Today’s football is going through a crucial moment in which more and more voices, such as Jorge Sampaoli, highlight the disconnection of footballers and the growing commercialization of the sport as threats to its collective essence. However, this disconnection is not only due to an excess of individualism or commercialism, but rather reflects a structural problem: the inability of many…
One of the biggest challenges for coaches is helping players compete with greater freedom and creativity under a constant sense of pressure. The Pons Method offers a structured and effective approach to meeting this challenge, ensuring that players not only adapt to stress, but thrive in it, maintaining their creativity and ability to make critical decisions. Below, we will explore…
Pons Method lies in its revolutionary and multidimensional approach, designed to transform football training and adapt to the demands of modern sport. Unlike traditional methodologies, which are usually based on rigid models or exclusively focused on specific tasks, the Pons Method is an open source methodology, that is, open to daily evolution and not only by its creator but by…
The debate over “joystick coaching” or the constant control of the coach over the players in grassroots football is a relevant and often polarizing topic like 20 years ago as the absolute truths exalted towards The Global Method and annihilating The Analytical Method that the years have shown was not real. The recipe falks , the recipe must be the…
Hello everyone, I am David Pons and I am here on the wonderful island of Phuket, Thailand. This spectacular place marks the beginning of an exciting journey that I will lead in Asia: the Pons Method Lecture Tour 2025 starts here. Our purpose with Innova football goes beyond what happens on the football field. My mission with the Pons Method…
On July 15, 2020, I presented the Pons Method to FIFA, a methodology I had painstakingly crafted to revolutionize football training and performance. During the presentation, I encountered the then-young Director of Innovation. Barely in his thirties, the age when many are still playing, he occupied a pivotal role but lacked understanding of my work. His dismissive focus on the…
In the field of modern football, training has evolved towards more comprehensive and specialized methodologies, where every detail counts. The Pons Method, which emerged from the experience and unique vision of coaches committed to the comprehensive development of the player, is positioned as a pioneering model. Unlike other approaches, the Pons Method prioritizes a growth dynamic that starts from the…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the innovative Pons Method in football share an essence that makes them pillars of change in their respective fields. Although AI is more associated with technology and data processing, and the Pons Method with methodology in high-performance sport, both are structured under principles of optimization, personalization and continuous adaptability. This article explores how these two forces…