One thing that I really liked from Michel's first competitive matches with Ajax was how many solutions they had against Vojvodina's aggressive man-to-man press.
Míchel built a flexible positional play system at Girona. Judging by this performance, Ajax are already beginning to show good principles.
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Philadelphia Eagles coach, Nick Sirianni: “Effort is free. You can control your effort”
No it’s not and no you can’t!
Effort is metabolically costly. You can say ‘effort is free’ every single day and players will still slack off; drop in intensity; give into distractions; be avoidant…to name a few behaviours.
Effort is far from free. With every ounce of effort, sugars and glucose that power the brain deplete. Neural fatigue sets in throughout the course of the day. Anxiety is rife in competitive environments meaning effort can be quicker to atrophy.
Effort is far from free…
It’s also not completely under your control, not only for the very reasons above. Psychology offers us the law of least work: given a choice between similarly rewarding options, organisms learn to avoid those that require more work or effort.
A better message?
“To high perform and win, we have to put in enormous effort. And this is very, very hard. We’re going to support you to put in effort by giving you the environment, the education, and the skills to ensure that you can optimise your effort daily. By giving you this support we will be demanding. We will stretch you more than any other group of players in the NFL. This won’t be a comfortable process…but we will help you put more effort in that you thought possible…”
What can be done?
-education and support plans on nutrition; training; sleep; effective rest and recuperate; and lifestyle tools for daily planning
-daily training structures that optimise periods during the day where effort can be optimised
-engagement tools that help players engage during meetings and training…that help them exert effort appropriately and optimally
-learning skills that help players apportion effort during training…that help them self-regulate their learning and practice deliberately
-competitive mental skills that optimise player ability to compete while reducing the stress of competition
By sending the message that effort is hard, but then providing the environment and skills to train and compete with enormous effort you are helping players develop ‘learned industriousness’ where effort can be experienced as valuable or rewarding in its own right.
Effort is neither free nor controllable. But through environmental intervention and upskilling, coaches can help players take control of their effort and experience effort as rewarding.
Andoni Iraola still has a lot of question marks around him, but the Sunderland game showcased tactical qualities Liverpool haven't seen in a LONG TIME.
Below, in this in-depth thread, I break down how Iraola set Liverpool up to a 🔝 standard on AND off the ball…
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🔥Liverpool Football Club training this week, an insight into a transitional setup under Andoni Iraola🔥
Dimensions: 18(L) x 36(W) Yards Each Zone
The practice is a continuous 5v4 Transition Game! 🔴⚽
✅ Constant attacking and defending transitions
✅ Exploit the 5v4 overload
✅ Fast positive passing and support runs
✅ Intelligent movement in the offside zone
✅ Immediate reaction when possession changes
✅ High intensity football conditioning
The ball never stops. The players never switch off. Every pass, run and decision matters and it's highly demanding physically.
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Bayern Leverkusen - Extensive Passing Pattern
📋 - Two groups - Dynamic Decision
⚽️ - If player runs behind = Through ball
⚽️ - If player checks back = 1-2 combo
🧠 - Moderate Cognitive Demand
🗓️ - MD-2/MD-1
This drill would likely be a 3 or 4 RPE in PlayerPulse!
Grassroots sports development thrives when creators support creators. At the recent Exit Show Tournament in Laini Saba, @littlegreyntpd stepped up to empower the local community by directly awarding the tournament's winners.
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The Exit Show Tournament isn’t just about the 90 minutes on the pitch; it’s about what happens when grassroots talent meets opportunity right in the heart of Kibera.
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its perfectly fine to try something and fail. Failure is part of the learning curve. The pain of failing fades away when you win, the pain of not trying and regret is something you will carry to your grave at 80. So keep trying, expect to fail then try again until you win,
England are into the World Cup Quarter Finals 🏆
Here’s a small sided game variation they used in training leading up to the Mexico match.
📍 Area: 36 yards long x 24 yards wide
📍 9 yard offside end zones at each end
📍 7v7 + 1 (Varied to smaller number in other setups)
📍 Two touch limit, except inside your own offside zone
This game encourages timing of runs, compactness, defensive principles, blocking, closing space, attacking principles, movement, and getting shots off.
Simple setup. Loads of repetition.
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