the margin for physical error is zero.

Fitness Training podcasts

Fitness Training

Darcy Norman

In this episode of the ISSPF Soccer Insights Podcast, Josh McClaren speaks with Darcy Norman, Director of Performance at Chicago Fire FC, about what it really takes to build high performance in elite football. Darcy reflects on his journey from alpine ski racing into football performance, with the conversation exploring lessons from some of the biggest environments in world football, including Bayern Munich, AS Roma, the German national team, and now Chicago Fire.

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