PLANNED COURSE OF THE PROJECT
The project provides the organization with the exchange of trainers
/ guardians / volunteers / activists, their education and the
exchange of experiences in individual countries: Slovakia - 4 days,
Hungary - 4 days, and Poland - 4 days.
On the Polish, Slovak and Hungarian side, organizations will select
7 trainers / adepts / volunteers for the meetings. The associations
from Hungary and Slovakia are from small towns and more coaches
would be a problem for them, as they themselves put it.
Jak będzie przebiegać edukacja kadr trenerskich?
Seminars:
where the main theme will be "Supporting youth by supporting
trainers and coaching supporters"
Job shadowing:
On the Polish, Slovak and Hungarian side, organizations will
select 7 trainers / adepts / volunteers for the meetings. The
associations from Hungary and Slovakia are from small towns and
more coaches would be a problem for them, as they themselves put
it.
Workshops:
the main goal of the workshop is: appropriate motivation of
athletes, improvement of communication skills, coping with one's
own stress and the stress of one's charges, supporting the
potential of players, analysis of football matches, building
training microcycles, training during the competition period.
Open space conference:
they allow for the exchange of knowledge, reflection, finding
solutions and planning appropriate activities for the future, with
the appropriate conduct of facilitators.
On February 9th we took part in Erasmus+ coordinators meeting. We
received an important informations about technical and financial
aspects of the project. The meeting was very professional and was
conducted by a few experts. It was divided into 5 sessions:
Introduction and EU Policy - this part was led by Yves Le Lostecque,
Head of Erasmus Mundus and Sport Unit – EACEA and Marisa
Fernandez-Esteban, Deputy Head of the Sport Unit-DG EAC .
Administrative issues - this part was led by Gael Broze, Head of
Sport Sector - EACEA..
Financial issues - this part was led by Luciano Di Fonzo, Deputy
Head of Erasmus Mundus and Sport Unit.
Dissemination, exploitation and contractual obligations - this part
was led by Gael Broze, Head of Sport Sector - EACEA.
Final conclusions - this part was led by Yves Le Lostecque, Head of
Erasmus Mundus and Sport Unit – EACEA.
The whole meeting was very helpful and gave beneficiaries essential
tips and informations on administrative and financial aspects of
different types of projects, and also informed about obligatory
activities.
Meeting in Poland
On May 8-9, 2021, a preliminary meeting of six representatives from
three countries participating in the project took place; Poland,
Slovakia and Hungary . During the visit, tasks were divided, the
details of individual activities were discussed and the risks that may
occur during the project and how to eliminate them were discussed
Pierwsze seminarium - Słowacja
17th-21st June 2021 - first Erasmus Sport project's trainers meeting
was held. The seminar was held in Slovakia, in small village - Trnkov.
21 Slovakian, Polish and Hungarian trainers participated in the
meeting, 7 persons from each partner's country. Participants were able
to see how the Slovakian football club works and observe their coaches
training. They could also learn from great professionals, who run the
workshops and lectures:
Prezentacje
Model of football improvement 
Miroslav Mackulin
Coach and sportsman mental training specialist, he teached about
motivation and communication. He ran lecture on young player's
potential. Participants were also able to see his methods in
practice - Miroslav prepared football training for children that
other trainers watched.
Peter Szénay
UEFA Pro trainer, the coordinator of SFZ. He teached about
preparing training process in football and prepared tactical
analysis of the best football teams and their movement while
defending. He also prepared football training and shared his
experience and methods of work with other trainers. The
coordinators of the clubs participating in this project
presented their associations and shortly described how football
organisations work in particular countries: in Slovakia, in
Poland and in Hungary.
Trainers active participation in lectures and trainings, them sharing
their thoughts, reflections and experiences led to more and more
discussions on the discussed topics. It eventually led to the better
understanding of the problems that trainers have to face. In their
free time participants from different countries watched Euro 2020
matches. It gave great contribution to their integration. In evenings
they played tennis and voleyball together - it built positive
atmosphere and strenghtened bounds between participating clubs.
Second Seminar - Hungary
The second Erasmus+ "Trainers are important" meeting took place in
another partnership country - Hungary. Andros Torok welcomed coming
participants and presented the plan for the following days. Next day
whole group went to Miskolc to see the work methodology of one of the
biggest Hungarian football academies - DVTK. Mr Zoltan Fogarasi,
sports president of DVTK was the leader of the workshops there and he
also showed us a presentation about the club. Participants also had an
opportunity to see the trainings of the various age-based groups.
Later they went to see modern medical center that helps football
players heal their injuries. Tamas Kupecz was the leader of the
workshops the following day. Main topics were bulding a training
microcycle and transfering trainer's potential to increase the
potential of the players. Afterwards participants went to watch a
football game of the local team.
Janusz Kozicki, coordinator of the project, run another workshops on
effectiveness of the training process. After the lecture there was a
summary of the meeting and an exchange of trainers experiences. On the
next day, the participants ate dinner and went on their way home. This
meeting was inspiring and interesting, trainers claimed to develop
their skills and competences. They were also happy to have an
opportunity to watch big, Hungarian football academy working.
Presentations
Possibility of use coaching approach in football
Development of training microcycles
Third seminar - Poland
The third Erasmus Sport project "Trainers are important" meeting
took place in Rzeszow from 6th to 10th of April 2022. The main
topic of the workshops was: player mental training, stress
levelling and football match analysis.
Presentations
Meeting in Rzeszow
Analysis of a football player
Within job shadowing of organisational and athletic sphere the
participants had a chance to see The Sports School in Rzeszów
presented to them by it's principal Wojciech Wilk.
The trainers also had an opportunity to observe how the Resovia
soccer academy (certified by PZPN) works and they also went to see
the football game: Apklan Resovia - Podbeskidzie. A training was
organised by Janusz Kozicki, who also had a workshop about
training analysis and it's practical usage. After that, UEFA A
trainer Przemysław Matuła talked about PZPN programme called AMO.
Next in our schedule were the workshops about stress levelling led
by coach Beata Kozicka. On the last day there was a summary of the
meeting and after the dinner all participants went back home.
Konferencja open space - Polska
37 people from 3 different countries participated in the final
conference. With facilitator leadership, the participants shared
their reflections, they looked for good solutions and fininshed The
Good Trainer Decalogue. During the conference there was also a
presentation about the results of the completed activities, the
summary and planning of the future activities.
The Decalogue of good trainer was passed to 10 organisations from 3
different countries.
Our project goal was to to appreciate the trainer, who is a person
showing the right path to his players. There were 21 trainers
participating in our project, from three European countries. They
filled anonymous questionnaires before the first seminar and the last
one. The survey consisted of two questions, the coaches self-assessed
their coaching and personal competences. The results are presented
below.
Before the seminars, participants marked their level of competences at
approximately half of their abilities. After all the seminars they
answered the same question marking a much higher level - the increase
was approximately 40%.
We also asked the trainers to what extent they assess the level of
their coaching/personal skills. Before the seminars the average was
60%, whereas after the seminars the trainers replied that the level of
their coaching competences increased by 30%.
