Technical Practices to Maximise Performance

Technical Practices from a World Leading High Performance Expert to Maximise the Performance of Your Players and Team

Following the success of his best-selling book, "Football Periodization to Maximise Performance", and the first volume in this series "Warm Ups to Maximise Performance", Adam Owen PhD (High Performance Expert and UEFA Pro & A License Educator) now shares his unparalleled expertise in football science and performance coaching to help coaches optimise technical training at all levels.

Key Benefits of this Book for Coaches:

• Develop both technical quality and physical capacity through intensive (small spaces) and extensive (large spaces) practices

• Prepare players with game-specific technical actions that translate directly into competitive match situations

• Build technical, physical, and mental readiness into every session

• Implement progressive practice design tailored for Pro, Semi-Pro, Academy, and Youth levels

The Importance of Technical Practices:

Technical practices are a vital component in developing effective, game-ready players. This book shows you how to design and integrate technical content that bridges the warm-up phase (covered in the previous book) and the main session, helping players improve their decision-making, execution, and tactical awareness.

• Seamless session flow from warm-up to peak intensity

• Structure and clarity aligned with training goals

• Realistic training environments to replicate match demands

• Injury prevention through intelligent design and football-specific periodization

Adam Owen PhD (Author of this Book)

This title builds on Adam Owen's trusted periodization methodology, providing practical solutions that coaches can immediately apply within their training cycles. For a full understanding of the overarching model, we highly recommend combining this book with "Football Periodization to Maximise Performance".

• Structure Your Weekly Training with Football Periodization (102 Practices included)
• Warm-Ups, Technical, Conditioning, Possession & Tactical Practices
• Reduce Injury Risk and Maximise Player Output
• Tapering for Peak Match-Day Performance

"Adam provides an outstanding mixture of applied research, practical application and tremendous experience in the world of high-performance football." Dr. Andreas Schlumberger, PhD (Head of Recovery and Performance at Liverpool FC)

50 Technical Practices to Maximise Performance: Youth to Pro Training Week with Football Periodization

Key Stats: 116 Pages • Full Colour Print • 50 Practices • Youth to Pro Level

Included Practice Examples:

• Intensive (Small Spaces): Ajax Triangle Free Player Decision Making Passing Combinations
• Intensive (Small Spaces): FC Barcelona Small Spaces "Figure of 8" Progressing Play Combinations
• Extensive (Large Spaces): Rotational Passing Combinations with Overlap Third Man Runs
• Extensive (Large Spaces): Positional and Rotational Combination Play Tactical Patterns with Switch of Play