“David Pons: The Coach Who Invented the Football of the Future”
Headline
“The Pons Method doesn’t train players, it creates legends. It doesn’t improve teams, it transforms institutions.” Improving every specialist, every executive, every manager, every coach, every player, creating a common structure for high performance.
- The opening that puts you on the map
Question: David, you talk about the Pons Method as something more than football. What exactly is it?
Answer:
“It’s a living system, like a heart that beats to the rhythm of the ball. It’s not a book, it’s not a course, it’s an organism that grows, adapts, and learns every day. The Pons Method isn’t mine: it belongs to all coaches, players, and clubs who believe that greatness is trained. We have built a bridge between the most advanced science and the purest emotion of sport.” And so I shared it from Thailand during the COVID-19 era, from an island near Cambodia. It’s available to everyone in different formats. And the competitive advantage is that anyone who wants to take the master’s degree is where they’re exposed to another level. With more than 35 structured modules with hundreds of classes that inspire high performance. And one that has been developed through football and now football. Many sports will find their role in tangible improvements.
- The power to change lives
Question: What impact does it have on the people who experience it?
Answer:
“I’m not just talking about winning games. I’m talking about a striker who regains confidence after a serious injury. About a youth player who goes from forgotten substitute to debuting in the first division in six months. About an assistant coach who discovers he can lead. The Pons Method changes mentalities, dignifies the work of the staff, and gives purpose to every minute of training. When you see tears in a locker room, not because of losing, but because they feel they’ve given their all… that’s when you know the method works.”
- The structure that supports it
Question: 35 modules sound like a huge master’s degree. What’s it like from the inside?
Answer:
“It’s like an expedition. You start in Module 1, learning the DNA of the method, and you finish in Module 35, certifying that you’re capable of implementing it anywhere on the planet. In between, you design game models, fragment training sessions with surgical precision, apply AI and Big Data, work on the mind of an elite player, and learn to lead a club as if it were a symphony orchestra. There’s no subject we don’t cover, and they’re all connected like parts of a Formula 1 engine.”
- Science and passion in balance
Question: Where does science fit into all of this?
Answer:
“In every pass, in every piece of data, in every neuron we activate. We have modules that teach how to use artificial intelligence to anticipate opponents’ pressing, automated attack and defense patterns, and neurotraining to help a player make decisions in 0.2 seconds less. But we never forget that football is about emotion. Science gives you tools; passion gives you victories.
- A Methodology for Everyone
Question: Does it work the same in an elite club as in a modest academy?
Answer:
“Exactly the same. A team with a multi-million dollar budget will apply the method with augmented reality technology and 4D tracking; a school in a poor neighborhood will do it with cones and a blackboard. The key is philosophy, methodology, and knowledge: automating processes, optimizing resources, and creating a coherent game model. I’ve seen children execute Pons Method patterns with the same precision as a European professional team.”
- Inspiring Stories
Question: David, how would you explain the place of the Pons Method in the history of coaching?
Answer:
“If the Pons Method had been championed by Guardiola or some other figure, as Mourinho did with tactical periodization in the last century, it would now be the most useful high-performance sports guide for most sports. Because it’s not just football: it’s management, it’s applied science, it’s a language that unifies coaches, players, managers, and physical trainers under a single code. In any discipline where training, coordination, and competition are required, the Pons Method can optimize performance. What we have in our hands is not a trend, it’s a structure for the present and future of sport.”
- Vision of the future
Question: Where do you want to go with the Pons Method?
Answer:
“For it to become the universal language of sport. For a coach in Africa, a sporting director in Europe, and a physical trainer in America to work with the same code, updating each other in real time. For innovation not to depend on money, but on knowledge and passion. I want the Pons Method to be the compass for the next generation of sports leaders.”
- A closing that leaves a mark
Question: A phrase for those who dream of changing the sport…
Answer:
“If you have the courage to imagine a better football, I have the method to build it.”
