Coaches often speak about needing to play quicker or take less touches. Here Girona coach Michel is preaching the opposite. Take minimum 2 touches, have ‘personality’ to stay on the ball and to play like in the streets. Feint, fake, hide and outplay your opponent.

Spain 🇪🇸 understand football as a game of creating superiority. 🔴Numerical 🟡Positional 🔴Qualitative They're all on the same wavelength 👥

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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬… He understands! “They think the game” says Henry… He knows they have a sophisticated relationship with space, ball, and players (teammates and opposition). They’re not just wedded to actions - they appreciate actions within interactions within an ever-changing performance environment of cues that emerge and dissolve as the game unfolds. Actions within interactions! Actions within interactions! They’ve been taught to pay attention to the game’s informational aspects in order to act and interact. Attention is their gateway for game understanding (knowledge-of the game) and subsequent in-game decision-making (knowledge-in the game). They know the game is about space They know the game is about actions and interactions They know the game is about anticipation and decision-making Now let me respectfully disagree with Monsieur Henry slightly. It’s not that they ‘think’ the game. Simply, it’s that they’re connected to the game. They’re focused and connected to the game… -connected to the opposition -connected to teammates -connected to space -connected to the ball They’re not thinking…they’re paying attention…they’re focusing and connecting. They’re focused and connected to the game. And these connections ensure they’re drawing on their experiences (knowledge-of the game) to anticipate and make decisions quickly. And these connections also ensure they’re able to see and exploit moment-to-moment actions during the game (knowledge-in the game). The Spanish footballing brain - cultivating attention to establish meaning. And that’s how they team. Each of them connected to the game. Connected to each other. Connected to the opposition. Connected to space and ball. Connected to all of these as well as to their game plan (as individuals and as teammates). Actions within interactions within environments Actions within interactions within environments That’s how you produce great individual players who are great teammates. And that’s how you win trophies in team sports…

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