INSIDE REVOLUTION

BY JON TOWNSENDTHE ICELANDIC FOOTBALL MODEL In global football the narrative never stays the same. Success on the pitch is not defined by population density and landmass. Footballing excellence does not grow from dry, unfilled fields left stagnate with fodder crops. Iceland, an actively volcanic island nestled in the North Atlantic Ocean with a population of around 325,000 peop..

IMPECT & PACKING: THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL ANALYTICS IS HEREJune 10, 2016 Max Regenhuber Let’s start with a scenario involving Team A and Team B. Ready? Here it goes … Team A: 52% possession; total shots 18; corner kicks 7 Team B: 48% possession; total shots 14; corner kicks 5 These are the statistics we normally see during football broadcasts. Do these numbers tell you anyth..

RANIERI: THE ART OF LEADERSHIP BY DAVE WRIGHTWHY DO WE COACH? WHY DO WE LEAD? WHAT INSPIRES US TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE OF BEING THE TALISMAN OF ANY GROUP? DAVE WRIGHT DETERMINES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER BY EXAMINING THE 2016 LMA AND PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR, CLAUDIO RANIERI.Whatever your context, whether it’s in the office, on the training pitch, leading a gro..

Who is Jorge Mendes? The super-agent making football moves happenBen Lyttleton Cristiano Ronaldo, Jose Mourinho and dozens of others rely on him. He determines the fortunes of the world’s top players and clubs. But just who is Jorge Mendes? It was one of the best days of Cristiano Ronaldo’s young life. He was 18 years old and about to sign a contract with Manchester United...

POSTED ON MAY 20, 2016 BY ANDREW FLINTHERBET CHAPMAN AND THE LEGENDARY W-M FORMATION As the smouldering wreckage morbidly illuminated the snow-drenched gloom, one flame threatened to go out altogether. A few survivors scrabbled through the shredded shards of metal to rescue what remnants they could have one of the greatest teams the world had seen, and amid the panic it seemed ..

Todd BeaneTOVO International & Cruyff Institute FollowingTOVO's New Paradigm for US Player DevelopmentMay 9, 201665 views7 Likes3 CommentsShare on LinkedInShare on FacebookShare on TwitterIf we hope to maximize our children’s potential we must question the underlying assumptions of our current training paradigm. For 35 years I have heard that the USA is on its way to creating..

[스포탈코리아] 신명기 기자= 2015/2016 잉글리시 프리미어리그(EPL)도 막바지에 접어들었다. 막판 우승, 4위권, 잔류 전쟁이 벌어지고 있는 가운데 신명기의 EPL 인사이드에서는 EPL 내 여러 가지 이슈를 파헤치고자 한다. 이번에는 팀 창단 132년 만에 첫 1부리그 우승을 이뤄낸 레스터 시티를 ..

China football and future powerWhen China unveiled its plan, it was the football association, not the government, making the announcement. This is significant. SIMON CHADWICK PHOTO: AAP The detail behind China’s plan for football has been revealed. Most striking thing about it is the concession to FIFA’s dislike of state interference, and the obvious effort for the sport n..

MES VAUGHANSIMPLICITY VS. COMPLEXITY: A GUIDE TO TRAINING SESSION DESIGNAPRIL 12, 2016PDP LEAD RESEARCHER EXAMINES THE SIMPLICITY VS. COMPLEXITY DEBATE USING ONE OF THE GREAT QUOTES FROM JOHAN CRUYFF AND ASKS IF WE HAVE MISINTERPRETED ITS TRUE MEANING. “Football is simple, but the hardest thing is to play simple football.” Consider how this famous quote influences your trai..

[이성모의 더 스토리] 英 스포츠 경제학 교수가 말하는 '레스터 현상'과 빅클럽 부진본문 텍스트 한단계 축소 본문 프린트 런던대학교 버벡칼리지에서 '스포츠 경제학' 강의를 맡고 있는 션 하밀 교수 모든 현상 뒤에는 반드시 이유가 있습니다. 그리고 그 이유를 찾는 것이 모든 학문의 본..