Michael Rose

🇫🇷 Angers v Le Havre 🎯 Louis Mouton O1.5 shots @ 2.2 (1.25u) ⚖️ Fair 1.77 A win today all but secures Angers’ status as a Ligue 1 club for another season and Mouton has been imperative to that. When Angers play at home Mouton has hit 2+ shots in 9/15, averaging 2.35 P90 including against Lille and Marseille Le Havre sit 13th in the shots conceded table, 12.79 on average and this shoots upto 14.50 away from home Model have Mouton as fair odds of 1.77, giving us a nice edge here and much lower at other firms.

@BeneSB_ When you added this topic to the course Bene it really struck a chord with me. I have a few ideas on how I can further implement your process now to help my team. I’m all in too and looking forward to making strides with my U11 side this year.

For 2026, I am going all-in on one idea: 'Unfoulable' Possession Football. I see football development trending in two directions: - Individualize: Break the game into tiny pieces, improve them, then glue them back together later. - "Let them play": Just step back, and you'll naturally get creative and technical players. Both are valid. Both work. But I’m here to demonstrate a Third Way. I believe in football as a team sport first. The idea is simple: If we play better team football, the players have to adapt. It’s a byproduct of the system. In other words: Through our way of playing we force the players to get better. The core of our way of playing is 'Unfoulable Possession'. It’s exactly what it sounds like: attacking in a way where the opponent can't even get close enough to make a foul. It works so well because players learn not to rely on being faster or stronger. It forces them to get creative and technically skilled. It teaches them to play in a way that allows them to compete against stronger opponents: - Have a narrow structure so you have options to solve problems without relying on physicality or speed. - Hide your intentions with feints to put the opponent on the wrong foot - Think ahead to know what to do before you have the ball - To control the ball well so you can keep the ball in tight space. Players learn that as a byproduct of playing based on this idea - without teaching each component in isolation or by just letting them play and hope they’ll develop them. I’ve been refining this methodology for over a decade. My plan for 2026 is to keep going down this path and pass on the lessons to coaches who are interested in this approach. Here’s the plan: 1 - Refine the Unfoulable Methodology every day. Mastery doesn't have a finish line. The better I get, the better I can teach it, and the better players we can develop. 2 - Build in public. Share my progress, experiences, and ideas on X (Twitter). 3 - Daily Insights. I'll extract one daily insight from the process and share it with my newsletter subscribers: ​verticalpossession.com​ 4 - The 100. I've put my methodology together that I teach to a small group of coaches to demonstrate how it works. I’m capping it at 100 people so I can actually help everyone one-on-one. That’s the plan. And while building this, I follow a code. Here are the rules: a - Build it my way. I’m ignoring the noise. If you listen to everyone else’s opinion, you just end up looking like everyone else. We’re sticking to the essence: Unfoulable. Everything else is just a distraction. b - Remove, not Add. Great football emerges not by adding more, but by removing everything unnecessary. We ruthlessly simplify the game. We cut every extra step, touch, or element. Simple isn’t easy. Simple creates more. The less waste, the more capacity for creativity. As Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote: “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” c - Mastery by repeating what you can, and not what you can’t. The common narrative is to push players out of their comfort zone to make them to grow. This approach focuses on what they can’t do. But there are infinite things players can’t do. If you focus on that, you won’t have the time to build up strengths. So, we focus on what they can do. And make that a bit better every day. Repeat this process over and over, and you’ll end up with powerful players. d - Master a few Core Games. We play the same few core games over and over again. This forces us to focus on mastering our way of playing instead of wasting time explaining and adjusting to new activities. / That's the plan. All that’s left is execution. If you’d like to follow along and get a daily insight on how we build our teams, join the newsletter: ​verticalpossession.com​ Bene.

@TexasCoachMike @ahfcsoccer I love how instantly recognisable your teams are Mike from the style of play. Dont need to ask what colour shirt they are in!

This group of 6-7 year olds are really on their way! Playing in their first tournament, the @ahfcsoccer 2017B Blue West played some great soccer this weekend. They've been training in a #TOVO style training for almost a year now.

