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23.08.2024Youth

Youth: Workshop with Hannes Wolf on Training philosophy in Germany

Further training under the Cross: Hannes Wolf, director of youth, training and development with the German Football Association (DFB) explain the training philosophy in Germany to the youth coaches at Bayer 04. The participants then worked together to adapt the concept working with the youth teams at Leverkusen.
Workshop mit Hannes Wolf

"We are very happy with the visit from Hannes Wolf," said Sven Hübscher, head of coaching at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre since the summer. "With this further training we want to give our youth coaches an additional and important boost for the recently started season."

Wolf, who worked alongside Peter Hermann as caretaker coach of the Werkself from March to June 2021, held a workshop in the press conference room at the BayArena. The youth coaches from the German double and Supercup winners listened carefully to the contribution from the 43-year-old with the subject of training in youth football the focus of the evening.

Workshop mit Hannes Wolf

The main subject of discussion was the training philosophy in Germany and a look at youth development in other countries such as England and France. The session was rounded off with a joint discussion of how the input from Wolf can be used to develop players at Bayer 04.

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