Coaching peripheral vision training for soccer athletes

Brazilian Soccer began developing its current emphasis on peripheral vision in the late 1950's, by initiative of coach of the Canto do Rio Football Club, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, a pioneer in the development of peripheral vision training in soccer players. Peripheral vision training gained world relevance when a young talent from Canto do Rio, become the 1970 World Cup midfielder for Brazil and played an important part in the league's victory that year. Peripheral vision became essential for the short and long passes, both at the start and the development of an offense, for soccer players in Brazil. In 1999, this type of training became known as 'peripheral vision training'. The purpose of this paper was to teach peripheral vision training for the coach. The article has two chapters. The first chapter explicated the hemisphericity and second taught Tactical Periodization, the types of training with the practice of the neuromotor learning for the soccer team and explicated match analysis (quality of game and use of the peripheral vision). In conclusion, peripheral vision training is an important session for the soccer team, but needs of research for the science discovers the advantages this training.