Monthly Archives: April 2012

The purpose of possession illustrated

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Had an email from one of our coaches yesterday. Knows the game, does very well with his team and not sure if he was just having a jab at my obvious Barcelona infatuation but here’s what he added at the … Continue reading →

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Goal analysis: Toronto FC looking like last year’s Whitecaps

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

The biggest improvement that Martin Rennie has made is reducing totally unnecessary goals against. As a new franchise last year, the Caps did surprisingly well scoring but far too often in tight games were the ones to blink and give … Continue reading →

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Three G.A.G training sessions suitable for U10-U11 players

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Lots of chatter on Twitter today about G.A.G.  (Game Activity Game or Global Analytical Global) methodology for younger players today so I thought I’d stick up this pdf I put together for the U10 coaches I worked with at VUFC … Continue reading →

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Tactics are… overrated?

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

There’s a great t-shirt, put out by Zonal Marking’s Michael Cox or Inverting the Pyramid’s Jonathan Wilson, that simply says “Goals are overrated”. Feeding the ever growing soccer geek market, it speaks to the idea that our game is so … Continue reading →

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