People Geek, Grassroots Coach, Behavioural Science student and fascinated by human performance. Lover of anything non-linear….
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I shall be deleting this app for a while. Despite some of the best football analysis being here; simply the bots that drive toxic right wing, misogynistic, racist, divisive comments are seeping too much into my reality.
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Marcelo Bielsa: “Jugar cuatro tiempos en lugar de dos altera la concepción que culturalmente se había construido para interpretar el fútbol. No le agrega nada y le quita mucho. Cuando se dividió en cuatro no se pensó en el efecto que puede tener sobre lo que hizo que el fútbol sea un deporte que enamora, sino que se pensó en otro tipo de repercusiones que no las discuto ni las analizo. Antes de esta decisión el fútbol tenía una característica; ahora tiene otra. La gente se enamora del juego por sus características”.
Marcelo Bielsa optó por mirar de frente al negocio, hacia donde muchos hacen la vista gorda o, directamente, donde actúan como cómplices. El de Uruguay es el entrenador tercermundista que eligió la opción preferencial por los pobres hinchas. En @tiempoarg. tiempoar.com.ar/ta_article/b…
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Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime - they are simply trying to find one.
He isn't coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President.
He hates that I consistently call him out. He is simply the most corrupt President in American history.
We have nothing to hide.
Mr. President, come after me. I am not going anywhere.
The country is watching.
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Klopp slams TV-driven breaks: “Football is being held hostage by sponsors.” Cooling breaks are “a golden cage for ads,” with TV dictating the rhythm. “Who does the World Cup serve fans, players, or advertisers? The ball should be the star, not commercials!”
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Declaraciones de Jurgen Klopp a ZDF, sobre la reanudación del juego retrasada por el árbitro, durante el cooling break del México-Sudáfrica para que terminaran los comerciales de algunas cadenas de TV:
"Esto es el fútbol siendo tomado como rehén por ejecutivos en oficinas con aire acondicionado".
"Estos supuestos 'descansos por el calor' nos los vendieron como un escudo para el bienestar de los jugadores, una noble espada contra el calor. ¿Pero en realidad? No es más que una jaula dorada construida para patrocinadores. Cuando vi a los jugadores parados durante un descanso por calor mientras los tiempos de televisión dictaban el ritmo del partido, no pude evitar preguntarme: ¿a quién está sirviendo realmente la Copa del Mundo? ¿A los aficionados?, ¿A los jugadores?, ¿O a los anunciantes?".
"Un partido de la Copa del Mundo debería fluir como un río. En cambio, estamos construyendo presas en medio de él para que los comerciales puedan pasar. Eso es peligroso para el espíritu del juego. El fútbol alguna vez fue el evento principal, pero ahora corre el riesgo de convertirse en la música de fondo de un espectáculo publicitario. Nos dicen que estos descansos son por el bienestar de los jugadores, y por supuesto la salud de los jugadores importa. Pero cuando el juego empieza a doblar sus rodillas ante los tiempos de la televisión, la gente va a hacer preguntas. El balón se supone que es la estrella. No un descanso comercial".
"La Copa del Mundo es la catedral del fútbol. Sin embargo, a veces da la sensación de que la hemos convertido en un centro comercial donde la caja registradora recibe más respeto que el propio partido. Si este es el futuro, entonces el fútbol ya no está siendo interrumpido por los anuncios. El fútbol se está convirtiendo en la interrupción entre los anuncios".
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I am deeply grateful for the overwhelming support, encouragement, and kind messages I have received from people around the world. Your solidarity has reminded me that football unites us beyond borders. Thank you to everyone.
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Those @CPFC fans interested in Pierre Sage, check out a great tactical analysis from @TGC_english of RC Lens.
#cpfc #pierresage
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It's pretty impressive how in a few short years FIFA have managed trash the international game to the extent the moral highground is somehow back with the domestic game...
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One of the most overlooked ideas in skill acquisition is the impact of sociocultural constraints.
These are the cultural, social, and historical influences that shape how players and coaches behave, learn, and develop skill. Over time, they influence what players value, how they solve problems and even the types of movement solutions they develop.
The interesting thing is that many of these influences can feel “normal” because they are so deeply embedded in the environment.
For example:
• Street basketball often encourages creativity and 1v1 problem-solving
• Brazilian football culture is often associated with flair and improvisation
• Informal backyard games encourage exploration without constant instruction
While designing practice tasks and manipulating constraints effectively are going to be crucial, the effect of sociocultrual constraints is something that I’m thinking about more and more in my sessions.
As coaches, I think there are so important things that we need to ask ourselves.
•What sociocultural constraints are present in the environment you coach in?
•What behaviours and playing styles do they encourage?
•How might they influence how players learn and interact with the environment?
•Are there aspects of the culture that may be helping or limiting development?
I can’t speak for the credibility of the source- but as a coach the biggest thing I talk to parents about is not burning out their kid through excessive structured practice. At points in their development- less is more. Treat sport like food nutrition- diverse groups of sport.
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Get rid of VAR immediately.
No one can give a coherent argument as to why it’s better because 99% of decisions needed to be made aren’t objective, they’re subjective so now you’re just killing the soul of the game just for another set of subjective eyes to see it.
And you end up making refereeing worse because they’re human and naturally they will want to avoid certain calls because of VAR behind them.
Even if VAR wasn’t as much of a shambles, you still get rid of it for the good of the game.
In terms of refereeing, you have a huge rewrite of the rules, and you release statements at the start of each season explaining how the game will be reffed this season.
Eg, I’d be saying “people call for consistency but it’s impossible because the game is so quick and every situation is different. These are what we believe the objective thresholds are now in terms of dangerous play etc, and we leave it down to refs interpretation, but appreciate it’s a human sport, human error, like anyone.”
Now everyone knows where they stand, people stop bitching and we can hold officials accountable for their own standards , like any other job. If they continuously underperform, then they’re not the level and they get let go, or go and improve themselves and work back up again.
Then, we can just focus on bloody football.
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For Coaches: A couple of key observations from Job Fransen in this article on Skill Acquisition & the false allure of the shiny tech toy:
"Organisations mistake near transfers for far transfers. Training with all of these technologies and tools make you better at exactly the task your training. If you train to react to lights while dribbling a ball, you will get better at reacting to lights when dribbling a ball. This is often mistaken for improved performance or learning in the core task of playing basketball, which is of course not the case."
"The best visual-perceptual training is often integrated directly into the specific sport context. If you want your basketball player to read an opponent, having them react to an opponent’s actual body language in a small-sided game will always be far superior to having them tap a random blinking light."
"The technology should serve the principle of training specificity, not dictate it."
"What will give you the greatest return on your resource investment? Paying 50,000 USD per year on cognitive training technology or investing in your coaches and players?"
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To build off this last point a bit, it's not just the money. It's the time and focus. The best way to increase your players' visual perception is to have coaches constantly attend to it during training. But that requires ongoing, sustained focus by coaches... a sort of psychological investment that requires discipline and prioritization. Which is hard. And explains why many teams would rather spend the money on a short-cut to improved player perception... and why many tech companies will have a ready market.
skillacq.com/post/it-s-time-…
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A longitudinal study of 47 players at a top Spanish academy used bone-age data to classify biological maturation, with career outcomes tracked 15 years later.
Late maturers reached professional football at 30.8% vs. 5.6% for early maturers. Every player from the cohort competing in a top 5 European league at follow-up belonged to the late-maturing group.
Biological maturation and relative age effect research are measuring the same selection error from different angles: academy and international selection systematically favors the physically advanced, at the cost of long-term development potential.
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