How many ways can you be superior in football?

Hi everyone, welcome to another edition of the coach insight newsletter. This week we have a nice mix of types of exercises you can put into your sessions, ways to dominate your opponents, communication, general youth development, and our favourite goalkeeper analyst.

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The Top Ten

1. Nice work from Michael Loftman here showing the 15 different types of exercises he uses during his training sessions. How do they compare to yours and are there any that you use that he doesn’t?

   Michael Loftman @michael_loftman

   15 Types of Coaching Exercises When we are planning sessions, it’s key we are aware of the different types of exercises, to then identify the best type to meet the specific objectives we have set.

   

   

   

   

2. The 3-5-2 formation has come back into the limelight in recent seasons with a lot of the top teams using it throughout the season. Jamie Scott here explaining why he thinks it’s one of the best formations in football, especially if you want to dominate. Great for those who are coaching 11-a-side and want to explore this formation with their teams.

   Jamie Scott @JamiescottUV

   📌 325/235: The Best Formation in Football? [Thread]

   

3. I’ve had a few threads from David Lazlo before and this is another excellent one. Communication is key in sport and I would say even more so in youth sports. In the thread, David outlines the techniques, the process, and pre-match states of players and how to communicate with them.

   David Laszlo @David_laslo93

   Communication in youth development [Thread] ⚽️Communication techniques ⚽️The four pre-match states We will look at communication techniques that coaches can use to help player development and achieve the right mental state.

4. Lots of talk about ways to dominate your opponents happening at the moment. So this is a really good outline from Peter Motzenbecker about the different ways he wants his teams to dominate. Numerical, positional, qualitative, dynamic, and cooperative. Do these match yours or do you have any extras?

   Peter Motzenbecker @petemotz

   The Five Superiorities that guide my coaching and principles - each one allows your team to have an advantage over the opposition. #SundayShare @SundayShare10

   

5. This is one of my favourite player videos that I have seen recently and probably top 10 all time. Listen to the way Jude Bellingham explains his decision-making during this chance and goal. Think back to all the different exercises that enabled him to make those decisions and how they then relate to specific match situations. A player’s ability to assess, think, conclude, and execute so quickly is vital. What are you doing to enhance that?

   Bundesliga English @Bundesliga_EN

   Unforgettable feels 💯 @BellinghamJude’s favourite #Bundesliga moment so far, in his own words. 🖤💛 🔊 Sound on 🔊

6. A really nicely put-together thread by Davide on the work Marijn Beuker completed in player development at AZ in the Netherlands. Some of what he did can’t be translated but there are some gems in there, like whispering talents, being careful of confirmation bias when judging players, and his thoughts in implicit and explicit learning in football. 

   Davide📊 @undervalu

   Player development is often talked about in football. A handful of small market clubs do it very well. Talent takes time. @Marijnbeuker of @queensparkfc (formerly of @AZAlkmaar ) is recruitment & development visionary. The work that he was a part of at AZ was eye opening 🧵

   

7. If you’ve got a spare 13 minutes, make a cup of tea and have a listen to Matt Young talk about adult influence in youth sports and how maybe we’ve made the sports they’ve started playing for fun into something way too serious way too early. 

8. Another excellent explanation from top goalkeeper analyst John Harrison. This time assessing Man City’s Ederson from the Man City Spurs game. Really pressing on the importance of patience for a goalkeeper. I’ve always said to my gas make them have to finish.

   John Harrison @Jhdharrison1

   #Ederson’s impatience means he consistently struggles to save long range 1v1s! If he’d waited at the top of his 6yrd box the situation would be less dangerous as: 1. The square pass is not an option 2. The shot would be wide & 16 yrd out 3. The dribble could be engaged #MCITOT

   

   

   

   

9. Something I’ve always been aware of for a long time is how to coach individuals within the team as well as the team. Michael Beale had created a document about how he does it, with some handy tips for us!

   Craig Tyrie @CoachCraigTyrie

   Having followed and seen #SundayShare for a while here is my first ever @SundayShare10, something @joshfaga shared a few years back, a chapter with @MichaelBeale

   

   dropbox.comMichael Beale Coaching the individual in a team.pdfShared with Dropbox

10. Scanning always pops into my newsletters but it’s such an important part of the game and can give your players such an advantage. This thread by Michael Hall goes through some good resources on scanning.

    Michael Hall @maverick_hall

    The art of scanning thead🧵 BOTS 🤖 (Ball,opposition,teammate,space) @_ToddBeane ABC 🔤 Angle to receive, Body shape to receive,Check before you receive @coachdanks 3C’s3️⃣📸 Check before you receive Check as the ball travels Check as you strike the ball @ALimbrick1

    

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