@TexasCoachMike @FigJamCapital A valuable video thanks Mike. The target player game has been so valuable for my U9’s. Features in most of my sessions now. I’ve seen attack 123 and defend 123 referred to by TOVO coaches could you explain this in a video sometime pls?

My favorite trainings to run @FigJamCapital as promised youtu.be/fd2SMewukHw?fe…

@Don_K_Williams @_ToddBeane Do any other TOVO coaches share content on here? I’ve enjoyed learning via what @TexasCoachMike puts out there.

Any coaches who get a chance to work with @_ToddBeane & learn the #TOVO methodology needs to do it! I’d actually recommend this before taking upper level licensing courses Watch how #TOVO coaches train & how their teams play The proof is in the pudding

@TexasCoachMike Unheard of!

No 8am or 5pm games? I'm eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner at normal times? That's gold!

@TexasCoachMike Love that!

When you play with Targets / Neutrals in training, and then encourage the same in the game. 2017 (u7) had their first 5v5 match of the season. Watching 6 yr old Easton play "Goalkeeper" is amazing. We don't play with a GK, we play with a defender in a bib

@TexasCoachMike In the UK we have the respect code of conduct for parents but something more experience based would be good. We also have silent support weekend coming up soon.

Parents typically start thinking about putting their kids in sports between the ages of 4-6. How beneficial do you feel a regularly scheduled "Sports Parent Education Course" would be?

✅ 3-2 Man Utd ✅ 3-1 Newcastle ✅ 5-0 Sheff Utd ✅ 3-1 Chelsea 5 goals in the reverse, and the bet below has clicked in Villa's last 3 games:

@TexasCoachMike Congrats Mike look forward to you sharing more

Looking forward to doing great things at my new club

@MaccaBetting 2.44 on the betfair exchange if you have it 👍

@MaccaBetting Spot on! Crunch the numbers make the analysis. Find value and emotionally detach from the bet. It’s the only way to win long term. Enjoying reading your analysis Macca after following your coaching account initially as a grassroots coach.

@TexasCoachMike Thanks for the response 👍

@MikeRoseWI No...I don't work on 1v1s. At the youngest ages (4-6) we focus on ball mastery. When they become competent we move them to positional play and rondo based training

Positional Play training can be run with the earliest of age groups. Here's a group of 5-6 yr olds in a 4v4+2 using a full 5v5 field as a grid. It's essentially a 5v5 match with no finishing. As their technique improves, they'll already have a good understanding of movement, space, and decision making

@TexasCoachMike Impressive. Have you done many 1v1 drills with them? My approach atm with a very mixed group is 1v1 drills and SSG’s using scoreboard soccer. My newer players need more confidence in these 1v1 situations. Taking away goals is something I’ll try. Thanks for sharing.

In 18 months they look like this twitter.com/TexasCoachMike…

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@GeorgeRead_ @PSV This is excellent thank you, great progressions for a whole session.

Here's a session plan loosely inspired by what I saw during my visit to @PSV 🇳🇱 I don't tend to post much on here, and I don't want to write out huge paragraphs, so any questions feel free to ask! The theme for this session is creating and converting chances from cutbacks🔗

@tomsan106 Yes you can see with some kids they can play and learn themselves through play but in grassroots there is a large percentage who it doesn’t come naturally too and without guidance and specific drills they will keep making the wrong choices and get frustrated.

This concept of, “just let ‘em play, the game is the teacher”, is the most misunderstood phrase in Football. It’s a great way to get kids to quit real early though. Without deliberate, intentional practice, players rarely improve. I have observed this for decades.

@_ToddBeane What are you favourite positional play exercises? Currently working on wide combinations in kids 7 a side.

COACH NOTES ✏️ Can we please tell as many youth coaches as possible that… Rondos ✅ Position Play Exercises ✅ Training Games ✅ Free Play ✅ ARE technical training! (Please retweet until it is heard from Christchurch to California) #TOVO