Analysis of defensive corners: how to attack Atalanta’s layout
December 14, 2020
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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Managing complexity from an early age
October 22, 2020
https://vimeo.com/467714164 Is it possible to immerse the child, right from the start, within the complexity typical of the game of football? What are the reasons that lead us to change the classic paradigms of training for children? I'm talking to you about it today together with my friend and colleague Mattia Rizzo.
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Generation of play alternatives
December 14, 2020
In previous interventions we reflected on the high volatility of situations, a thousand and more times in total, during a match. Based on this reality, it is necessary to improve the ability to make decisions in a very short time. And since it is clear that no situation can be identical to another, dispensing solutions is absolutely…
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The need for a new paradigm for training and performance in sports
November 12, 2020
The new knowledge currently available to us regarding motor and sports learning in the neurobiological, psychological and pedagogical fields no longer represents a simple opportunity for growth and expansion of our training offer and capacity but rather a moral and professional imperative to rethink and redesign our approach to…
by Francesco AmbrosiniUEFA Youths & Grassroots subCoach
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Breaking the defensive line: PSV’s “third man”.
January 14, 2021
In this new little analysis we abandon the "stopped ball" situations to see how Schimdt's PSV managed to score twice against league leaders Ajax coached by Ten Hag, in the top 10 clash January finished 2-2.
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Learning in the Game
December 16, 2023
There is always a first time for everything, to question yourself, to learn, to grow, to move away from a safe haven, to overcome limits through knowledge, to do all these things together in the time of a choice. However, every time you really ask yourself about learning in the game of football, everything changes, it is a first time…
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The abductive moment in player training in contemporary football
February 2, 2021
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…
by Francesco AmbrosiniUEFA Youths & Grassroots subCoach
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The emergence of an illusion: playing with game times.
February 20, 2021
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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Managing complexity from an early child: simplified forms
November 19, 2020
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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Loosing your marker by offside like Suarez
February 11, 2021
“He was born offside”, this is what Ferguson said of Filippo Inzaghi a few years ago, a phrase which is then cyclically repeated to describe those attackers who always find the right time to mock the opposing defenses and sprint undisturbed, finding themselves then alone in front of the opposing goalkeeper. Certainly the advent of VAR…
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It costs less for stephen curry
December 30, 2020
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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