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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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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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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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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Scoring from a throw-in: a lesson from Manchester United
December 29, 2020
In our official path we will analyze tactical aspects of the various moments of the game, in depth, also taking into account the preferential solutions that will be adopted by the top division teams to impose their own game or to address common problems within a championship . At the same time, however, we will focus on small situations…
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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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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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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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Energy in motion: the principle of safety
February 24, 2021
“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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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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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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