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Joel Hansson

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📍 Stockholm
📚 BSc Exercise Physiology
⚽️ Head of physical development for U8-U14 at @hammarbypojkakademi
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It was an honour to be invited by @svenskfotboll to be a part of the UEFA B Fitness course last week

Had a good time talking about the work we do in Hammarby and especially enjoyed connecting with everyone who was there

Big thank you to Johan, Tove, Rickard & the entire team for giving me the opportunity to be there! taken in Stockholm, Sweden by @joelhanssons

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When we talk about physical training for young athletes, I don’t think you should be able to tell right away which sport they are playing

Of course, the shoes and field gives it away in this instance, but the actual training? It should be broad and include a lot of general human movements

Carrying, wrestling, jumping, landing, crawling, tumbling, hitting, pulling, pushing, running, throwing & catching are all examples of that and none of this is specific for just football

With young athletes spending more time today in a single sport, I think it’s critical that my work with them is providing them with more general physical preparation

The list of movements can be expanded even more but these are some hihglights from a wide variety of movements that we do!
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This is something I’ve been wanting to share with you guys for a while now

Standing on a field with a large group of kids, limited space, limited equipment, and limited time isn’t easy

Keeping everyone engaged, active, and enjoying the session, while still working on physical development, can be a real challenge

That’s why I wanted to create this

The Playbook is for you who work with youth sports and are looking for inspiration around physical development. It’s a collection of the games my players and I have enjoyed the most over time — games that are simple, playful, and engaging

The main focus is long-term athletic development through play-based games that you can implement straight away with your group

What you’ll find inside:
✅ 60+ athletic, game-based activities
✅ Video demos for each game (embedded on the same page)
✅ Games organized into three categories: speed & jump, strength, and agility
✅ Mobile-friendly format
✅ The principles behind the games — so you can adapt them and create your own

You can find the link in my bio and access it straight away 🚀
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9 months ago

Just like locomotion and stability, manipulative skills can be challenged in many different ways.

These skills are all about controlling and handling an external object, which could be a ball, a stick or even another person, as you’ll see in these examples.
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Similar to locomotion, stability includes a wide range of movement skills and can be challenged in countless ways, which you’ll see some examples of here.

Many of the activities, such as wrestling, challenge several capabilities at the same time, since you are constantly balancing, pushing and twisting.
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There are many ways to move your body from A to B. This isn’t a complete list, but here are a few locomotor movements we work on a lot!
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The original idea came to me a while ago when I watched a seminar on deceleration by @huntereis_tfs

I’ve been doing it a bit indoors, but this was the first time I did it out on the pitch, using the mannequins as the net and 4 and 5 kg medicine balls.

If you have more space available, you can increase the size of the field to get more changes of direction, but it also works well in a smaller space, as you can see in the video. It’s a lot of fun, with loads of different positions to catch and throw the ball from.
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In this episode, Joel Hansson @joelhanssons joins me to discuss youth athletic development, movement variability, and the role of play in building adaptable athletes.
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We explore how physical preparation can be integrated directly into the sporting environment, why young athletes benefit from broad movement experiences, and how coaches can develop speed, coordination, and agility without over-structuring the process.
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Joel also shares his perspective on long-term development and creating training environments that encourage exploration and problem-solving.
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Find the episode on your favorite podcast platform or at just-fly-sports.com
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This episode is supported by @hammerstrengthofficial and the Just Fly Sports Online Courses
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For the month of September, all Just Fly Sports mini-courses are 50% off, including Speed ID and Sprint Drills Reloaded. If you’ve been wanting to dig deeper into speed development and better understand the “why” behind training, now’s a great time to jump in. Find them at in the bio of @justflysports by @joelhanssons

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Some of the most creative solutions and ideas comes from themselves. A lot of what we do is inspired by me seeing them do things I didn’t think of before. Taking a step back and seeing solutions they come up with is by far one of the most fun parts.
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A fun activity which is useful for both the defender and the attacker. I like to vary the way they are starting as you see some examples of here (laterally shuffling, backpedaling and with a roll), but then the instructions are simple: attacker, create space; defender, stay with him and tag him as he enters the gate.
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Being able to jump and land in many different ways is a really important skill we should include early on.

When it comes to landing, I think one important part is to move beyond just controlling/’sticking’ the landing during low speeds. They should also be challenged to maintain control during high speeds and in a multitude of different positions.
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The goal here is to approach the hurdle with as much speed as possible to really challenge the ability to quickly brake and react to the player that’s moving.

Having the option of two players moving makes it more unpredictable and harder to read beforehand for the defender which I really like.

I added the hurdle because I wanted to include the element of having to jump and react immediately when landing, and in this way make it a bit more challenging for the defender, but there’s loads of different variations we can do with this one.
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