Player Development
Scanning Before Receiving and Why It Makes Players Faster
Watch a good central midfielder for the ten seconds before a pass reaches him and count how often his head turns.
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Everything we have published, newest first. Tactics breakdowns, coaching notes, and the occasional disagreement with advice that sounds right but does not hold up on matchday.
Player Development
Watch a good central midfielder for the ten seconds before a pass reaches him and count how often his head turns.
Club Heritage
In 2002 Argentina asked FIFA if it could leave the number 10 out of its World Cup squad, as a tribute to Diego Maradona.
Coaching Notes
It is 7.25 on a wet Tuesday, the pitch is booked until 9, and you were promised eighteen players.
Match Tactics
The false nine gets described as if it were a clever diagram, a number nine who stands in a slightly odd spot.
Games
Ask any club football supporter about the international break and you will get a groan.
Player Development
Every coach has watched it happen. A midfielder gets the ball in space, the pass is decent, and the touch bounces a yard too...