Categorie: Coaching
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Case study: 4-2-3-1 formation analysis
My fourth and last case study in Dutch academy football concentrates on formations. More specifically, I’ve looked at two formations used in the U18’s of several clubs. This analysis focuses on the theory of what’s good and what’s not so good about the 4-3-3 formations and the 4-2-3-1 formations. In part II: 4-2-3-1 These two…
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Case study: 4-3-3 formation analysis
My fourth and last case study in Dutch academy football concentrates on formations. More specifically, I’ve looked at two formations used in the U18’s of several clubs. This analysis focuses on the theory of what’s good and what’s not so good about the 4-3-3 formations and the 4-2-3-1 formations. In part I: 4-3-3 These two…
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Case study: Ball-playing centre backs in the Dutch U18 and U21 league
This is another case study I have conducted in the Dutch U18 and U21 leagues in the years 2019 and 2020. I have seen a lot of matches in these divisions and previously wrote on the use of inverted full-backs – which you can read here. I’m sticking with the theme of the defense as…
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Case study: systems with inverted full-backs in the Dutch U18 and U21 leagues
I’ve been scouting a lot this year and when watching games, I’ve come across a very interesting phenomenon in both the academies and in senior football: inverted full-backs. Obviously, I knew what they were and how they acted in the elite of football, but I didn’t know it was that popular to implement it at…