The Portuguese Football Periodization Courses are designed to give coaches a complete and full view on the “big picture” of the modern football and the demands it brings to training.

The modern football demands from players and coaches a big range of skills and knowledge, the mission of selection and ranking of information is harder and harder everyday. What we are offering you is a chance to understand what really matters in football training and the most efficient way to achieve the “best levels of adapted performance” to the needs of your team.
The most traditional methodologies have tendency to focus on the parts, on what is controllable, on the things we can easily understand and the result of that is an incomplete and non-contexted approach to Football Training.

With the portuguese model we will take you thru a journey around the concepts of Game Model, Training Model, Principles of Play, Specificity, Performance Stabilization, Guided discovery and so on… all this concepts will change your ideas and all that you ever considered as a “definitive truth” in football. The goal is to question everyday: “Why am I doing this?”. With the complete course you will be able to think, build, plan and apply this concepts into your team, adapting them to reality of your club, your country, your league, your culture. You will understand the where, the why, the how and the when.

Who is Pedro Mendonça?

Pedro Mendonça, a distinguished football coach, is the visionary behind the globally influential Football Coaches Lyceum. Pedro has earned recognition for his exceptional coaching skills. He has made significant contributions to renowned clubs like Real Madrid Foundation and FC Porto, showcasing his innovative techniques in football periodization and game model development. Pedro’s passion for the game and dedication to advancing coaching methodologies have attracted a substantial following, with hundreds of coaches worldwide, from grassroots to professional levels, embracing his teachings. His expertise positions him as a leading authority in the football coaching community, shaping the future of the sport.