EDUCATIONAL MODEL

Identification:

Recognizing the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values that sports directors and executives of professional football clubs in the top leagues of Western Europe will demand from players in the next 10 years. This identification is the result of continuous work and is constantly updated as substantial changes are identified in the studied reality.

Weighting:

Determining a specific weight for each identified skill, knowledge, competence, and value based on the player's specialty and position on the field.

Breakdown:

To facilitate learning and assessment, the identified skills, knowledge, competence, and values are broken down into very specific and detailed behaviors. Thus, the coach and the evaluator only need to determine if the player does something or not and to what extent (never, sometimes, often, always).

Initial Assessment:

Determines the player's real situation and level in each of the skills, knowledge, competence, and values in their learning process.

Definition of Personalized Goals for Each Player: It is jointly decided (player-coach) which skills, knowledge, competence, and values we want each specific player (with name and surname) to improve and acquire.

Planning:

Determining personalized learning strategies. How and when to ensure that the player reaches the established goals. We schedule specific training actions and a specified timeframe.

Action:

Implementing the strategy through planned exercises, games, and activities.

Feedback:

We jointly evaluate (coach-player) the errors that occurred during the action to repeat it (feedback) with the appropriate corrections that the player has reached through their own conclusions. The player acts out of conviction, not instruction. The ACATEC coach encourages and enlightens. If we do not achieve the intended goals, we will immediately - as many times as necessary - change the planned strategies to adapt to the cognitive process of each specific player.

Assessment:

Once the established timeframe to reach a goal is completed, the player is assessed to determine to what extent they have achieved it. When the result is satisfactory, we move on to defining new objectives.

Result Visualization:

Thanks to the evaluation, the player becomes aware that they are acquiring new knowledge and skills, motivating them to continue learning with consistency and a positive attitude.

Setting New Goals:

The coach and the player continually establish new challenges and objectives that the player must achieve. The process repeats with each training action. This is the circle of excellence.