1/4 Session share: On the 23rd we had one of the best sessions I have experienced as a coach. The focus was on the 3rd and 4th man. 1st, a three zone possession exercise where you could only play 1 touch in the middle zone. One player from the wide zone could join in the middle. 2/4 2nd, we did a similar design, but now we added goals and direction. Players had to play into the middle zone and lay the ball back using 1-touch before being able to play freely. Maximum 4 v 3 in the last zone. One neutral player in attack.

1/7 Jacob Hanstad, perhaps the best scanner I ever coached, informed me that there seems to be a pattern on which the best dribbling players receive the ball and scan, especially in the last third of the pitch. There are 10 distinct ways players do this. Here are 5 with examples. 2/7 (1) You are pressed very closely – You perform the 1st touch away from the pressing player. Note: If the press is overly aggressive: Accelerate to the side or beyond the pressing player.

1/15 When I defended my PhD in November, I was given an assignment by the committee called "Why football coaches need to fall out of love with Rondos in practice". I looked at specificity, transfer of learning, scanning and creativity. I will now present some of the findings. 2/15 So what are Rondos? «A rondo is a training exercise design that encourages a greater number of «in possession players» (e.g., three, four, five etc.) to keep possession of the ball against a lesser number of «out of possession players» (@JimiVaughan et al., 2021, p. 7-8)