Larry Sunderland

@_ToddBeane @BernatME6 @SundayShare10 Multi-directional, yes! I often say it is non-directional until it becomes directional…employing decision making.

@BernatME6 @SundayShare10 Rondo is an activation exercise to be compared to laps, FIFA+ warm up, or physical circuits. A low physical load, high social, technical, cognitive, contextual warm-up before going into more physical load. It is not directional. It is multi-directional. #TOVO

1️⃣ Is the rondo “dead”? Lately I see a trend: “Rondo is not useful anymore because there’s no constant direction.” I don’t think the answer is that simple. Here are some reflections – not one solution – to make us think about Rondos and the Modern Game 👇 @SundayShare10

@coach_kevin_m FootballGPT

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@paulspacey @ESPNFC Or moved a defender, created an angle to progress? Context is key. You don’t get it simply looking at pass completions.

@ESPNFC Past completion is a poor metric. How many of those passes created a chance or put a teammate in a better position to create a chance or advance forward?

Frenkie de Jong completed 92 of 97 attempted passes, the most completed passes out of anyone on the pitch 🏃‍♂️ All of Real Madrid completed 222 passes.

@sbuck67 Thanks, hope you and yours are well!

@Laz06 🙌🙌

Different sport, same quality. Perseverance doesn’t rest.

@Coach_Osku Time, space and relationships.

Call it what you want—roaming, inverting, overlapping, underlapping… A good fullback does what the game calls for. At the right time. With the right cues. Not just because it’s trendy.

@_ToddBeane VEB’s. Visually Enhanced Behaviors.

1. Scan 2. Choose 3. (Deceive if you must) 4. Do The best players execute 1, 2 & 3 before they get the ball. #TOVO Method

@Coach_Osku “Fall in love with how they adapt when the opponent breaks the script.” This is a very, very good quote. So much to unpack here but, should be an essential character trait of the player developer. 👏🏻👏🏻

Don’t fall in love with what your team looks like on the board. Fall in love with how they adapt when the opponent breaks the script.

@paulspacey Not my point. My reply was about bias and how it affects judgement. Hence, missing the outlier. Nuance. Not arguing your statement.

@Laz06 Movement mechanics rarely change. A kid without coordination, fluidity and balance at a young age would have to be a rare outlier to then develop that into their teens.

Some kids just don’t have the coordination and fluidity to be really good players. You can tell at a young age that there is a ceiling to their level of development.

Lights, camera, kickoff! 🔜📸

We have two Academy Goalkeeping coach opportunities open @fccincinnati. For more information: Lead Academy GK coach (U15-U18) - job-boards.greenhouse.io/fccincinnati/j… Academy GK coach (U13-U14 + Discovery) - job-boards.greenhouse.io/fccincinnati/j…

Michigan incoming transfer Beckham Sunderland's unusual path to college football mlive.com/wolverines/202…

Incredible hospitality and atmosphere 💚

Cheers from Amsterdam!

@derek_willis Derek, I will be at that match also 🍻

@Laz06 Will be at their match vs Jong Ajax in a couple weeks.

American Football:)

@ProspectsUsmnt Two fantastic academies. Some variables to consider when discussing success: density and diversity of market, scouting and recruitment, academy investment, first team investment and objectives, alignment, fit, need, facilities, climate, opportunity, time…leaving out quite a few.

Most people you'll talk to in the youth game seem to agree that the two best academies in MLS at the moment are Philadelphia Union and Red Bull New York. These are two clubs that are roughly 100 miles away. They share a territory within New Jersey. New Jersey and Pennsylvania (and the part of New York which RBNY controls) are reasonably sized areas comparative to the whole country (maybe not NJ as a state, but regardless) that have a decent history of producing players. This is not North Dakota or Maine we're talking about. At the same time, would you really expect these to be the hubs for development of players in the USA? When FC Dallas was the leader of development in the USA, it made a little more sense. Huge city in the biggest state in the lower 48. Texas' athletic history in the country is arguably the best. The weather helps, but I would even say the population is one of the more "soccer mad" in the USA. Maybe even the most of any state. Are these two clubs just doing something very right or are there clubs in other areas (California, Texas, Florida to name a few) that are doing something very wrong? It's probably a combination of everything. I think these two clubs are very well run right now academy-wise. Their academy leadership seems to be very smart and hard working and creative. There seems to be a clear plan in what they want to do in style of play and types of players they want, and they execute it. Maybe the support from ownership and other parts of the club is there too as a big part of all of that. I think it also has to be said that development right now in some of the bigger "warm weather" states is majorly lagging behind. A large part of that is due to the poor efforts that the pro clubs in those states have done to bring through players. There are players who are leaving those states to join these two clubs all the way across the country. That tells you a lot. I find it very fascinating that this small corner of the country (and maybe not the small corner you'd expect) is basically the soccer development capital of the USA right now for many different reasons. I wanted to emphasize this because I don't think it should go overlooked (for the good and bad).