Monday, 23.12.2024

SV Academy: Spielgeist (Playing Spirit) & How to Talk Football

In two new seminars we will discuss “the game as a game”. The first seminar will cover the philosophy of “playing spirit” that is increasingly more important than “fighting spirit” in the game of football. The second seminar will discuss how we should talk about the game in an entertaining, interesting and realistic way.



#1: Spielgeist in Youth Development

The first seminar was originally held at the A-license-course of the Austrian FA and will explain the philosophy behind Spielgeist (German word that translates into “playing spirit” or “game spirit”) and how it can be applied in coaching and especially youth coaching.

  • How to develop creativity and determination at the same time?
  • How to consistently improve your game insight, as a player, coach or observer?
  • How to make defending and running fun?

The seminar will be about 2 hours long and cost 30€.

Dates:

  • January 16th (Thursday), 18:00 GMT
  • February 2nd (Sunday), 11:00 GMT

#2: How to Talk Football

This seminar is not mainly for coaches and analysts, but particularly for journalists, creators and fans. We will present essential concepts that help to grasp and discuss games and situations. We want to help with identifying and commenting on what’s interesting on the pitch.

We will talk through assessing player actions and performances, adding context to situations and fundamental tactical observations.

  • Identify the decisive aspects of the game.
  • Find out what’s exciting when “nothing happens” on the pitch.
  • Learn how to discuss football in a practical way without relying on clichés.

The seminar will be about 3 hours long. The price is 35€ for the seminar and 45€ for the workshop. (80€ total). You can sign-up for recording only if you can’t make one of the dates.

Dates:

  • Seminar: January 30th (Thursday), 18:00 GMT
  • Seminar: February 9th (Sunday), 11:00 GMT
  • Workshop: February 12th (Wednesday) 18:00 GMT

In the workshop, we will watch through game footage and give examples of how it could be discussed in an interesting way, applying the concepts that will be explained in the seminar before. The workshop session will be about 2 hours long.

Sign Up

To register for any of these or to purchase the recordings, just send an informal email with your name and desired date(s)/recordings to [email protected]. Payment options are PayPal and bank transfer.

Included in the price are the participation in the online-seminar, the discussion afterwards and receiving the seminar-recording and the presentation-slides.

Further communication will be done via mail.

We are looking forward to your interest!

Lecturer:

Martin Rafelt is Spielverlagerung-writer and co-owner since 2011, has published a book about Jürgen Klopp, is a freelance writer for Der Spiegel, has done analysis for Thomas Tuchel and worked for three years as an assistant coach at Youth-League-finalists Hajduk Split (Under-19 and Hajduk B) and as the Head of Analysis and Tactics at the Hajduk Academy.

He gave lectures at the Belgian and the Dutch FAs, works with professional players in individual analysis and as a tactical consultant for clubs. On Spox and Transfermarkt there can be found interviews.

Newsletter

If you would like to be informed about future events, you are welcome to join our mail newsletter or info groups on WhatsApp or Telegram. For this, too, just send an informal mail to [email protected]. (Also possible if you are not interested in the current seminar.)

SV Academy for Clubs

We also offer our Academy events for clubs. Exact details and prices will be arranged individually. If your club is interested, please contact us with your wishes at [email protected].

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