Dual career paths and long-term athlete development As a former player of the Malta national football team who is currently the Deputy Chairperson and a board member of MFA’s Inħobb…
Training Load Monitoring In Youth Football Development In the world of youth sport where development is the ultimate goal, the importance of carefully monitoring young athletes cannot be underestimated. It…
Sport Science: A Vehicle to Optimise Performance Potential MCS speaks to Christian Vassallo, a lead sports science and research consultant to the Mediterranean College of Sport. He is currently a…
Women’s Football and the Mediterranean College of Sport Women’s football is currently enjoying a rise in popularity, which has been further amplified by the Women’s European Championships held recently in…
Women’s Football is on the Rise The speed at which women’s football is growing shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone with access to a TV set or the news.…
AI expert Prof Alexiei Dingli explains how new technologies are changing the way sport is analysed and helping student-athletes reach their full potential Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is rapidly becoming…
MCS is sponsoring Jason Smyth, the world’s fastest Paralympian, in the upcoming EAP event being held in Malta on Saturday 16 July. The European Athletics Promotion circuit (EAP), a non-profit…
Tano Bugeja, presently Head of Secondary School and former Director Learning and Assessment Programmes at the Ministry of Education, explains how education can equip students with the employability skills needed…
Nadia Portelli is a senior lecturer at the University of Malta Junior College reading for a PhD in Sports and Exercise Sciences and specialising in the psychological aspects of endurance…
The Malta Paralympic Committee together with the Mediterranean College of Sport and Learning Works, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at aligning cooperation and collaboration in the areas of…
A delegation from Vassallo Group and the Mediterranean College of Sport was recently invited by the renowned Aspire Academy in Doha to visit their facilities. This academy is considered as…
Dr James Calleja, lecturer in educators’ professional learning and development, explains how inquiry teaching can be used in the classroom and on the pitch to help learners develop critical thinking…
The Mediterranean College of Sport speaks to the school’s lead football consultant, Talent Identification expert Richard Allen, about spotting top talent at a young age. For football clubs at the…
UK-based strength and conditioning coach and sport science specialist, Christian Vassallo has joined the Mediterranean College of Sport as its sports science and research consultant. The Mediterranean College of Sport,…
Mediterranean College of Sport chief executive Charlo Bonnici explains how a student-centred approach will give talented student-athletes the best opportunity to excel. When the Mediterranean College of Sport opens its…
The Mediterranean College of Sports speaks to FIBA international referee Bernard Vassallo about the skills, traits and training that define a top match official. For all the attention given to…
The Mediterranean College of Sports speaks to university lecturer and sport psychology expert Dr. Adele Muscat about how a dual career path in specialised sports schools can help student-athletes. For…
Attitude is crucial to reaching full potential The Mediterranean College of Sport speaks to Pippo Psaila about how athletic potential can be identified and developed to help young athletes reach…
Worried about how to parent your student-athlete child? The parents of student-athletes face challenges – but they can be dealt with effectively if you know how. Here, the Mediterranean College…
The Mediterranean College of Sport speaks to sports and exercise practitioner Dr Bernice Sant about the physical and mental benefits of athletic activity, and how one directly affects the other.…
The Mediterranean College of Sport speaks to former National Sport School headmaster and sports education expert Mr George Micallef about the early specialisation vs diversification debate, and whether a balance…
Learning Works, a subsidiary of Vassallo Group, has just engaged a top UK football specialist, Mr Richard Allen as its lead football consultant for their upcoming project – the Mediterranean…
Learning Works has joined forces with Liverpool John Moores University to start offering an MSc in International Sport Coaching as from this September. Through this partnership, a number of international…
The project is a joint venture between the college and the Vassallo Group, through its subsidiary Learning Works Limited – a company providing education and training. Learning Works will develop…
