RE - IMAGINING THE GAME MODEL A thread 🧵 Coaches often write long meticulous game models Yet football can be coached with 3-4 concepts and attunement to local affordances 2v2, 3v3 4v4 Football starts from how you interact and the tools used to exploit advantage

FC Porto build up play

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Defensive Master | Mid Block → High Press A lot of teams stay in a mid-block because they don’t know how to step up together. It’s not just the ball-side defenders. The far side has to move with it too. PSG Masterclass.

Defensive Master | Mid Block Principles A mid-block can look passive, but it’s not. The idea is to look calm while floating, even though you’re actually waiting for the press. The moment they enter your zone = step up aggressively. They can play there. Not here.

Defensive Master | Mid Block & Wide Traps A lot of coaches say, "Let's trigger the press outside". But the ball isn't recovered by the first press. The recovery comes from the defensive triangle: Pressure + Cover

Final Third | Crossing Decision-Making Early cross or cutback? This is the key question when coaching youth players. I use drills in which the possessor learns to read which space the defender blocks and plays into the opposite one.

Taking a look at Bodø/Glimt, this is such an interesting attacking dynamic within their 4-3-3. 📌 Ball-side AMF runs to drag the first CB out of position. 📌Striker moves to the far post & Weak-side AMF or RB attacks the central gap. 📹 LiveTag.Pro

Top words from Hellberg: "Rather than saying you need to be able to play in a 3-4-3 system, it's more about that space you occupy and exploiting the space they leave. I think we're more settled in a way of playing than positions. I've always been like that."

Learning from Bodø/Glimt. 📌 In their 4-3-3, the striker moves into the far side, between CB-FB, while the weak-side attacking midfielder moves across toward the ball-side. Same box dynamics appear in transition. ✍️ @TH_GAME_CHANGER & LiveTag.Pro

Defensive Foundations | Defensive IQ We rarely hear about players being defensively creative. But what does that really mean? It’s about understanding how every player’s behavior & action can change space, time, & game dynamics; creating new advantages.

Pressure doesn’t change leadership, it reveals it. If you’re not prepared, pressure exposes lac of clarity If you are prepared, it can enhance performance. As coaches, how we behave under pressure sets the tone for the team. How do you approach leadership under press? #Coaching

Once again on our subscriber platform, we’re diving into fresh ideas from set pieces in Portugal 🇵🇹 Teams like FC Porto, SC Braga and FC Arouca are showing some creativity in set pieces. ✍️ THE GAME CHANGER 📹 LiveTag.Pro

This is an unreal rhythm control even compared to top sides. Setting teammate in motion with passes onto foot , just with the direction and pace. Moving game without moving game. Bodo/Glimt 👏👏👏

Bodø/Glimt & Attacking Dynamics in a 4-3-3. 📌 Both Attacking Midfielders shift to the ball side. 📌 Striker moves to the weak side between CB-FB. Gaps open centrally. ✍️ @TH_GAME_CHANGER 📹 LiveTag.Pro Bodø/Glimt vs Inter - 2 goals included. 👇

FK BODØ GLIMT 🇳🇴 Inside Bodø’s 4-3-3: Attacking Dynamics Driving Their Champions League Success. Diamond for Second Balls | Central Overloads | Both AMs Ball-Side | Attacking Transitions with Hauge... ✍️ THE GAME CHANGER & Tommy McCabe 📹 LiveTag.Pro & Tactical Cam 🧵 THREAD

Analysis of Bodø/Glimt's attacking intentions vs Sporting from Atomic Analysis on YouTube. Video linked below.

Five Michael Carrick in-possession pattern practices have now been added to the collection. More are going up throughout the week based on in-possession work. Available for all subscribers.

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How Rui Borges’ Sporting side broke down Bodø/Glimt’s 4-4-2 block.🎥🧠 ▫️3-1-6 / 3-2-5 structures ▫️Superiority on the last line ▫️High occupation of central zones within the block ▫️Penetrative runs ▫️Switching play to the opposite side