OnTheCourt

Coaches hub exposing Futsal Principles, analysis, views and sessions for Futsal & Football Coaches. 📕 ☕️Link below. Get in touch 📩 @12dto

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

🚨🚀 ISSUE 4 - INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS 🚀🚨

TGIF!! To celebrate, our issue 4 is live on our shop. We compare 🇦🇷 and 🇵🇹 with a lot of data points, take a look at @zicky_te and @alan_brandi and also give an intro to set pieces for new coaches. Cover makes a decent 📱 background 👀

[John/Juan A Tapia Owens @jatowens]

👬 ⚽ 🧠 Game of Two - Give n Go: Ala Corta or Wall Pass.

Love these examples from Messi and Ndiaye with slight differences. First movement dictating execution in a give n go; The timing and direction of the movement being the key influences on the outcome.

The Ala Corta comes from the first movement being away from the defender (backwards step) as the ball is released then across as the defender moves backwards to attack the inside space.

The Wall Pass moving towards the direction of the pass (forwards) as the ball is released then off the back of the shoulder.

[John/Juan A Tapia Owens @jatowens]

What a guy ⚽️🧑‍🎓

@12DTO's latest @UEFAFutsal Euro Goal study getting a deserved shoutout on Spanish TV for the recent @PozoMurciaFS @FCBfutbolsala Match 👏👏

[John/Juan A Tapia Owens @jatowens]

👬 ⚽️🧠Game of Two - Give n Go: Ala Corta or Wall Pass: Session

One of my favourite sessions to incorporate these moves use locked channels to constrain the players to move vertically before understanding their horizontal or 360 movements. Key points around engaging the defender and the timing of the movements linked to the clips below.

[John/Juan A Tapia Owens @jatowens]

Set Piece Variation ✍️📒⚽️-

Enjoyed seeing Man United using the same set piece with a different execution over the last week dictated by the defensive reaction.

One of my favourite things about Futsal is the ability to utilise the same set piece with multiple variations depending on the defensive set up, space, individual reaction & strengths.

📽️ @12DTO @OTC_Coach

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

The reality of the highest level of futsal is that goals are scored within 2 passes or less and with 1-2 touch finish. In the group stages, teams were able to sink the defence height with longer possessions or with 1x1 situations but this becomes much more difficult in KO rounds

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 📈📊 FREE REPORT AND SPREADSHEET

Now available - Full report and spreadsheet with all goal details inc finishing, phases, all players on court, etc. 📩 me with your details.

🚀 92% of KO round goals were 1-2 touch finish
🧤 64% goals in bottom 3rd

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 Goal Data

Full report and spreadsheet will be available soon featuring:

📊 Goal Types + Zones
🚀 Finishing Data
🔗 Passes per goal
👥 All players on court for each goal

📩 DM to receive them after the finals

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 📈📊

🧤GKs struggling with low shots with many mistakes (Record %)
🚀 Importance of 1 touch
🧙‍♂️ 20 goals created by 1x1 wide area
📊 Similar goal type data to usual

Full report and spreadsheet will be made available after final. 📩 me with your details

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

Updated Thread 🧵🟡🟢⬇️

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

🧵 UPDATED: Jaen’s Preseason Goal Data 🟡🟢📊 🧵

Ahead of the 2025-26 season, I took a look at the teams from Primera. Starting with Jaén, I looked at their goals for and against to begin profiling the team and players ⬇️

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

🕵️‍♂️📊 A quick look at Jaen Paraíso Interior’s goals from this preseason 🧵

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

End of the 2024/25 season ⚪️🔵

My first full season in this type of role away from the bench and up in the stands which has taken some getting used to 🧑🏻‍💻, analysing through 10+ games a week to try and gain any % of improvement or advantage

[John/Juan A Tapia Owens @jatowens]

PAIRED MOVEMENTS ⚽️🧑‍🤝‍🧑-
Updated this from a few years ago a couple of months ago with the help of @12DTO who had pulled together an incredible video library to support.

Make sure to catch the Game of 2 & Game of 3 @EnglandFutsal CPD in the next few weeks

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

Are Inter the favourites going into the semi-finals?

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

🧵🔎 Using puerta-atrás movements to win the space in behind

Inter’s P-4-0 this season has been 🔝I was fortunate enough to see it live against us in the Copa del Rey. What I loved yesterday was the constant threat in behind knowing that Jaen’s weakness was their squad size

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

Ponga un pívot en su vida 🔎

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

PIVOT WATCH 🇪🇸🔎

As it’s Copa Week, it’s only fair to share a small insight into some of the newly added figures going into my database. Which is your favourite out of these top-level pivots and why? And how would you opt to defend against them? 🤔

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

🔎⚽️📹 Some more clips for those who have requested more analysis!

A common issue I see is when alas get “trapped” on the same side as the fix, quite close together. There are a few ways to go about this, here are a few solutions from this past weekend ⬇️

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🧵🔎⬇️

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🔎🧵
How did Spain force and attack defensive exchanges with different technical-tactical solutions? ⬇️

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 opted for an exchange defence when in a mid to high-block and an individual defence when in a low-block

Here are a few solutions 🇪🇸 used to disorganise the defence:

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

📊📈 Strange day at the office. Just when I thought I’d seen it all, this comes along to break my stats. In the 2nd half, Ejido scored 2 from just 2 shots (technically) but also missed a 10m pen. I’ve had to count the OG as a shot for consistency. 3-3 draw and onto the next one⬇️

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan with 4 goals from regressions…so far

🇳🇿NZ defending far too high against players that are far too experienced playing as a 5

[David Tapia Owens @12DTO]

🙌🏼 Thankful for the opportunity to keep learning from the best @tetefutsal10 @jcrispi6 at such a historic club in Spain

[Heredia 21 Málaga Ciudad Redonda FS @MalagaFS]

🆕 𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 | Damos la bienvenida 🤗 al nuevo miembro de nuestra familia deportiva.

👀 David Tapia Owens se incorpora al cuerpo técnico como analista.

@12DTO 🤝 @tetefutsal10

#ListosParaIlusionar

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

Didn’t expect such a naïve approach from Ukraine 🇺🇦 And hopefully a lesson to many not to try regressions with the goalkeeper if they aren’t calm enough or technically gifted. 🔝 defending from 🇦🇷 Kevin Arrieta though dividing and then attacking the passing line

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

The draw between 🇰🇿&🇪🇸, makes this is even more possible

🇳🇿NZ proved in their warm up games to be really poor defensively against a pivot and especially on set pieces with no clear principles. I expect multiple SP goals and many shots inside the area similar to 🇸🇧 in 2021

[OnTheCourt @OTC_Coach]

🔮 Strange Futsal World Cup Prediction 🔮

3 games from this year’s edition will make it onto this list.

Which games and why? 🤔 There are some key data points and video analysis that supports this

This will also impact the golden boot and will decide some of the key groups