HNK RIJEKA
HNK RIJEKA
STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
QUALITY AREAS SNAPSHOT
› S port policy was created naturally and hasn’t been formalised, though their coaching methodology has. › T he important elements for the club are the people, infrastructure and budget. › D ecision on signing players and staff
methodology with staff. › Wider team includes communication expert, teachers, psychologist, pedagogue, nutritionist and educator for software. › Work on development of coaches. BUY-IN FROM CLUB › Training very similar tactically whether academy or first team, and First Team Coach sometimes trains academy players. The academy style of play is influenced by First Team Coach. COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY › Fans and community expect them to play a certain way. › One employee in control of club’s community engagements. PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIVITY › Use big tournaments to see what is developing and tweak their methodology accordingly. shared between Head of Academy and Sport Director. › T hey find it easy to put strategy on paper but harder to deliver on the pitch. › P laying style more important than result.
PHYSICAL CARE › 3 doctors (1 full time,
2 part time) plus 3 physios and 1 additional part-time physio.
TALENT IDENTIFICATION › T hey have a scouting department in the academy. › R ijeka is a small part of Croatia, but they can easily target players in Kvarner and other areas. › T hey have one general scout (full time) and 11 voluntary scouts, one of which covers Slovenia and Bosnia (their key target areas). › T hey do not have shadow teams for each generation. Instead, scouts try to fill gaps in teams. › S couts watch all internal/external matches and compare their own
› COVID-19 means they’ve been unable to travel or organise their annual tournament: “Kvarnerska rivijera.”
COGNITIVE CARE › Players need to be able to play in different styles. › Motto is ‘Together we are Rijeka’, and ‘To die, not to beg’. › Coaches need permission from Head of Academy to talk to parents and vice versa. Pedagogue in team communicates with schools and reports to club. › Development process separated into age groups. U7 is an open school of 3 groups: multilateral movement with and without ball; multilateral how to play, and systematic football training (training by position, adaptation to senior football, max level of stabilisation). › Line of communication between
FACILITIES › 3 pitches, 2 of which are artificial.
PRODUCTIVITY › Produced 1 coach from academy to the first team in the last 15 years. › Academy goal is to produce players for the first team. › There’s a simple process of transition: academy > loan > first team. › The success of this process relies on: excellence in all games, and mental preparation. Players taught to make mistakes and learn from them. COMPETITION › Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb are dominant and attract players first. HUMAN CAPITAL › Recognise good coaches. › Head of academy discusses coaching
players to the opposition. › T hey have partnered with other clubs.
education and psychologist, pedagogue, nutritionist and educator. FINANCES › Budget is 15% of club total.
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YOUTH FOOTBALL 2021-23
YOUTH FOOTBALL 2021-23
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