A training ground is an area where professional association football teams prepare for matches, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness. They also sometimes form part of a club's youth system , as clubs consider it important to have good facilities to aid the development of young players.
4-491: The Skënder Halili Complex is the sports training facility and academy headquarters of Albanian football club KF Tirana . It is located off of Rruga e Kavajës, near the Birra Tirana factory. The training complex was posthumously named after Skënder Halili , who was one of the club's most notable associates, both during his playing career and after. The complex features a full sized natural grass football pitch, as well as
8-415: A small number of spectators for those wishing to attend training sessions and even occasional friendlies that are played at the ground. Training ground Training grounds are usually separate from a team's stadium , as clubs use the facilities to avoid overusing the stadium's pitch . However, teams usually train inside the opposing team's stadium on the day before a European away game, both for
12-539: A smaller astro turf fan along with dressing rooms used by senior team as well as some of the youth teams. In December 2014, work began on both the Skënder Halili Complex and the Selman Stërmasi Stadium in order to fully renovate these grounds to be used by the club, and at the training ground the training facilities were all improved which included the dressing rooms and even the single stand that holds
16-412: The benefit of the media and to become familiar with the surface. There have been several high-profile incidents, at training grounds, where players have been injured in disputes between teammates. Joey Barton was given a suspended prison sentence, on 1 July 2008, for an assault on teammate Ousmane Dabo on Manchester City's training ground and Andy Carroll broke teammate Steven Taylor 's jaw in
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