Interview with Jose Luis Martín Sáez

Today we introduce you to José Luis Martín Sáez, he is a coach National Football – UEFA Pro with experience in all categories of grassroots football (men's and women's), he is also a football teacher giving presentations and courses for coaches on football topics. Tactics, Technique and Methodology and book writer FOOTBALL ELITE, where you will find keys and new ideas that will help you, not only to improve your knowledge of football, but to understand a Methodology and a way of living that will allow you to better train your footballers and yourselves.

FULL INTERVIEW

⚽ How should we work in training to increase the individual performance of the footballer?

Focusing all training with collective exercises based on the level of the players or depending on the time of the season, giving a more individual or collective approach.

Any action a player performs has a 3-part process, perception of the environment, decision making, and finally execution.

⚽ How to help a player anticipate game situations?

It consists of solving problems before they occur, both in place and in time. This is achieved by proposing many global exercises, many exercises in a real context, which allow the player to relive situations that they may encounter later in the game.

⚽ How do you work with the game model, more macro or micro?

Starting with a warm-up, an activation game and from there doing 3 exercises from less to more, in terms of space and number of players.

⚽ Do you focus a lot on the rival, or do you work with your team and adapt possible situations?

Depending on the category you are in, a schedule is made to know the objectives you want to meet during that training stage. The smaller the players, the more focus is given to that individual improvement. As players grow, we focus more on collective performance.

⚽ What should a club do to improve its players in youth football?

The basis is to have a working model for all categories is essential, whether better or worse, but it is the main basis.

⚽ Do you think that although the process of winning is only slow, it is more enriching?

I am a defender that the important thing is to complete this training process, of daily, weekly work. Then the result will be a consequence. Also depending on the category, one thing or another will be given more priority.

⚽ What advice would you give to coaches who are starting out in grassroots football to improve their career?

Training is essential, masters, courses... They should go see training sessions, talk to coaches, since all the knowledge they can acquire is essential. Then, try to organize all that knowledge to create your own training method.