The nutrition guide for young footballers.
Clear, practical guidance to fuel performance, speed up recovery and keep progressing over time. Advice, protocols and lessons from the pitch, written for academy players and their families.
Where to start.
Muscle gain for young footballers
Building muscle while respecting growth, without sacrificing explosiveness.
What to eat before a football match?
The right meal, the right carbohydrates and the right timing to walk onto the pitch with maximum energy.
Breakfast for young footballers: what to eat in the morning, before school and before a match
The meal academy players most often get wrong, and how to adapt it to every kind of day.
Creatine, whey, supplements: what a young footballer can really take
What the ISSN and the IOC say, the real deficiencies in academies and what a minor should never take.
Nutrition for young academy footballers: the complete guide
Needs, pre-match, hydration, recovery, muscle gain and growth, in the order that matters.
Hydration for footballers
How much to drink, when, and with which electrolytes, in training and on match day.
Recovery after a match
The 30 minutes after the final whistle, and how to fill them so you are ready for the next one.
How many calories does a young footballer need?
The real calculation of needs from 13 to 21, and how to check it in two weeks.
Go further.
Strength coach and nutrition in the academy
Why nutrition complements the work of the strength and conditioning coach and helps the player progress.
Why a young footballer does not eat like an adult
Growing, learning, performing, recovering: a teenager in an academy eats for four.
Nutrition and injury: what a player should eat when he is not playing
An injured young footballer should not eat less: the three phases of the return to play.
Pre-season: the 6 weeks that decide the season
The nutrition protocol for pre-season, phase by phase.
What to eat between school and evening training?
Lunch, the pre-training snack and refuelling on the way home at 10pm.
Does a 10-year-old who plays football need a nutrition plan?
Why a plan with numbers before 12 does more harm than good, and the four basics that are enough.
Body fat in young footballers: why the scales are not enough
What callipers and DEXA really measure, and how to read the trend from one month to the next.
Young footballers in boarding: how to eat well when you do not choose your meals
What the canteen lacks, where to find it during the week and what parents prepare on Sunday evening.
Is your son's nutrition matching his ambitions?
A free 2-minute quiz to find out exactly where he stands and what needs adjusting.