von guest am 08.04.2020
in den Kategorien Tactical Theory
mit 3 Kommentaren
Pressing systems involving a back three formation offer the opportunity to commit more players to press in higher areas. With seven players within the first and second lines of the press, there are opportunities for numerical advantages in specific moments within the opposition’s build-up.
von GJ am 06.04.2020
in den Kategorien Coaching, Tactical Theory
mit 3 Kommentaren
The game of football is a game with a specified purpose, laws and means. Two teams are facing off against each other with the objective of scoring a goal utilizing the ball. These rules are the same all around the globe. Similarly, the principles following these laws of the game will be the same – as will be the purpose of training. Football is a game that is trained and therefore coached, with most coaches focusing on doing so within their specific interpretation of these principles, for attacking, defending and the transition in both directions between these two.
von Adin Osmanbasic am 01.04.2020
in den Kategorien Tactical Theory
mit 2 Kommentaren
As we move forward through the years football continues to
evolve. The developments are not often massive evolutions such as Sacchi’s
zonal congestion from the 80s or Michels’ and Cruyff’s total football from the
70s, but most frequently minor positional or role adjustments within the
different phases of the game. Every goal scored for your team and every goal
conceded that is prevented for your team has high value – and as analytics
continue to grow within our sport, we are seeing its impact on football’s phases
little by little.
von IB am 06.12.2019
in den Kategorien Tactical Theory
mit 7 Kommentaren
Set-pieces are both under- and overrated in several ways. Some coaches & teams tend to overvalue them, focusing on them too much, whilst there are probably significantly more cases, where they don’t even work on this aspect of the game with their teams. Although there are more interests, articles towards the set-pieces, that show the increasing importance and complexity of a well-executed routine and strategy.
von GT am 06.08.2019
in den Kategorien Tactical Theory, Team Portraits
mit 0 Kommentaren
On December 2nd, 2018, Holstein Kiel travelled to MSV
Duisburg and convincingly won 4-0. Last season, under the command of Tim Walter
(now the coach of VfB Stuttgart), Kiel gained popularity as a high-pressing,
possession-hungry side, using a variety of unique actions and structures not used
by other teams. Kiel were identified as promotion candidates, but inconsistency
lead to a 6th place finish. Amid this inconsistency though, were
games where their approach couldn’t have been much better, with their win
against Duisburg perhaps being the best example.
von Adin Osmanbasic am 10.08.2018
in den Kategorien Coach Portraits, Premier League, Tactical Theory, Team Portraits
mit 4 Kommentaren
“We found a lot of problems when attacking a 5-4-1 when the striker is marking our holding midfielder and 10 players are defending so deep. We are thinking about how you could attack against that system.” – Pep Guardiola when previewing the 2018/2019 EPL season.
von CE am 05.03.2018
in den Kategorien Coaching, Interviews, Tactical Theory
mit 0 Kommentaren
On the last day of the transfer window, you will always see remarkable transfers being made and this season was no exception. We took a look at the situation in Denmark where two transfers caught our attention in particular.
von AR am 30.01.2018
in den Kategorien Premier League, Tactical Theory
mit 2 Kommentaren
Touted going into the fixture as unusual opponents, Guardiola’s Manchester City were drawn away to promotion candidates Cardiff City for the 4th Round of the FA Cup. The Bluebirds, managed by Neil Warnock, tried to nullify the Citizen’s threats by utilizing a stricter form of man-marking in defense. Posing a different test than what they usually face in the league and Europe, this piece explores how Manchester City overcame Cardiff’s marking.
von ES am 15.09.2017
in den Kategorien Major League Soccer, National Teams, Tactical Theory
mit 1 Kommentar
Is a country that is struggling to stay in the top 100 of the FIFA ranking worth writing about? Does anybody even care about “soccer”, when there’s baseball, ice-hockey and other games, that use the name “football” for themselves?
von JD am 04.08.2017
in den Kategorien Tactical Theory
mit 8 Kommentaren
In football there are two broad categories of defensive approaches; zonal defending and man-marking. Each approach has sub-divisions; however, the two styles differ mainly on reference points. In zonal defending each player references their team-mates and the ball, in man-marking however, the reference point is the opponent.