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Peter Motzenbecker

7 months

A number of things we've worked on this year evident here: •Sub-Sub of 'Provoke Opposition' via backwards/sideways passes, 'allowing' oppo to apply pressure, and dribbling •Sub of 'Playing Between Lines' •Of course individual ability to recognise/perform in the situation

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

With Sadio Mane's move to Bayern now official, here's a map of all 120 of his goals for Liverpool over the course of the last six years.

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

The Five Superiorities that guide my coaching and principles - each one allows your team to have an advantage over the opposition. #SundayShare @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Pressing triggers allow your team to press in identified moments and actions from the opposition. There are a variety of triggers that can start your team's pressing action. Here are a few examples, but what are some others that use? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Marcelo Bielsa is one of the best minds in the game and here we look at the 5 ways he observed and identified as to how a player can lose their marker in order to receive from his Aspire Academy presentation. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Rotations are a huge part of the game for coaches like Bielsa, Guardiola, Klopp, so today we look at the different kinds we see and an example of a midfield rotation. How do you implement rotations into your team? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

In order for your team's pressing to be successful it has to be organised and setting pressing traps is a huge part of that organisation. We want the team in possession to play into a specific area that we've allowed them to so that we can press it. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

How do you look at the field? Do you find some areas more important than others and zone them out for your team? Here are some examples from professional coaches. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Back with a new #SundayShare that offers a brief explanation of the different types of counterpressing used: man-oriented, space-oriented, ball-oriented, and passing lane-oriented. Which do you use? Which makes the most sense for the age/stage of your players? @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Lots of teams build up in a first line of three and we see teams doing so in different ways. Here are three ways in which teams create their 'three' and an example of a team for each. Does your team build with three? What are the purposes behind it? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

With De Zerbi joining Brighton, his ideas are now available on a broader scale. The likes of Guardiola and De Zerbi have similar ideas about the game, but use possession differently. How do you use possession to move the defenders and attack space? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Beating the press with a pass can come down to five different types of passing/receiving actions: around, through, into, onto, and around. Which suits your game model the most? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

4 months

During his time as a manager, Guardiola has used three distinct ways to create numerical superiroity in midfield for his teams during build up phases: False 9, Inverted Full Backs, and Libero. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

In 1967, Allen Wade published a book that contained the five principles of defending. How often do we talk about these and are they still predominant in today's game? Have the definitions or execution changed? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Formations can play an important part in team identity and developing roles, units, and partnerships early can be helpful for when players get to 11v11. How do you develop your favourite formation through 7v7, 9v9, and ultimately 11v11? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Understanding the six reference points on the field allows for players to make better decisions on and off the ball. Different game models can prioritise different reference points for the players to work with. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Width is a long accepted principle in possession. How teams use and interpret width can be very different. Some teams maintain maximum width - stretching the field from touchline to touchline, others keep play narrower and relative to other references. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Bayern Munich (Nagelsmann) yesterday v Mainz in settled possession, keeping the width of the field relatively narrow. Nagelsmann talks often about overloading the penalty area, which is displayed here as well.

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Width is a long accepted principle in possession. How teams use and interpret width can be very different. Some teams maintain maximum width - stretching the field from touchline to touchline, others keep play narrower and relative to other references. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Rest-Defence is an important part of sustaining pressure and dealing with transitional moments in a proactive way. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

After the first round World Cup games, 3 tactical bits that caught the eye: 1) Saudi Arabia's high line. Renard maintain a high line throughout the match v Argentina. FIFA reports show when in their mid block the average distance between their highest and lowest player was 19m.

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

A few weeks ago I shared a few different training pitch layouts from coaches across Europe. It got me thinking more about how we value space and where I want my teams (and our opponents) to have the ball. How do you think about space? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

'Blocks' are an important part to how a team organises itself out of possession. I never thought it was a particularly jargony or controversial word, but here is a look at the three different blocks: high, mid, and low. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Finding positional superiority in and around the box is one of the most important things for forwards and there are many different movements that can create space in order to create space for an opportunity. Here are six examples. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

10 months

It does say something about Rice/Partey that Rice is the main facilitator in Arsenal’s build up and that Partey is only inverting at seemingly very selective moments when Arsenal have more sustained possession in Palace’s half

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Bielsa once said that there are 36 ways to communicate with a pass. To my knowledge he's never said what those were, so here are three examples of what they could mean. Does this type of quantification of the game help or hinder our ability to teach? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

We see the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal, and Celtic (among others) using inverted fullbacks in different phases while in possession. What are the advantages of doing so? Here are four different reasons. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

A look at Cover Shadow and some examples that we see in the game. How do you apply this within your game model? Do you talk to your players about how and when to think about the space behind them in this manner? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

The W-M formation was once the new innovation in the game, until other formations came and made in obsolete, but we've seen it back in the game over the last fifteen years in different variations. The game is forever cyclical. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

