Truncated intentionality

Whenever in an educational proposal we eliminate an opponent or a direction of play, we favor and stimulate, on the part of our students or adult players, the development of truncated intentionality, no longer linked to the purposeof the action (I pass the ball onto my teammate's run because he has space behind the opposing lines of…


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Energy in motion: the principle of safety

“In all mental hospitals there are many madmen possessed by many certainties!” F. Pessoa Where do we start from when talking about the energy principle relating to safety? From what I'm feeling exactly right now as I ask myself this question; that is, the insecurity of feeling capable or not of being able to deal with such a "big" topic,…


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Managing complexity from an early child: simplified forms

From circumstance to gesture, right away: in today's video I talk to you about a very useful tool for immersing children, even very young ones, in the complexity of the game of football. Together with my friend Mattia Rizzo we will see the simplified forms for the basic activity.


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It costs less for stephen curry

Cheap or Resistant? http://15.161.246.170/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stephen-Curry-triple.mp4< /p>  I became aware of this video thanks to my brother, a professional basketball player, who, showing it to me, expressed his disbelief not so much for the technical performance (for heaven's sake I think he never achieved 105 consecutive…


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The identity of the evolutionary process

We have been consciously trying to constantly work to improve our organizations for years now. It is common to think that the success of the organization, especially in the sporting field, is attributable to the resources deployed, mostly economic and human. In this limited vision, however, we run the risk of forgetting the history…


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Energy in motion.

The winner in happiness is the one who has many attitudes. (Silvio Ceccato). In the 80s Silvio Ceccato in "Engineering of Happiness" (Rizzoli, Milan 1985) addressed the theme relating to attentional and nervous energy. "This energy delivered from a source, in our case from the nervous system, has various possibilities. It can expand or…


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Differential Learning

Emergent behavior Emotionality of disorder Order in game ideas The power of the question Back to technique Stop post-covid socio-psycho-motor learning…


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The emergence of an illusion: playing with game times.

It is usually said that time is a key variable in the game. But does this phantom "time" really exist? Time could in fact be a great illusion. Certainly one of those illusions necessary for our lives. Contemporary physics claims that there is no such thing as “time” at a fundamental and elementary level of matter. Time is indeed real in…


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Proposals to create an exciting and motivating environment in times of covid-19 in the youth sector

COVID-19 AND EMOTIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS The psychological impact of isolation due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic caused by Covid-19 has been violent, particularly for children and adolescents, who have seen the possibility of responding to a series of fundamental needs characterizing the their age. Physical contact…


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The “choking” phenomenon

In this article we delve deeper into an interesting topic related to motor control treated by Frans Bosch, a Dutch university professor, one of the world's leading experts on the…


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Analysis of defensive corners: how to attack Atalanta’s layout

In our first meeting (video above) we analyzed the disposition of the 20 Serie A teams on the defensive corner kick situation. It is quite predictable to ask: which is the best? In set pieces, unlike movement situations, the efficiency ratio is much more direct. When we concede goals from…


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The abductive moment in player training in contemporary football

In a gaming context such as the contemporary one in which processes of definition and expression of identity are at stake and, consequently, of creation and interpretation of meaning, understanding and manipulation of the context, dynamic definition and functional use of relationships with all the protagonists of the game, an…


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