This is how you beat every press Pressing in football has become an important part of the game. You have teams pressing high and you have teams defending in a low block. There is no one best solution for pressing. But a lot of teams have strategies on how to press. As a player, this…
Never let defenders know your next move The thing I’m talking about is basic knowledge in Basketball, and it should be in football as well. But far too many players don’t use this or don’t even think about this. The thing I’m talking about is unpredictability. The way to be unpredictable is to always have…
The art of asking for the ball From a young age, we always hear our coach telling us that we have to ask for the ball if we want it. If the opponent is pressing well, they often tell their players to stop hiding and that they need to want the ball. But if we…
This changed my football career – Guest blog by Quint Jansen Watching my games is the thing that has helped me improve the most as a football player. Without watching back my games I wouldn’t have had a professional career. But why has this been so important for me? And what do I look for…
Creating the perfect player In my opinion, the qualities of a football player consist of four pillars. Each of these needs to be developed and constantly trained. The four pillars I talk about are physical, technical, mental, and tactical. But I don’t think all of them are evenly important. I might be biased, because I,…
This is the most important behaviour in Football Today we will talk about one of the most important behaviours in football. If a player gets this right, he will be able to handle all situations. The behaviour we’re talking about here is body orientation. A lot of coaches know this concept and coach on it.…
Do this as a coach and you will win 4 extra games a season As a coach you want to influence the game when your team is struggling, but why do we have to wait until halftime to change games tactically? A lot of times you see a team struggling the first 30 minutes and…
Why do goalkeepers stand next to their goal when a cross comes I see a lot of goalkeepers that do not have an optimal position when a cross comes. This is costing them a lot of goals. A lot of keepers are standing past the first post or way too close to the first post…
The future of football schools: private tactical training There are mental trainers, there are physical trainers, and there are technique trainers all of them can be external and hired by the player. But have you ever heard of an individual tactical trainer, that is external and hired by the player? The odds are that most…
This is how we cognitively coach players This article will be more practical than the previous articles about learning. In this article, we will tell how we teach professional football players through our Elite 1 on 1 video sessions service. A lot of the concepts we discussed in our articles about learning we implement in…