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Mar 15, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
“Scanning” is the new buzz word in ⚽️
This has perpetuated a plethora of drills where players have to “check their shoulder” whilst passing in a prescribed sequence (back and forth, or a-b-c).
Here is a short thread explaining why this doesn’t work IMO 👇
Why are they scanning?
The concept of scanning is to pick up information in order to act a effectively. Therefore, there needs to be a reason why I am scanning, the best and most transferable to the game reason is an opponent
Feb 9, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Interesting take on coaching from a cognitive psychology perspective. But I would like to offer an alternate view from a different skill acquisition perspective. 🧵
First of all I think for a relatively new manager Kompany is doing a fantastic job at Burnley (keeping my @SheffieldUnited at bay!). He has clearly mastered a key component of coaching - developing and maintaining relationships - hence buy in.
Sep 29, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
What have I learned from soccer practice over the past few weeks? A 🧵
CONTEXT
Group is a trap team - middle school girls in HS age group of mixed ability (3 levels). Most played for min 3-4 years.
Practice 3xpw 90mins
Sep 8, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES IN SOCCER - A 🧵 on why they need to be taught at ALL levels.
Universal principles are consistent across all levels of performance from u8 to Pro. They are just introduced and implemented in different ways. These are:
Task Goal
Intentions
Space
Relationships
Transition
Jul 30, 2022 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
After some good feedback and interactions on my coaching thread, I wanted to have a deeper dive into some of the ideas. Join in, add your Q’s and thoughts, LET’S GO!
#1 - METHODS ARE DRIVEN BY YOUR BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SKILL LEARNING
RATIONALE
We all have rationale for how we coach, BUT, therein lies the problem, what is that rationale?
Whether openly articulated or not, you do what you do based on your beliefs about learning. We are just trying to find out what they are and the implications for coaching.
Jul 26, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
THOUGHTS ON COACHING -
a thread 🧵
Having participated in several 140 character back and forths with coaches, I thought I would post my thoughts on coaching, skill and learning, to get a conversation going, so here goes!
METHODS ARE DRIVEN BY YOUR BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SKILL LEARNING
Therefore, understanding how people learn and perform movement skills is the foundation to your coaching and should be thoroughly explored. Basing your activities/drills on faulty beliefs is a problem.
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