Hennes Weisweiler Academy

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The Hennes-Weisweiler-Akademie is the central training center of the German Football Association for the acquisition of the license as a football teacher, the highest level of the coaching licenses awarded by the DFB and today a prerequisite for an official position as head coach of a football team in the top three leagues in Germany. The courses, which have taken place since 1947, were carried out in cooperation with the German Sport University (DSHS) until 2011 on its campus in Cologne; since summer 2011 at the new headquarters of the academy in the Hennef sports school . In April 2005 the institution was named after its long-time director, Hennes Weisweiler .

history

When Sepp Herberger invited to the first course (November 3, 1947 to February 28, 1948) at the German Sport University, which had just been established, the German Football Association, which was dissolved in 1940, had not yet been re-established, but national football had long since started up again. In the eyes of the founder of the DSHS, Carl Diem , the former selection and Reich trainer Herberger was predestined for this post and conducted the first three courses between 1947 and 1950, which a total of 95 participants successfully completed. After Herberger was appointed coach of the national soccer team soon after the DFB was founded in 1950, the central training in Cologne was suspended for several years and was carried out decentrally by the regional associations that have since been re-established across the board. It was not until 1957 that the DFB resumed the courses at the DSHS and appointed Hennes Weisweiler, who had been the DFB's central examiner since 1953 and also worked as a lecturer at the DSHS since 1955, as the head of the training facility. Weisweiler remained in office until 1970 and, although employed as a trainer in the Oberliga and Bundesliga at the same time, insisted on holding a large part of the courses himself. In addition to his teaching activities, Weisweiler also wrote textbooks, his first publication with the title “Der Fußball. Tactics, Training, Team ” (1959) became the standard work for the training of football coaches of all levels.

Weisweiler's successor was one of his first students, Gero Bisanz , who initially took over from him as head of football training at the DSHS in 1970 and, the following year, also headed the training course for football teacher training, from where he worked for 30 years until 1980 Cooperation with Karl-Heinz Heddergott . Under Bisanz, who was also the first coach of the German women's national team from 1982 , Tina Theune-Meyer was the first woman to complete the training in 1985 in the 30th course. Like his predecessor Weisweiler, Bisanz was the author of numerous specialist books, including the textbook “Football - Technology, Tactics, Condition” . Another parallel to his predecessors is that Bisanz's successor was again a student of his first course: Erich Rutemöller took over his position on July 1, 2000, when the 65-year-old Bisanz retired. On the occasion of the 50th course in April 2005, the institution was named after its long-time director, Hennes Weisweiler. Since January 1, 2008, the training to become a soccer teacher has been led by Frank Wormuth . With the start of the 58th football teacher training course, the academy relocated to the Hennef sports school in June 2011.

Today's meaning and education

The training to become a soccer teacher at the Hennes-Weisweiler Academy, which goes hand in hand with the award of the UEFA Pro license, is now a mandatory requirement for German coaches for employment as head coach of a soccer team in one of the German professional leagues (1st and 2nd Bundesliga and 3rd League), and each club in the top three divisions must appoint a coach who is qualified through this training. The prerequisite for admission to training is, among other things, possession of the A license as a DFB trainer and with this a minimum of one year of trainer activity in the regional or major league (or the 5th division).

The training is offered by the DFB (in cooperation with the DSHS) once a year, lasts 44 weeks (around ten months) and is carried out with up to 24 participants. In terms of content, it encompasses the subject areas of football theory, training science, sports medicine and psychology / pedagogy as well as specialist areas relevant to today's professional football. In addition, an internship at a Bundesliga club and a DFB regional association is completed.

Head of training as a soccer teacher at the DFB

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the "Qualification Pyramid" of the DFB (PDF)
  2. ^ Hennef Sports School becomes the new home of the Hennes-Weisweiler Academy. on: sportschule-hennef.de January 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ LICENSES FOR 25 NEW FOOTBALL TEACHERS on dfb.de, March 20, 2017, accessed August 27, 2017
  4. ↑ See details on content and process as well as current curriculum of the training (dfb.de)

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