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How training with apps and video analysis is changing football

2020-10-26T09:12:26.198Z


For a long time, top trainers, video analysis, training and nutrition plans were only available to professionals. But thanks to digitization, football expertise is omnipresent. An amateur can train like a pro. Even in the district class. 


For a long time, top trainers, video analysis, training and nutrition plans were only available to professionals.

But thanks to digitization, football expertise is omnipresent.

An amateur can train like a pro.

Even in the district class. 

There have always been players like Mijo Stijepic in amateur football.

The Messi of the amateur leagues!

This nickname was given to him by amateur bomber Orhan Akkurt and the reason given at the same time: “I have never seen a comparable player in amateur football.

He just has it all.

Mijo is not a normal person when it comes to fitness.

I get screenshots from him of running routes that I would not be able to do on my bike in this time. "

Stijepic trains FC Ismaning today.

Two years ago he was playing in the Bayern League.

No coach had to tell the striker what to do for his body in addition to the training sessions.

Stijepic always acted of his own accord.

As a warehouse clerk, he has to get out of bed at five a.m. every day.

Despite his job, the 41-year-old now runs a training program as if he had never left the miners' smithy of his home club Schalke 04.

For a long time, amateur kickers had to collect the input for additional training shifts from books.

The drive to go a step further in terms of strength, stamina and coordination had to come from every player himself.

With the first case of beer in the cabin at the latest, many resolutions were gone.

Training programs like in professional football

It is now easier than ever for amateur footballers to put together a training program under professional conditions.

Thanks to digitization.

The mileage in training and games can be measured.

The player can see where he was on the field using a heat map on his mobile phone.

And whether he has unwound a few kilometers more than the man next to him.

An app helps against the weaker self and the wrong diet.

The cell phone replaces the sergeant: it tells the kicker when and how much he has to train and what food is on the table.

Those who still have time besides work, training and family can watch their own games in the re-live stream.

Every game up to the district league is now streamed live.

Anyone who thinks that amateur kickers from the district class up is only interested in a case of beer after training is wrong.

Over 100,000 table footballers have downloaded the B42 soccer fitness app since June 2019.

The promise of online workouts is: play the best season of your life.

Florian Rädler from Kirchheimer SC did the twelve-week workout.

Driven by the goal of finally being able to play through a season without injury.

The 24-year-old has already been absent for a year twice with pubic bone inflammation.

Rädler no longer wanted to watch.

He wanted to decide games.

In the 2-1 win against SpVgg Landshut last weekend, he scored a brace.

“I've had the toughest preparation of my career.

It's a great feeling when you invest a lot off the pitch and get it paid back on the pitch, ”said Rädler, commenting on the victory.

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Florian Rädler has had the hardest preparation of his life.

He scored twice against Landshut. 

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After a few weeks of workout, the 24-year-old had the first sense of achievement.

“It took me over five minutes to run one kilometer.

Now I'm a minute faster, ”says Rädler.

He has also changed his diet and stuck to the tips in the app.

“I used to eat chocolate pudding for breakfast.

I didn't need an app to know that it was poison for an athlete, ”laughs the“ Red Rifle ”, as his teammates in Kirchheim call him.

Founder Andreas Gschaider: "I have seen for myself how important good rehab after a serious injury is."

Rädler is one of 100,000 kickers in Germany who is living the dream of Andreas Gschaider.

He is one of the founders of B42.

He was never interested in terms like self-optimization.

His goal: every amateur kicker should receive the best possible care after an injury.

And above all, stay injury-free.

Especially in the amateur field, players return to team training much too early after a serious injury.

The time burden due to work or studies often does not allow optimal physiotherapy.

However, this would be urgently needed in order to prepare the player for the intensity and movements of the kick.

“I have seen myself how important good rehab is after a serious injury.

I thought to myself: Every amateur kicker must have this opportunity, ”says Andreas Gschaider.

In the beginning, he and his partner offer PDFs.

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Andreas Gschaider has developed a fitness app for amateur footballers.

Its aim is to prevent injuries.

Today the units in his app are called “Cristiano” or “Zlatan”.

The workouts were created by professionals from professional sports.

They are supposed to be the drive for amateur kickers who have to constantly struggle with injuries and are condemned to watch.

"As soon as the kicker recognizes progress after a short time, it stays on the ball," emphasizes Gschaider.

A positive side effect of injury prevention training: the performance on the pitch is noticeably better.

And the belly base disappear.

Amateur kickers pose proudly in front of the mirror and post their shirtless selfies on social networks.

“It's not our goal to produce dozens of amateur Goretzkas,” laughs Andi Gschaider.

For him, each of these pictures is a success story of its own.

Even a 60-year-old recently used the app to prepare for the restart - in the men's area.

Not in the AH.

“If you train properly, you don't have to end your career at the age of 30.

The players reward themselves with training.

They recognize their potential and deal with the question: How well can I really play? ”Says Gschaider.

Anselm Küchle from the International Football Institute: "Digitization is a blessing for amateurs."

Anselm Küchle also knows the need for football expertise.

The head of education and training at the International Football Institute had over 600 participants in the online seminars during the Corona period.

During the “game analyst” course, the sports director of a second division team met the regional class coach.

“Digitization is a blessing for amateurs.

You can take part in courses with Sandro Schwarz or Christian Ilzner from home.

We talk about issues that concern professionals as well as amateurs, ”emphasizes Küchle.

Küchle can best explain the amateur's hunger for professional know-how using the example of video analysis.

Thousands of cameras are now recording the games in Bavaria.

Years ago that would have been unthinkable.

“Everyone wants success.

Most people cannot lose.

We'll show coaches how to use video images to make players better.

Everyone likes that.

Professionals and amateurs. "

Text: Christoph Seidl

Source: merkur

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