I’ve started this blog as a forum to discuss football tactics in depth. I am an English coach in the US and I mostly work with very young children, where I teach basic technique and fundamental principles of the game such as: if you don’t get the ball, get the man! No, I teach them to kick towards the goal, that kind of thing.
I will soon be coaching older teams where I will have the opportunity to coach the tactical side of the game as well as the technical side. So, I wanted to open up this forum for discussion on tactics, from formations, individual positional play, set pieces, rehearsed attacks, etc. Anything I, or you, can think of.
So if you have a suggestion for a topic, or even a question, then please email me or leave a comment. If you want to submit an article I will be happy to publish it on the blog.
September 10, 2008 at 2:15 am |
Great idea Alex! Interesting theme and quite technical! It’s easier to tell the kids to “kick the ball or the man” I think!!
I think it’s quite difficult these days to really tell for sure whether the coach/manager is able to truly turn things around or not – players are quite multifunctional these day and their own tactics training and understanding with teamates more often than not changes the game…and it’s not always up to the manager. Of course, subs and half times are important times to understand what is happening so that’s there it is quite fun to see the tactics being employed if different.
I’m no expert in this at all so my views are a bit simplistic, but if it helps your pre-game thinking, half time chats, and sub routines….it’s all good!!
September 10, 2008 at 9:13 am |
Thanks for commenting Nturtle. I was expecting to be a few posts in before I got any attention.
I wouldn’t worry about not being an expert, your opinion is still valid, and I’m glad to hear from you. I enjoy reading your comments on EFT.
In the future I hope to propose some more specific tactical approaches and analysis. And I hope to try and set up some kind of (championship manager style) blackboard for people to illustrate their points. At the moment I’m just working with a photoshop file.