Dr. Adam Owen is a high performance specialist with 20 years of top-level experience in the international arena, with European clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League.

Following his bestseller book Football Conditioning A Modern Scientific Approach and his role as a UEFA Pro & A Licence educator, coaches often ask him these key questions:

• How can I help my players achieve their best performance?
• What should I change or improve to maximize my team's performance?
• What can give me the best chances of success as a coach?

Adam provides his answers in this book, utilizing his outstanding knowledge of applied football science and coaching to create a modern applied methodology for training high performance football teams.

Dr. Andreas Schlumberger, PhD (head of rehabilitation and performance department at Liverpool FC): “Adam presents us with an impressive blend of applied research, practical application, and years of experience in the high performance football arena.”

Learning the design of training sessions and structuring the training week (including 102 exercises) ensures that players are adequately prepared and ready to perform at their maximum during matches.

The periodization methodology of football training for maximizing performance includes the following:

• Upgrading coaches' knowledge about high performance and guidance.
• Improving player performance and enhancing competitiveness.
• Maximizing training time and the impact of the training process.
• Game model: connecting technical, tactical, and physical parameters of the game.
• Presenting the real effects of training on players.
• Managing training load and reducing injury risk.
• Designing training units.
• Designing the flow of the training week to maximize performance.
• Forming strategy: players are in their best condition on match day!
• Adapting the weekly training model for professionals, semi-professionals, youth squads (professionals), and youth squads (mass sports).

Steven McClaren (former football coach in England and current technical advisor to FIFA): “This book is a rich coaching reservoir of knowledge for anyone who truly wants to delve into understanding the game.”