Training the complexity of the game in football
September 22, 2020
The studies concerning the analysis of the game of football tell us about situations that change with a very high frequency, approximately every three to five seconds, for a thousand or more times in total, during a match. The player is therefore required to adapt and choose the right action to play at that particular moment. Among the…
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Coach and Manager, assonances on the pitch
April 4, 2021
The word Manager has been widely used in the sports field for years to also refer to the figure of the coach. The SPORTS MANAGER has a strategic and managerial focus, mainly dealing with the planning of the various processes of the organization. His skills also extend to economic, administrative and often legal aspects. The role…
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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available to us regarding motor and sports learning in the neurobiological, psychological and pedagogical fields no longer represents a simple opportunity for growth and expansion of our training offer and capacity but rather a moral and professional imperative to rethink and redesign our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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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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The dimensions of the game – introduction
October 24, 2020
https://vimeo.com/471545132 Introduction to the three dimensions of play: relational - functional - emergent
by Alessandro Vittorio Formisano
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Differential Learning
March 15, 2021
Emergent behavior Emotionality of disorder Order in game ideas The power of the question Back to technique Stop post-covid socio-psycho-motor learning…
by Alessandro Vittorio Formisano
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Truncated intentionality
March 30, 2022
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…
by Francesco AmbrosiniUEFA Youths & Grassroots subCoach
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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 “choking” phenomenon
October 20, 2020
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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The relationship between executive functions and football intelligence: scientific evidence and new frontiers for the youth coach
February 4, 2021
WHAT ARE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS The term executive functions includes a series of cognitive processes that allow adaptation to the context, depending on the implementation of behaviors directed towards a goal. They come into play when the implicit, automatic and instinctive response processes require the integration of information on…
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Proposals to create an exciting and motivating environment in times of covid-19 in the youth sector
December 14, 2020
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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