One Year Later, some of our favourites
Hi Everyone, Thanks for joining as always. This week’s title relates to the fact that this edition is the 52nd of the newsletter. Crazy to think that when I started this, as a way to putting together and remembering all the good content I come across, there would be hundreds of you joining me and it would still be going!
The top ten will be an overview of the top ten most liked/clicked articles and videos from the past year. Great for those who are relative latecomers and a timely reminder of the best for my long-time readers. Here’s to another year!
Top Ten Of The Week (past Year)
The favourite from the year, Andrea Pirlo's thesis from his Uefa Pro License. https://www.dropbox.com/s/anxwz5a44c53b7n/Andrea%20Pirlo%20Pro%20License.pdf?dl=0
This next favourite from the year was from a researcher who looked into the differences of time spent on decision-making activities between English, German, Spanish and Portuguese coaches at academy level.
next up is one of our regular contributors Peter Prickett. This time looking into planning sessions for the season in cycles.
Now we’re on to Ben Barts Four Guiding principles used in a constraints led approach to coaching
Another regular contributor is Eric Laurie who created a thread on the advantages and disadvantages of various formations in football.
Similar to number one in content but surprised it wasn’t higher, number six was the thesis from some of Italy’s most famous modern-day coaches. Sarri, Allegri, Crespo, Inzaghi, and Donadoni. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mw5lnzaqu9srytr/AAAG8BlRiaBMQ6936v3FV7Pwa?dl=0
Seven was an interesting one from the famed Barcelona academy. The 9 things that they look for when recruiting new coaches.
Oliver lederer with number 8. 50 different Rondos for all ages. for those believers of Rondos in enhancing skills for players, this may be a lifesaver when it comes to ensuring you have as many different activities as possible to stop players from getting bored. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rgs6j3jkq1rlkir/letthemplay.pdf?dl=0
An article from the Leadership in sport site on the stages of learning in sport. https://www.leadershipandsport.com/stages-of-learning/
Barcelona’s own research department, they are big on data and research btw. Their transfer activity and finances may be a mess but they’re ensuring every other department in the club is the best in the world. check out the Barca hub if you ever have time. This Article is from there and is on the influence of coaches on players learning. https://barcainnovationhub.com/the-influence-of-coaches-on-players-learning-how-to-give-feedback-during-a-training-session/
Some amazing content there and even more that I could have put up but I went strictly with the engagement of the links. Thanks for reading, please do let me know if you come across anything you think I should be reading/looking into. I’m always on the lookout for new sources and we all have little favourites that no one else knows about. As always if you enjoyed this week’s content feel free to pass it on via the share links below. Have a great weekend and week.