My first #SundayShare . I saw tweets out there equating half spaces and channels so I made this infographic to detail the differences between them. @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

I have seen the terms 'position' and 'role' used interchangeably. Here I explain how I see them differently, with an example of a player that changed a 'role' within a 'position' and two players that played in a similar position, but different roles. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Rest-Attack is an equally important aspect of the game as Rest-Defence. How do players that are not actively defending or involved in the block help the team? They are positioning themselves to take advantage of different spaces and occupying players. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Corner kicks can be a huge source of goals, but how do you defend them? Do your teams stick to man-marking? Have you adopted zonal marking? Or have you mixed the two to have some players defend zonally and man-mark? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Cancelo and Walker picking up the spaces in front of Rodri that traditional 8s would, allowing Grealish and Foden to stay wide, but more so allowing De Bruyne and Gundogan to stay in high positions in an front to receive in between the lines and overload West Ham's last line.

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Peter Motzenbecker

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Happy New Year @SundayShare10 . My first of the year looks at how different teams overload the opposition's back line. Guardiola's Manchester City and Klopp's Liverpool both look to create a 2-3-5 (smtm 3-2-5) attacking structure, but they do it very differently. #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

The space between the lines is traditionally thought of as the horizontal space between the opposition's midfield line and back line, however, can we think about it in a vertical manner as well? Does this show the importance of half spaces even more? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Zone 14 has been a key area for team's to attack and has resulted in managers coming up with ways to stop teams from finding space in that area of the field. How important is Zone 14 in the modern game? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Constraints in training sessions can help create and alter player behaviour without the players being explicitly coached. Changing the field shape and size are ways in which we can affect the environment for players, but we must understand our 'why.' @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Last week I shared a graphic about how positions don't equal roles. This one looks how different roles and positional profiles can be defined in the 'number system' to help identify players, their profiles, and their roles within the team. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Constraints can be an incredibly useful tool in coaching our players in decision making and game model principles. Here are some examples that I use. What types of constraints do you use within your sessions? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

(1/7) Over the World Cup break, Leeds had a training camp in Spain, it was videoed and made into a short doc. There was a portion where Jesse Marsch talked about a tactical movement that they would be working on in training. A thread on that (video links at the end):

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Scanning is huge part of what makes a top player. It gives the player the information needed on which to make their decision. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

I always encourage my players to look for diagonal passes because of the qualities that they have compared to other types of passes. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

With lots of coaches working through their preseason, for this #SundayShare , I give you more Bielsa. At his 2016 presentation, he talked about how during his preseasons, he teaches his teams 10 formations. 5 with 4 defenders, 5 with 3 defenders. @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

3 years

@queerBengali Ah, the blame of a failed candidate and campaign finds its scapegoats in Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein, neglecting their own pitfalls.

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Body shape/orientation is an important area of development for younger players and has a big impact on actions as players get older from both an in and out of possession perspective. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Have talked to my 6 about recognising if the the opposition is pressing with 2 on our goalkicks and what to do in that situation. Sub-principle is to maintain +1 in first line, sub-sub-principle is to provoke opposition. Excellent recognition and execution by him leads to a goal.

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Peter Motzenbecker

11 months

Wrote this 5 years ago, still applies: it's so important to teach players not only to be comfortable on the ball, but dominate 1v1 situations. Time and space is becoming harder to find, so players have to thrive in tight areas. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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The Importance of Coaching Dribbling & 1v1s

As viewers, we are always excited when someone like Messi goes on a mesmerizing dribble, taking defenders out of the game one by one on his way to goal, but if you transport yourself from watching a...

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Third man runs/combinations are a useful way to create free players and progress the ball. We seem them used at all levels of the game and can be used in a variety of situations on the field. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Overload to Isolate - a concept that teams look to use to unbalance mid and low blocks. By creating an overload around the ball, and dragging players across, the team in possession can then look to play into a player on the opposite side. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

World Cup Round of 16 is over, which means another short thread of 3 tactical bits: 1) Morocco maintained their narrow and compact mid and low block against Spain as they have throughout the tournament. Spain played into it, playing into and around the block, never trying over.

