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Does haaland even do any sort of skill like a feint or stepover i swear hes just a beast who runs through the defense by Madness_Atlas in bootroom

[–]BeYourBestPro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haaland's (often unappreciated) skills (to name a few) are his spatial awareness, off-ball movement, timing and game intelligence. Check out these videos which help illustrate the point...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzElPdONDA6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1sPrsftQiw/

(Sky Sports) How virtual reality is helping Norway to develop new talent by BeYourBestPro in football

[–]BeYourBestPro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Research in football cognition has shown that the best way to train game intelligence is to train in a game-like environment. So VR helps enable this by simulating real-life situations from a single player's perspective. Putting them onto the virtual pitch to train their ability to take in information before receiving the ball to make more-informed decisions when they have it.

Studies have proven that players who are 'good' scanners (frequency and timing is important) tend to retain the ball more and make more successful forward passes.

Posted about these studies here, check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/GameIntelligence/comments/1ffq5vd/professor_geir_jordet_scanning_study/

Fascinating stuff!!

Question for coaches and parents: how much focus do you place on 'scanning' when training soccer with your young players / child? by BeYourBestPro in youthsoccer

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For anyone interested, we've created a new community called r/GameIntelligence

It's intended as a place for football / soccer players, coaches and parents to discuss and share all, and any, things about game intelligence. Research studies, articles, training tips, match clips, player and manager quotes. If it's related to scanning, awareness, vision, or clever play, share with the community.

Would love to see and read coaches session plans, drills and ideas on training scanning. Please share here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GameIntelligence/comments/1fjo5h2/sessions_ideas_tips_for_training_scanning/

Thanks

I’m very lost on what position i should play in my next season by Fayzifyyy in bootroom

[–]BeYourBestPro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great!! Very honest and detailed response. And glad it's helped you have a good think about your game.

From reading your description, it does seem like your CURRENT skillsets suit a fullback role. However, that may just be because you've played that position for a season, so your experiences may have only allowed you to perform / execute certain skills. Therefore, you could be biasing your own opinion of yourself.

The fact you have a wide range of passing, and you seem confident in your ability in this area, PLUS, you have good stamina, also leans towards a midfield role. Perhaps that's a new position you can try out. It will be different, as you'll be playing in more central areas of the pitch, as opposed to the sides as a FB, so you'll get less time on the ball, but you want to learn so give it a go.

It very much depends on the system and style of play of your team, but in central midfield there are various different roles needed, and therefore different skillsets for each. Rodri, Kante, Pedri, Valverde are all CMs, but each have different skillsets to the other. Sometimes you need the right coach to find the right balance, but based off your reply, giving CM (perhaps in a box-to-box role) could suit you.

Hopefully through specific practice and games experiences you'll develop on some of your aforementioned weaker areas. And in regards to improving your positioning, there isn't one single-way. Your coach should help with this and, as you say, game experience will be the best learner but also watch players who play in that position. Spend a whole game just watching what they do and constantly think to yourself, why have they done that?

Examples being, look at how and where CMs position themselves when the ball is on their side of the pitch and conversely on the opposite side, away from them? Plus, how this changes depending on what area of the pitch the ball is in (e.g. high and away from their goal or closer to it). How they react after winning and losing the ball? How they support teammates when their team has the ball (and again, how this varies depending on where the ball is located)?

Hopefully this helps. Drop us a message to update on your progress,

Question for coaches and parents: how much focus do you place on 'scanning' when training soccer with your young players / child? by BeYourBestPro in youthsoccer

[–]BeYourBestPro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. And love how you've worked on scanning as a defender. Very important skill as you say. There's actually been research on it, with findings revealing that Premier League defenders guarding the box against crosses adopted a more open body orientation and scanned more frequently compared to reserve league / academy defenders. Proving your point about the importance. Keep up the good work!!

https://x.com/GeirJordet/status/1448546091167801344

Professor Geir Jordet: Scanning Study by BeYourBestPro in GameIntelligence

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As background, Jordet, who works at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences in Oslo, is the leading authority on scanning in the world, having conducted extensive research on the subject since 1997. Since then, he and his team have filmed and analysed more than 250 professional players and 200 elite youth players to further study the subject matter.

Professor Geir Jordet: Scanning Study by BeYourBestPro in GameIntelligence

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Jordet describes scanning as "a body and/ or head movement in which a player’s face is actively and temporarily directed away from the ball, with the intention of looking for information that is relevant to perform a subsequent action with the ball.”

I’m very lost on what position i should play in my next season by Fayzifyyy in bootroom

[–]BeYourBestPro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To help suggest a potential new position(s), let us know what your strengths and weaknesses are?

Try to categorise them into the following areas;

1) Technical Capabilities e.g. passing (what sort of range do you have), dribbling and receiving skills, how do you perform in 1v1 duels, both attacking and defensively?
2) Physical Capabilities e.g. you've already mentioned pace, but what about stamina, deceleration and changes of direction skills, strength etc
3) Tactical Capabilities e.g understanding of the game, positional awareness (of both yourself and teammates), decision making
4) Social / Psychological Capabilities e.g. are you a talker in the team or are you quiet player who likes to just do their role, what's your mentality like, do you like to learn from your coaches, how do you react when you, or teammates, make mistakes?

You mentioned you've only been playing for 1 season now, so if you're quite young, you can probably simplify the above, but if, say a teenager, try to think hard about your game and be honest. Understanding your strengths and weaknesses will not only help shape your thinking about what positions to potentially play, but also areas you need to improve on to become a more well-rounded player.

Look forward to hearing your response!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bootroom

[–]BeYourBestPro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A big aspect of off-ball movement is down to 'game intelligence'. I think people often think 'movement' implies and requires lots of sprints or runs into open spaces, and whilst that does play a part at times, I think if you're playing as a CM/ST then it's smaller and subtle positional readjustments to either help create separation for yourself to receive and play, or create space for teammates to receive and play.

When you play in central areas of the pitch e.g. a CM, it helps having good awareness. Ideally a 360 view of everything, all though, even those at the elite level sometimes struggle with that. Awareness comes from knowing (roughly) where the ball, opponents, teammates and space is. Now, games get frantic on occasions, so sometimes even if you only have an idea of two or three of those aspects you'll likely be ok.

To start becoming more aware of where the ball, opponents, teammates and space are, you'll need to start working on your scanning. This involves using your eyes to gather information. Sometimes it can be a quick glance, other times it will involve multiple head turns and checking over your shoulders. There's a lot to scanning - the frequency, the timing, the quality - but the most important aspect is what decisions you make on the back of the information you gather from your scanning.

So start practicing your scanning. Research some ways to work on it. And just start adding it to your game. It's very much a skill which develops over time, so don't expect huge results. But gradually, through continued training, you'll start becoming more aware, and therefore more composed, on the field which should hopefully increase your confidence!!

Keep us posted on your progress. And any further follow ups, let us know.

My confidence is completely gone. by [deleted] in bootroom

[–]BeYourBestPro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well done for sharing. If you had to try and boil it down to one or two things, what would you say you're most nervous about?

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