Thread by @Gareth_Sandford

⚽Today is fast and furious

But just wait until 2030,

Because this is just the start

Here are 5 future player demands you can expect 🧵

Here’s what we will cover:

• Fixture quantity

• Game speed

• High intensity actions

• Workload and fatigue

• Ralf #Rangnick new Man Utd interim manager philosophy of preparation

https://twitter.com/StatmanDave/status/1463891124704133125?s=20

Fixture quantity for top European teams

The past:

• 2008/2009 – 50 matches per season

• 2018/2019 season – 60 matches

The future:

• 2030 – 70 matches

https://twitter.com/Gareth_Sandford/status/1461431594401497090?s=20

Games speed (ball tracking)

• 1966 – 8.0m/s

• 2010 – 9.2 m/s

• 2030 – 9.8 m/s

@ALTIS are asking good questions on this:

https://twitter.com/StuartMcMillan1/status/1463554914282524683?s=20

Passes per minute:

• 1966 – 10.7

• 2010 – 14.7

• 2030 – 16

Elevates technical demand

High intensity actions (19.8–25.1 km/hr)

EPL data show:

• 50% increase from 2006/2007 – 2012/13

By 2030 expect:

• Further 40% high-intensity distance covered

Elevating the physical demand to new heights

These demands are not without collateral

Across 36 UEFA clubs

2.5X increase in training and match time

Between 2001-2002 and 2013-2014

2030 demands suggest

Lots of fatigue and injury related needs

To manage in preparation.

Useful tools ⬇️

https://twitter.com/MattTaberner/status/1463854585081040905?s=20

How do the top coaches prepare?

Ralph #Rangnick focuses on

5 situations that decide football:

• Style on the ball

• Style off the ball

• Transition when you lose the ball

• Transition when you win the ball

• Set pieces, ~ 30% of all goals scored after these

All of the top teams are ‘state of art’ in the 5 areas

Transition: important to pressure wherever the ball is

Because more assertive ball winning

Leads to more intensity into counter-attack

Giving bigger chance you create outcomes

https://twitter.com/CVAcademy/status/1464285069120401415?s=20

Of 75 goals in season with @RBLeipzig_EN

60% of all goals scored happened after

Winning the ball back 10s previous

An additional way to prepare is

Training the qualities ⬇️

And there is more to add

But that is a story for another day.

https://twitter.com/Gareth_Sandford/status/1461065605419872263?s=20

TL:DR summary (1/2)

By 2030

• Fixture quantity will increase

• Game speed and technical demands are greater

• Larger high intensity demands

• Greater demand for fatigue and injury related management

TL:DR summary (2/2)

#Rangnick suggests focus on:

• Style on the ball

• Style off the ball

• Transition when you lose the ball

• Transition when you win the ball

• Set pieces ~ 30% of all goals scored after these

Because top teams are ‘state of art’ in these areas

Let me know what you think!

What is the future of ⚽by 2030?

If you enjoyed this thread:

1. Comment/send me a DM to let me know what resonated!

2. Share a link to the first tweet ⬇️

https://twitter.com/Gareth_Sandford/status/1464337430585044993?s=20

Full paper from @gnassis that inspired the thread can be found:

researchgate.net/publication/34…