Atalanta's Secret Weapon: Jens Bangsbo! (Patreon)

Jens Bangsbo (2 October 1957) is a Danish professor of physiology and sports science at the University of Copenhagen and a former football player and assistant coach of both Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio and the Danish national football team. He has written more than 25 books on football and physiology. (From Wikipedia)

'Individual Training in Football' by Jens Bangsbo & Magni Mohr (2014):

- In our training programme, we focused on the development of each player in relation to his function in match play.

- We used a combination of multiple camera filming, video from broadcasting companies and specific filming of individual players during match play and training to carefully study all aspects of performance for each player.

- The information was afterwards analysed and used to create a plan for the technical, tactical, physical and psychological development of each player in relation to team tactics.

- In addition, individual testing provided valuable information about the effect of training and where further improvements were needed.

- A part of the training was allocated the specific needs of individual player.

- This training was often performed with the entire group working with the same drill or in smaller groups carrying out different drills.

- Further focus on individual development and training is a useful tool to achieve important improvements at both individual and team levels, independent of age and skill level.