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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The identity of the evolutionary process
September 5, 2023
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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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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Youth soccer: a systems approach to learning in complexity
November 4, 2020
During the last twenty years, also thanks to the diffusion of the contribution of developmental cognitive neuroscience and the unfolding of the theory of complex dynamic systems (Thelen & Smith, 1994), scientists have found a meeting point between various disciplines, including psychology, biology, physics, adhering to a new…
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Energy in motion.
January 26, 2021
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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