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

When thinking about your team's organisation out of possession, your line of confrontation and line of restraint are two important components. Where do you teach your team's to setup in these moments? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

When thinking about the identity of your team, you must start with your game model - the principles, sub-principles, sub-sub principles that guide how your team plays. After that comes your formation. Formation ≠ identity @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

10 months

Counterpressing is an important part of controlling and dominating the game and can be an excellent playmaker in itself. With counterpressing, the actions need to be immediate, intense, and intentional. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

When thinking about session planning for ball mastery or when creating 1v1 situations in sessions, do you put your players in situations where they are experiencing pressure from different directions when on the ball or when receiving? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

A follow up from last week's #SundayShare , this time looking at Allen Wade's five principles of attacking. Similar to last week, how have the the definitions and/or execution of these terms adapted to the modern game? @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Corners can play a big part in how teams look to get goals from the youth game to the professional level. What is the best approach? In-swinging or out-swinging? How does your team approach it? What do you look for in the opposition to determine it? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

3 months

As a coach do you want players to occupy space or do you want them arriving into it? Both can serve a different purpose. Which suits your game model and your players? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Wide triangles help teams in both progression + chance creation. Variety in movement + rotations, + the different personalities of players can make them unpredictable, while also allowing a team to find players in areas that suit their strengths. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

4 years

A look at the Five Superiorities of football. In the game of football we are always looking to gain an advantage over the opposition. The better players are able to grasp collective concepts, the better these superiorities can impact the game.

The Five Superiorities

It was in 1967 that Allen Wade, then technical director of the English FA, released the FA Guide to Coaching and Training which outlined the principles of attacking and defending in football. As part...

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Defending set pieces has many approaches and lots of elements to consider. Do you play with a high line or setup the line deeper? What have you seen teams doing at the World Cup? How do you setup your team? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Last week my #SundayShare was about the four different situations that players can receive pressure (face-to-face, back to pressure, side on, angled/diagonal). Today, I look at these situations broken into different positions. How does this influence your coaching? @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

It may seem simplistic, but have you thought about whether you prefer the ball carrier or players off the ball to be the one creating new passing angles? At the youth level, which do you notice more? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Manchester City wanting to deny any central progression for Arsenal - Zinchenko coming in alongside Jorginho. Bernardo Silva's position interesting so far, wanting to get closer to Odegaard in deeper areas, but retreating to left back to find Saka when Arsenal advance

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Rondos can be a powerful tool from a skill acquisition and tactical perspective if utilised properly. As coaches, we can alter the size, shape, number, and position of players based on the area of the field we want to replicate and work on specifics. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

7 years

@LFCFansCorner A few moaning that Keita won't play for us this year. Leipzig were unwilling to sell this year. Great move by LFC, buy before other interest

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Your centre back is on the ball and the opposition is sitting in a well organised block and haven't come out to press. How do you solve this to allow penetration? Individual player actions or a tactical concept? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Most of the best teams in the world play with a high line. What are the benefits to doing so? How do you instruct your teams to play? Is playing a high line a must for teams that want to dominate the ball? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Press resistance has become an even more important quality for players to have in the last decade, particularly for midfielders that play in teams looking to build attacks from deep positions. Do you coach your players to possess these qualities? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Thiago is a big miss for any amount of time. He is one of the best ball progressors in the world, as shown in this scattergram. Beyond the numbers, the way in which he is able to play out of pressure, disguise passes, + his passing range is something that LFC can't replace atm

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

When thinking about phases of the game, I stay away from having the ball = attacking, not having the ball = defending. For me, being in possession of the ball can allow you to approach the game from an attacking or defending perspective. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

My #SundayShare looks at the different purpose short passes can serve in the game. This shows three ways that I utilise them with my teams and situations we can create from them. @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

We see automatism throughout the game and it can be trained in each phase of the game. Some argue it takes away decision making, so say maybe, but in doing so, it liberates the player. What are your thoughts? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

We see Rondos everywhere. Some are good examples for teaching concepts, some are more for fun, social warm ups. How do you use Rondos? What types of Rondos do you use in your sessions? Are there certain concepts that you always teach through Rondos? @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Liverpool's rebuild looking better with Szoboszlai. Looks like 3-box-3 in possession will be consistent. Biggest question marks are Fabinho and Robertson. The former is based on decline, the latter on profile. Where do Elliott/Bajcetic fit? Thuram/Lavia/LCB still in the works?

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

With the last round of group games, 3 tactical bits that were notable and helped create drama filled days: 1) Moriyasu changed games for Japan with personnel changes. Dōan and Mitoma were brought on at HT v Spain. Their dynamism aided the press which showed signs in the 1st half

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

3rd man bounces are a good tool to use when looking to play into an intended receiver where the direct passing lane is blocked off due to an opposition player's positioning and might allow for the receiving to have a more optimal body shape. @SundayShare #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

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Visual cues are an important part in the decision making process that players go through on and off the ball. Certain coaches/game models may look to prioritise what visual cues the players should be looking for. Here are two examples. @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Liverpool's opening goal here shows a really good example of a visual cue for players on the ball when looking at the positioning of the defenders. Because Fred is so wide toward Gakpo, it means there is space in behind. #LIVMUN

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Dyche was back and beat Arsenal with Everton in a 4-5-1 mid/low block that had some similarities to what we saw from Morocco during the World Cup (not the result of). Not new ideas, but the similarities with the 8s (and 6) jumping out to press with the CF was interesting.

