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Husband, Dad | Coach, Academy Manager, Coach Developer | Best-Selling Football Author | BUFC Head of Football

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The moment the Aussies found - and used - Denmark tactical note

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Arsenal players - full of internationals and top of the Premier League - playing ‘Robin Hood’ from the Level 1!

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Arsenal’s 150 point recovery system Players can choose their preferred combination of recovery methods

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Liverpool FC Academy Decision-Making Tree

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I spent 2 years in Africa, pulling together an academy of kids who’s development came in environments like this… Is it any wonder they can deal with the ball?

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Practicing defending with side-on body shape - so they can squeeze forward or drop back quickly

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Xavi speaking about Barca’s 4P - Position Structure to know where team mates are (& to counter-press) - Possession “We would like to have 100% of the ball” - Pressure “We ‘recover’ the ball. We don’t steal it because it’s ours” - Play Take you to final 1/3 - the rest is you

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Player Development in Iceland

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A documentary about Ajax Academy from way back in the 90s And yet still I could argue everyday with someone about prioritising technical development over all else at youth level

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The Age Professional Clubs start teaching team tactics

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Luis Enrique’s advise to academy coaches

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Success leaves clues And this when Arteta was under severe scrutiny last season #Standards

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10 UEFA B Scenario Cards

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Thiago scanning 👀 Scans as the ball is moving Looks as team mate has a touch Scans other way as ball is moving Sells feint to 2 opponents ⁦ @GeirJordet ⁩

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The DEFENDING CORNERS setup of every Championship team last season Would love to credit the originator

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“You have permission to make mistakes” “I hate it when you don’t want this”

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UEFA commissioned a study several years ago on the psychological traits of Europe’s top youth players Over 50 traits came up…

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A pre-season pre-game prep sheet from Jurgen Klopp

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Success leaves clues Clips of Marcus Rashford as an academy player Remember 0.01% of academy players will play in the Premier League. The levels of the top players are higher than many can comprehend @MarcusRashford

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Some 1v1 training games from Liverpool FC Academy

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Midfielder Personalities & Picking Your Midfield - from the legend that is Michael Beale Thread 🧵⚽️

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“In training we are super competitive. Where we take every minute seriously to really get better” - Thomas Tuchel on training

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Out of Possession Pitch Map from Coach Reese

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Defending corners from the @FAIreland Numbers in the wall / chargers, depending on location of free-kick

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Guardiola explains why he uses short passes to press

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4 Transition Games from Arsenal

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Bernardo Silva was a wonderful player at U9, 10 & 11 - it was like Superman Then he had problems: he was a skinny, small guy, and it was difficult for him to play under-14, 15, 16 & 17 So it's our obligation to have a good environment to develop that kind of talented player.

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A few years ago, the Welsh FA put together their outfield player profiles, by position 🧵⚽️

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From a recent Academy presentation: NON-NEGOTIABLES In Possession: ⚽️ Be Brave ⚽️ Positive Movements to Receive ⚽️ Play Forward Intelligently Out Of Possession: ⚽️ Never Give Up ⚽️ Run! ⚽️ Affect the Ball ⚽️ Make Contact

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Dennis Bergkamp with some intricacies of being a number 10 From Stillness & Speed @TheAFCPodcast @Orangeiceman10

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How some of the top coaches design and carve up their fields @petemotz

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Julian Nanglesmann Defending Principles From doc by @albinsheqiri

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The Arsenal Vision, under Arsene Wenger

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What Rondos look like in a 4-3-3

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Did you know? During a 90-minute game, players will spend over 50% of the time standing or walking? And less that 3 minutes at high speed? Physically, football is a stop-start game

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Guardiola - using short passes so you can: 1. Keep the ball more 2. Transition better when you lose it @GuardiolaTweets

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Progressing a formation from 7v7 to 9v9 to 11v11 From Man City Academy

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Relative Age Effect in one picture

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The team that *usually* both score more and concede less than everyone else… Pass backwards more than everyone else! Thoughts?

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Michael Carrick dropping some detail

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“My passion is scoring goals” A brilliant behind the curtain look at one of Vincent Kompany’s early team meetings at Burnley

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GK technique from the FA

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Arsenal 3v2 ➡️ 1v1

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England DNA In Possession - Out of Possession - Transitions

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How cover shadows work

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A great visual of Man City training pitch and Guardiola’s use of the ‘5 Lanes’ Wide - Half Space - Central - Half Space - Wide @Tactical_Times @ground_guru

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Some OVERLOAD sessions from Chelsea Development Centre

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Liverpool - Transition SSG 2 v 1 ➡️ 2 v 3 Working on their game model, right from pre-season Technical, tactical, physical, psychological & social returns

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A very good visual about SCANNING, why it helps players in possession, and it’s implications for coaches From @NickGearing1

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Coaches?

