Focused on grassroots coaches but I believe many of the messages apply to youth coaches involved with the more talented players, and youth football in general. youtu.be/9qR9RcEfbJ4?si…
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Kelly Cross
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Kelly Cross
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Technical Director - Youth, Sydney FC; FIFA Technical Expert (since 2006) Opinions are my own.
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Fourth article on Sydney FC Academy methodology now on FIFA Training Centre.
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Third article on Sydney FC Academy methodology now on FIFA Training Centre.
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Embrace chaos as the core reality! Games are inherently unpredictable: opponents adapt, conditions shift, mistakes happen, momentum swings. Training must mirror this “beautiful storm” rather than neat grids & choreographed predictable patterns which build false confidence.
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Sydney FC Academy articles on FIFA Training Centre website. Methodology insights. #SydneyFC fifatrainingcentre.com/en/practice/el…
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It seems to me that a football team meets the definition of a Complex Adaptive System and a CAS operates better using self-organisation. Coaches would therefore be better advised to facilitate self-organisation rather than stifle it
JOGO FUNCIONAL@JOGOFUNCIONAL1
New article- Could a team be totally autonomous? The idea of a team not having tactics is often laughed at, I believe it’s the future of football. I explain how if we start to understand synergies, adaptive systems & autonomy this can be achieved. jogofuncional1.blogspot.com/2025/10/could-…
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@trrs_adria34815 @stirling_j @LeandroEBM6 Bielsa’s Bilbao v Barcelona was a classic example: how can you play between the lines when there are no lines!
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Big teams use predominantly positional attacks.
Defences are now able to go man to man more often and negate positional attacks.
Positional coaches don’t like trying to outplay man to man defences because it requires too much movement.
Use set pieces/long balls to score instead.
Second Captains@SecondCaptains
It is indeed....Thursday!
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GENK GOALKEEPER GETS HUGS FROM LIÈGE FANS
On Sunday, RFC Liège supporters reflected on a dramatic moment off the pitch. After Brent Stevens, goalkeeper of Jong RC Genk, saved a penalty, there was a warm applause from the stands.
The show of support from the Liège fans was meant as a pat on the back for Stevens, who recently lost his father. 'That was for dad, who passed away last Saturday after a long illness', Stevens said after the final whistle in an interview with Het Nieuwsblad. 'When I heard that I would be making my debut, I was happy, but I also had mixed feelings. Dad would have wanted me to play', Stevens continued, who was regularly sung to during the match.
After the final whistle, the debutant fell into the arms of the RFC Liège supporters, who gave Stevens a hug and expressed their support. That moved Stevens, who could not prevent a defeat for Jong RC Genk (3-1). 'What the Liège players and supporters showed before and after the game exceeded all my expectations', the goalkeeper stammered. 'They showed a lot of respect. That shows that things can be different in football. Hats off to the people of Liège.'
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@CassiusKiani Also applies to sport, although most practitioners are not even aware of it. In the football (soccer) domain, Ackoff’s work has been a major influence at the Sydney FC Academy for 10 years
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Great way to expand your football knowledge and understanding: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… @FIFAcom
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@sbmuckle @stirling_j Amazed you remembered that from 16 years ago, Simon!
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@sbmuckle @stirling_j I then showed Brazil playing through the opponent’s block, with players who are comfortable playing in limited space, where they seemed to be saying ‘you want us to go wide…so why would we do what you want us to do?’
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It’s actually not ‘overload to isolate’. We don’t gather in the ball zone on the side with the predefined intention of attracting opponents to switch to the open side (if that happens naturally then ok)
We gather in the ball zone to advance through combinations in the ball zone.
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@sbmuckle @stirling_j It was 2008; highlighted the trend towards compact zonal defending using Milan, Chelsea and Man U in UCL as examples. Idea being ‘we want to protect central areas and we want you to go wide’
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@singh_harjiv Harjiv, we have known about CAS for decades…are you saying that it is still rarely applied in Sport Science?
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A total of 21 players under the age of 18 debuted for our NPL side this season 🎓
We recap what was a brilliant year for the Sydney FC Academy as more youth were given a chance than ever before!
#SydneyIsSkyBlue
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‘Deep down, it seems that we just want to control everything in football. Having security and certainty that there is right and wrong, better and worse.’ 👇🏼⚽️@marcusarboes
Marcus Arboés@marcusarboes
Treinadores ultrapassados... (?) O jovem Eddie Howe, treinador do Newcastle, tem a ligação direta como um grande recurso. Claro que outras dinâmicas ofensivas curtas são trabalhadas, mas a ligação direta é um ponto bem forte. A Atalanta de Gean Piero Gasperini surpreendeu a Europa com uma marcação por encaixes individuais com perseguições bem longas. Simone Inzaghi avançou até a final da Champions com um time que se defendia com 5 e priorizava verticalidade e, muitas vezes, jogo direto nas costas da marcação. Ancelotti cansou de ganhar o mundo com a filosofia de "dar liberdade para jogar" em relação a decisões e movimentações dos jogadores. Roger Schmidt, do Benfica, é um treinador moderno, com um modelo tático assimétrico que vai contra o que é moda e padrão no país em que atua. O supostamente ultrapassado Felipão, marcou o excelente Flamengo de Dorival Junior com perseguições bem longas na marcação individual e conseguiu levar o jogo para a vantagem física e as compensações bem coordenadas no meio campo. Vencendo ou não, o jogo foi o que foi. O conceito de ultrapassado parte de uma ideia de moda. O que tá na moda e tem sido mais utilizado, é tido como superior. Ideias menos modernas não são inúteis ou piores, só são menos modernas. Sinto que estão olhando mais para idade e nacionalidade do que para o jogo. No fundo, parece que a gente só quer controlar tudo do futebol. Ter segurança e certeza de que tem certo e errado, melhor e pior.
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Paying $60 per hour for your kid to receive a ball unopposed, surrounded only by cones, while the coach screams SCAN at them.
Fascinating@fasc1nate
What is something that is clearly a scam but is so normalized that most people don’t ever notice?
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@fingerj86 @SydneyFC He’s a good lad, and it’s a competitive group of players
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Always good to see young players get playing time in older age groups, at the right time of course. Here’s U14 Ethan Fletcher taking the field in the U18s today. Bravo, Ethan! @SydneyFC
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