The relational advantage
December 19, 2020
FROM INDIVIDUALITY TO TEAM 'PLAY'
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Relationship is the process that teaches us how to feel, how much…
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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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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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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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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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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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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Learning and context: an indivisible combination
October 20, 2020
This is called “Context Dependent Memory”. There are numerous studies in the second half of the 1900s that attempted to demonstrate how the characteristics of the context in…
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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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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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Effective communication in life and on the field
March 8, 2021
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN LIFE AND ON THE FIELD In a world that is moving ever faster, the ability to attract and concentrate attention has become the real strength of some and the dilemma of others. “My kids don't pay attention when I talk!” “I have difficulty making people understand the task, they aren't used to concentrating!” You…
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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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