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Manchester United Academy’s 4v4 Round Robin game formats

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I use Michael Beale’s stuff a lot as inspiration for sessions Some very clever games in his 11v11 book, like this one Ideas can be adapted to smaller pitch sizes and numbers

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Some excellent visuals on what being ‘compact’ looks like Horizontally, but also vertically

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“These are your centre-back” “I thought he was crazy” GK Valdez talks about his first meeting with Pep about building from the back

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11 players all involved - built from the back, progressed with quick passes - and a cut-back assist 💉⚽️

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Example of an Academy Player Review that contains self and peer assessment Although a big fan of player/peer contributions, I’m not a big fan of number / letter gradings

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One of my pet hates is talking about formations as tactics Formations are just spacings and starting points As we see below in this 4-3-3 example, even the same formation have different variables

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Bielsa’s 10 Tactical Systems 🧵⚽️ Visuals courtesy of Coach Reese

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🗣 RALF RANGNICK “What is the job of a head coach?” “To have a clear idea of how my team should play” “They know exactly what it looks like” “The job is to transform this idea into the heads, hearts, brains, veins of players”

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Roma’s Youth Team can play!

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Bad players Average players Good players Great players

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Putting together some defending sessions 2 from Leicester City Academy

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Finding the free player between the lines In this case, a RWB

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The difference between first team priorities and development priorities

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Some pressing triggers from Coach Reece

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30 seconds of Sinisa Mihajlović twatting top corners against his GK at Torino RIP

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There were ‘rules’ when I was growing up playing: -Never play across your goal -Pass to the GK outside his posts -Never leave it 1v1 at the back -If one FB goes, the other stays -If in doubt, put it out Don’t let these (&other) “rules” govern your coaching.

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I had a vision of all our teams sharing a playing style This is the 1st possession of recent game After regain, instead of 2 playing long, she uses GK. 66 immediately supports/opens body/scans There's no Hollywood goal, BUT we end up in good possession in the final 1/3. Proud

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Practice ⚽️ #Richarlison

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In 2013, The Independent predicted this as England’s starting XI for the 2022 World Cup It goes to show how Talent ID and development is a seriously difficult skill

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Coach John Woden’s Pyramid of Success

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Coaching a high defensive line From @michael_loftman

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Tips for Rondo Practices from @CoachingManual

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The best areas to beat a parked bus! From @markrstats

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Rondo Races from @michael_loftman Did this for the first time last week. Enjoyable, competitive and can be played with

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❗️1v1s are not just face to face Facing Opponent Opponent Behind On Shoulder Angled Locked to the Line Random

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Scaloni demanding the ball is pressed “Travel as the ball travels” The press and subsequent regain leads to the goal #Arg

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Barcelona’s ideas on training set-pieces The need for dynamic practice over static rehearsal @BarcaInnoHub

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Culture

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I am a mentor to a coach who’s fantastic with Foundation Phase… I couldn’t lace his boots when it comes to coaching younger players He’s just received a message from a parent complaining Apparently the other group of UNDER 6s is more “tactically savvy” 😳🤷‍♂️

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Guardiola Rondo FC BAYERN We are often in awe of the speed and quality of a simple rondo like below… It’s more interesting however if we consider the 3rd Line Passes, and how often they use 1st Line Passes to set up a 3rd Line one

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Culture

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Norwich City’s Assistant Head Coach, Craig Shakespeare - mic’d up training session

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MIC'D UP | An insight into training with our assistant head coach...

Watch as Craig Shakespeare was mic'd up during a training session out in Germany.► TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/NorwichCityFC► FACEBOOK: https://www.face...

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A fun, social keep-up race at Arsenal Zinchenko 🏃‍♀️

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Always loved this visual from Belgium FA Highlights how technical-tactical focus blends as young players get older

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I never knew until reading Sacchi’s book 4 days after Hillsborough, a Milan game at the San Siro stopped mid-game for a minute silence / applause - & broke into You’ll Never Walk Alone @SimonBrundish @GagsTandon @AnfieldWatch @AnfieldRd96 @AnfieldIndex

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Milan - Real Madrid 19/04/89 Minuto di silenzio

Minuto di silenzio per la morte di 96 tifosi del Liverpool a Sheffield. Toccante "you'll never walk alone" cantato dalla Curva Sud di San Siro

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Superiorities 1.Numerical-we have more players in certain area 2.Positional-players between lines (eg no10), in between one line(W between FB&CB), or to the side of a line(FB) 3.Qualitative-I have more quality 4.Dynamic(Social)-this group has a better connection than yours

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EPPP ELITE PLAYER PERFORMANCE PLAN 10 Year Report ⬇️⬇️⬇️⚽️⚽️⚽️

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80% of goals are scored from 1 or 2 touch finishes in the box This gives us clear implications for both the coaching of attacking and defending

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Expected threat of different crosses From @markrstats

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