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Peter Motzenbecker

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@SundayShare10 For those interested, here is a long form read on them:

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Peter Motzenbecker

3 years

@JSoleyy @PaulMacdFC @RBairner He should get praise for bringing up a team with the quality that Leeds had and should continue to get praise for believing in his principles and trying to bring games to other teams rather than just look to stifle and survive

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Roberto Firmino hit 100 goals for Liverpool this past weekend. Some very memorable ones in that haul and lots of no-look finishes.

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Which pass would you want your player to play here? A or B? Benefits of each? In the game, Kante played Mount, Mount played James.

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Peter Motzenbecker

7 months

Short clip but shows some things that we've talked about so far this year: • Wide players moving only as wide as needed • Players continuing runs forward after a pass • Combo play + the need to move/play on the blind side • Movement into the box when the ball is to be cutback

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

With the Quarterfinals of the World Cup over, a brief look at tactical bits from each match: 1) England were worried about Mbappe and it was evident in/out of possession. Here, Varane started with the ball, plays to Upamecano and Henderson rushes to close down to avoid switch.

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Peter Motzenbecker

3 years

I hate nothing more than seeing youth club social media showing their U10 players at training doing strength and conditioning. Why? I've never heard the criticism that American players lack athletic ability, but I know the consensus is definitely that they lack decision making

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Trent's 57 assists for Liverpool so far. I wanted to see if where Trent's assist were coming from had changed this season due to the rotations on the right side of Liverpool's system - not really it seems, but this doesn't take into account all SCA.

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Peter Motzenbecker

3 years

@C_Carpenter14 Would add to this: just because a player that typically doesn't play as a centre forward is being played in that position for a given game, does not mean they'll be playing as a false 9. They could very well just be playing as a normal centre forward

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Trent scanning four times before playing this pass to Curtis Jones. In a traditional right back position, he rarely has to scan like this as the game is mostly in front of him in possession, but this scanning shows how comfortable he can be in an inverted role.

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Because Juanma Lillo wrote in his @TheAthletic piece that 'there are more and more goals from cutbacks, or backwards passes,' I made those sorts of passes more prominent in the visual here. A decent number for sure, but it doesn't look to be out of the norm.

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

Early on, Stones coming inside, creating a 4v3 v Real's midfield as made it so Modric (mostly) is pulled between Gundogan in deeper positions and Stones/Rodri (who stays in pivot), with Rodrygo having to come inside to help

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Peter Motzenbecker

6 months

@IJaSport Potentially, but maybe they’re also just waiting for more opposition players to commit to the press in higher areas and so then know that once they receive on the turn, they’ll have more of a chance of progressing

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Last season, Liverpool played 18 league games without VVD, Matip, Gomez, resulting in 6 different pairings at centre back. I looked at the average positioning of those 18 games compared to the first 18 league games of 2021/22.

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Peter Motzenbecker

1 year

(7/7) Here is a link to the video clips I have, including Marsch's talk: Here is the link to the short doc:

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Behind the scenes of Leeds United's World Cup training camp | PL...

Jesse Marsch allowed unprecedented inside access as Leeds United traveled to Spain for warm weather training in Valencia during the World Cup break. #NBCSpor...

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Peter Motzenbecker

11 months

What is the process our players undergo when making a decision? I wrote this to look at the different levels of decision making that players seem to go through. Another throwback article for @SundayShare10 #SundayShare

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How Do Players Make Decisions?

Decision making is arguably one of the most difficult qualities for a youth player to develop. It is a quality that has a lot to do with the environment that a player is placed in: the coach, the...

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

Two free kicks in similar positions in Spain v Germany and South Korea v Ghana at the World Cup. Big difference in position of line. Spain hold a high line with lots of space between it and the gk, South Korea much deeper and less space. Ghana score, Germany called off.

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Peter Motzenbecker

4 years

@BadgerStew @davidaxelrod @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @realDonaldTrump More Democrats voted for Bush in 2000 than Nader

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Peter Motzenbecker

2 years

My #SundayShare looks at how the organisation of training sessions, particularly the scoring mechanism, can have an intended/unintended impact on our player/team behaviours. We have to think about how the those behaviours relate to our game model. @SundayShare10

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Peter Motzenbecker

3 years

Third Man Runs are excellent ways to break teams down. All about: • Freeing up a player behind the lines of pressure. • The 1st + 2nd player attracting pressure from the defenders to free up the 3rd player. • The 3rd player moving into space. Examples from Leeds and Arsenal:

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Peter Motzenbecker

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3) Japan's switch to a 3-4-3ish when 1-0 down allowed them to pin Germany a bit deeper and led to two goals and a big chance before either as the wing backs (at that point Ito and Mitoma) pushed high up the field.

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