Michel Bruyninckx

Michel Bruyninckx is a Belgian football coach who has conceived a football training method centered on the brain functioning, named CogiTraining. The aim of this method is to generate intelligent players, who can think and play faster and more accurately in a collective approach. One of the tools of the CogiTraining method is the SenseBall, that – through specific drills – allows a player to touch the ball a minimum of 500,000 times per season, in a bilateralized fashion. Among the players trained by Bruyninckx, there are in particular Dries Mertens (PSV Eindhoven) and Steven Defour (FC Porto). Over the years, Bruyninckx has worked for many clubs and federations. In 2012, Bruyninckx acted as Director of the Standard de Liège youth academy. In 2013, he worked for the Aspire academy (Qatar) as co-director in charge of reshaping the training programs.