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Methodology

Based on the
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Tactical Periodization is a training methodology where the main

concern is the “play” that a team intends to produce in the
competition (Xavier Tamarit). That is why the game model takes on
great importance and is the guide for the entire process. Having a
modeling through principles, sub principles and sub principles of the
game that form it, achieving a specific and high quality adaptation if
the methodological principles that support it are respected.
Systems Thinking. The Game as a complex
phenomenon

Football is seen as a system. In turn, a system is a set of

elements or parts that interact with each other in order to
achieve a specific objective.

All its elements interact and provide feedback in a dynamic and

unpredictable way; any change affects the system.
It must have a common objective to be considered as a system.
A set of idealized behaviors that the team is expected to perform
during a match within all the dimensions that football presents.
Tactical, technical, psychological, physical, emotional and social.
This game model is unique, unfinished, unrepeatable and constantly
evolving.
Creating a GAME MODEL involves:
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Master in Athletics (1972)
National Athletics Coach (1975) Technical Secretary of the INEF. Barcelona
1975-77 Head of Studies INEF. Barcelona 1977-79 Director of INEF. Barcelona
1979-81 / 1988-89 Director of Training Methodology at FC Barcelona 2014 to
present
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REPRODUCTION OF MODELS BY... "CONTRASTED

EVOLUTION"

THE MODEL IS REPRODUCED ACCORDING TO:

EVOLVE THE REGULATIONS
COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS EVOLVE
EVOLVING THE COACH'S KNOWLEDGE
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SPORTS EVOLVES
EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH APPLIED TO SPORTS
 Every human being has levels of competence that are due to their
constitution as a human. And I just wanted to consider some
structures to understand what a human being is. An interpretation
of the Athlete from the Theory of Complexity. Bioenergetic
Structure - Conditional Structure - Coordinative Structure - Socio-
Affective Structure - Emotional-Volitive Structure -
Expressive/Creative Structure - Cognitive Structure - Mental
Structure …

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BEHAVIOURIST AND MECHANICIST THEORIES

They have developed practices

to achieve these models.

Through quantitative practices

BE GLOBAL TENQENCLA
of analytical exercises in BE ANALYTIC TENURE
FTRAINING progressive linear sequences.
THE TECHNIQUE
GLOBALIZED TACTICS PHYSICAL
| SMALL GAMES PREPARATION

In sports initiation In sports performance

They build the player to meet the demands
of a certain model that at that moment "dominates" the sport in question.

CLASSIC PARADIGM

THIS PARADIGM, NOW IN RECESSION, HAS DOMINATED OUR CULTURE FOR SEVERAL

HUNDREDS OF YEARS. DURING WHICH IT HAS SHAPED OUR WESTERN SOCIETY AND

CONSIDERABLY INFLUENCED THE REST OF THE WORLD.

THIS PARADIGM CONSISTS OF A DEEP SERIES OF IDEAS AND VALUES AMONG WHICH WE CAN

MENTION THE VISION OF THE UNIVERSE AS A MECHANICAL SYSTEM MADE UP OF PIECES. THAT

OF THE HUMAN BODY AS A MACHINE, THAT OF LIFE IN SOCIETY AS A COMPETITIVE STRUGGLE

FOR EXISTENCE, THE BELIEF IN UNLIMITED MATERIAL PROGRESS THROUGH ECONOMIC AND

TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH...

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SUPPORTED BY:
-Organic Biology is ta
- Neurosciences
- Theory of alternations
- Information theory
- Ecological theories ACHIEVE...
THE SELF-MODELLING OF
THE ATHLETE.
YOURAUTO-STRUCTURING
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NEW PARADIGM f

ACHIEVE SELF-STRUCTURING BY... "DIFFERENTIATED

OPTIMIZATION"

SELF-STRUCTURING IS ACHIEVED BY:

- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL-TACTICAL SKILLS IN WHICH THE PLAYER SHOWS CERTAIN
COMPETENCE.
OBSERVING THE IMPACT THAT THE COMPETITION HAS ON THE PLAYER.
- THE CONSTANT ACQUISITION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE BY THE PLAYER ABOUT THE GAME, TRAINING,
AND HIMSELF.
- THE FORMATION OF ONE'S OWN SOCIAL IMAGE.
- ACHIEVING PLAYER KNOWLEDGE DURING PRACTICE BY MEANS OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
AND RESEARCH MEANS.

THE PROPOSALS
COME FROM THE ATHLETE
 NEW PARADIGM
THE PROPOSALS FROM THE
ATHLETE
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IT MAKES US MODIFY OUR THINKING, IDEAS AND VALUES ABOUT THE

ATHLETE-MAN AS A LIVING BEING THAT SEEKS CONSTANT DYNAMIC
INTERACTION BETWEEN:
RATIONAL INTUITIVE
ANALYTIC SYNTHETIC
EDUCATIONIST HOLISTIC
LINEAR NONLINEAR
COMPETITIVE
QUANTITATIVE

FOR FOR TEAM SPORTS

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

COOPERATIM QUALITATIVE
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ATTENDING TO THE NEW

PARADIGM
WE CAN CURRENTLY INTERPRET THE PERSON OF THE ATHLETE AS A...

