Description

The  AC Milan Academy in Italy  project is characterized by a methodical approach, which focuses on the components relevant to the child's wellbeing and the relationship of the various adult figures involved (teachers, coaches, parents and managers) by identifying lines of development and responding to his/her emerging needs during the development period.

This approach is implemented both in Football Schools and Training Centers in accordance with the principles and procedures that are aimed at promoting the Culture of Sport through the teaching of football.

Our desire has always been to accompany both the Football Schools and the Training Centers in their growth.

Method

The  MILAN Method  stimulates and generates new questions, values, projects and plans. It doesn't teach methods, but teaches how to research and critically discuss them, apply them everywhere and then translate them into operational methods.

One of the crucial criteria, “how to carry out training”, and an updated methodology both aim to generate a good capacity for  human and educational relations.

The  primary aim  is first and foremost to  promote the general wellbeing of the young athlete and at the same time to enhance their technical, tactical, physical and social skills that are typical of the sport.

Developing the child as a whole  through the practice of sport also requires the ability to analyze and plan action that takes into account all the factors at play in the  context of the Football School , in close connection with its  territory .

Every young athlete is part of an emotional and interpersonal network  that cannot be ignored, and which constitutes an embedded part of their  personality .

Recognizing this is the first step towards developing the person as a whole through the practice of sport and the strengthening of their technical skills. It therefore becomes necessary to identify the needs , motivation , stages and learning principles that characterize the entire educational process, as well as the context in which the technical action takes place.

The success of a technical exercise depends on the overall experience that the young person has in a given situation, i.e. the relationship between the young athlete and the practical action.

The main educational means used is the game in its playful form, because it allows us to pursue several aims: a game doesn't have one single interpretation, depending on the characteristics of how it's conducted the final goal or outcome may vary. The game as an educational tool develops:

• • The movement and technical aspects via its intuitive components, its decision-making and coordinative factors.
  • The cognitive aspect by increasing the capacity of observation, analysis and interpretation of the game's challenges.
  • The interpersonal aspect via encounters with others and social learning