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These sessions were observed during Marc Dos Santos’ visit to F.C. Porto in March, 2007.

The main objective of his visit to F.C. Porto was to observe the way the club operates within the different age groups using.

Dos Santos also studied their method of Tactical Periodization. That is the model of play characterizing the Club; model of practice and model of coach to operate this way of playing was written by Mr. Vitór Frade.

Mr. Vitór Frade is a teacher at the Sports University of Porto and called by many as the “father” of José Mourinho and the father of "Tactical Periodization" From U13 to U18, all group ages follow the same principles in the 4 different moments of the game:

o Offensive Organization.

o Defensive organization.

o Transition from Defense to Offence.

o Transition from Offence to Defense.

These four moments are always present in every single exercise. 

The physical, technical, tactical and psychological elements are never worked on a separate way.

Everything is included while the main concern of every exercise is to organize the team for one of the four moments of the game.

This way of working trains the team to react automatically to every moment of the game.

Marc Dos Santos has travelled extensively in Portugal observing many first division clubs including Boavista FC and SC Beira Mar.

He is a UEFA B Licensed coach that is currently the Head Coach of Attak FC of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

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