HYPERCOMPLEX STRUCTURE CONFIGURED BY

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INTERACTIONS AND FEEDBACKS BETWEEN STRUCTURES
• CONDITIONAL STRUCTURE
• COORDINATIVE STRUCTURE
• SOCIO-AFFECTIVE STRUCTURE
• EMOTIVE-VOLITIVATIVE STRUCTURE
• CREATIVE - EXPRESSIVE STRUCTURE
• MENTAL STRUCTURE... ?
Each structure must be considered as the manifestation of underlying processes.
• That is to say, the processes, a whole network of dynamic relationships between systems, are
manifested through what we call structures.
• And what we traditionally call capabilities are nothing more than forms of sectoral evaluation of
the processes that occur in some system that configure a certain Structure.
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1. THIS SYSTEMIC AND HOLISTIC CONCEPT OF THE PLAYER WILL GIVE US INDICATIONS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN
WHICH THE ATHLETE MUST DEVELOP HIS TRAINING ACTIVITY TO OBTAIN HIS DIFFERENTIATED SELF-STRUCTURING.
IN THIS WAY, THE CONTENTS OF STRUCTURED TRAINING APPEAR, UNDERSTANDING THAT ALTHOUGH IT CAN ALSO
CONTRIBUTE NEW ELEMENTS TO "INDIVIDUAL" SPORTS, IT IS MUCH MORE SUITABLE FOR "TEAM" SPORTS WHERE
THE PRESENCE OF OBJECTS - COMPANIONS - OPPONENTS IN CONTINUOUS INTERACTION DEMANDS HIGH LEVELS OF
SELF-STRUCTURING FROM ALL ITS COMPONENTS.

CONTENTS OF Al TA VARIATION

HIGH VARIABILITY PRACTICES

FROM THE NEW PARADIGM, TEACHING AND TRAINING IS A 'SINGLE FACT' OF PROCESS

OPTIMIZATION THAT WILL MANIFEST AS PROPERTIES OF EACH STRUCTURE THAT WE

HAVE MENTIONED. SINCE THESE PROPERTIES CAN ONLY BE ATTENDED:

- FROM THE DYNAMIC INTERACTIVITY OF THE SYSTEMS SET

- FOR THE GLOBAL CONSISTENCY OF THEIR INTERACTIONS...

WE MUST BUILD EXERCISES THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO STRUCTURED TRAINING,

WHICH PROVIDE THIS DYNAMIC INTERACTIVITY AND CONSISTENCY, ISSUES

THAT ARE NOT MET BY THE REPETITIVE AND ANALYTICAL EXERCISES OF

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS TRAINING BASED ON OTHER THEORIES.

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Certain working conditions must be defined that establish a "preferential"

performance on some of the functional systems of the sport.

PREFERENTIAL SIMULATORY SITUATIONS

These practice requirements are offered by:
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Engaging the Emotional-Volitive Structure

watching specific Personal

Engagement episodes

with the

Involving Cognitive Structure

They are practiced in specific situations that contain relevant information

that must be processed in order to act accordingly.
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2. ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES OF ALL MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE IS THE IRREDUCIBLE

TENDENCY TO BUILD MULTILEVEL STRUCTURES OF SYSTEMS, WITHIN SYSTEMS.

THESE STRUCTURES ARE THE CONSEQUENCE OF VARIOUS INTERACTIVE PROCESSES

BETWEEN SYSTEMS OF DIFFERENTIATED COMPLEXITY, WHICH ARE CONFIGURED IN THE FORM

OF NETWORKS WHERE - NOTHING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

IT TRIGGERS THE NEED TO MODIFY THE LAWS OF TRADITIONAL TRAINING, GIVEN THAT

SYNERGETIC RELATIONSHIPS ARE MORE USED THAN THE PROGRESSIVITY OF LOADS AND

PROGRAMMING IN SEQUENCES IS REPLACED BY DIFFERENTIATED PRIORITIZATION. MANY

OTHER PRINCIPLES BASED ON THE HIERARCHICAL AND LINEAR CONCEPT SHOULD BE

REPLACED BY MULTILEVEL GUIDELINES

INTERCONNECTED.
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THERE IS A DIFFERENT PRIORITY EVERY TRAINING DAY ADJUSTED TO THE NEEDS OF THE ATHLETE. ALL PRIORITIES ARE

INTEGRATED IN THE PRE-MATCH SYNTHESIS.

THE TOTAL CONTENTS OF EACH MICROCYCLE ARE RELATED TO THOSE OF SUCCESSIVE AND NEXT MICROCYCLES.

ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT INTERCONNECTION GUIDELINES TO OBTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF

OPTIMIZATION OF THE STRUCTURES.

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3. WE KNOW THAT THE FUNCTION OF THE COMPONENTS OF THESE NETWORKS IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRODUCTION

OR TRANSFORMATION OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE NETWORK. IN THIS WAY THE ENTIRE NETWORK MAKES

ITSELF. THIS CAUSES THE PRODUCT OF THE PROCESSES TO BE THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF, THE DIFFERENTIATED

SELF-ORGANIZATION; BASED ON QUALITATIVE PRODUCTION PROCESSES THAT MAKE EACH BEING UNIQUE.
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