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04 Sep 16:28

Three v Three with Peter Prickett | Practice 10 🧱

Practice 10 is live for subscribers. More on back pressure as your library of practices on the topic continues to build.

Same coaching points, fresh practice.

Available for subscribers now 👇

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/the-3v3-game-1v1-practice-10

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THE 3v3 GAME - 1v1 PRACTICE 10

A 1v1 practice that breaks the game down into its smallest actions, developing the scenarios and coaching points players will meet within a maximum 3v3 model.

Replied on Alonso's Chelsea: The 3-4-3 Press

04 Sep 16:23

Great question, Thibaut. 👍🏻

My issue isn’t with the full-back inverting itself, there are obviously situations where it can be really effective. It’s more about what advantage the inversion actually creates against a midfield four.

If the full-back moves inside and and form a box/diamond, quite often the free pass is the diagonal into the wide forward. If that player is exceptional 1v1, can receive under pressure and threaten outside, then absolutely, keep finding them and let them go to work.

The problem is that at the elite level, a good full-back is often comfortable defending that situation. They can show the winger inside towards the midfield four, where the spaces are already congested and the movements of your 10s are largely happening in front of an organised defensive structure. You can make the half-space run, but you’re often running into players who are already matched and positioned to deal with it. That’s why, against a midfield four, I generally prefer to think around before through.

Keep two players threatening the wide channel on each side at different heights, force that midfield four to make decisions about how far they’re prepared to travel, and stretch the distances between them. If they stay narrow, you can play around them and potentially create the 2v1 outside. If they jump wider, you’ve now created bigger spaces to play through.

So for me, it’s not “inverting full-backs is wrong.” It’s simply asking: what problem are we trying to create for the opposition?

Against a compact midfield four, I’d rather use width to create the space to play through, rather than putting more players into an area they’re already trying to protect.Obviously there are loads of different scenarios and solutions within that, but hopefully that explains the rationale behind the point I was making. 👍🏻

Tactx (Mikey)

Replied on INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENTS BEYOND THE DEFENSIVE LINE

04 Sep 15:07

GUJIANG Hi, these videos are related to collections where you can see more. The actual animations of all of the movements beyond are coming in their own class. This animation was only an example.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/collection-cgp_gepqtlc

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/collection-ccu2ltidfxo

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03 Sep 15:51

New Practice: Three v Three with Peter Prickett | Practice 9 🧱

Practice 9 is live for subscribers.

A similar setup to practice 5, and that is intentional. Use these two practices in tandem to create familiarity with your players. The starting positions and service change the angles of pressure; this one focuses on back pressure.

Don't be afraid of using similar setups with different objectives. Familiarity is part of learning.

Available for subscribers now 👇

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/the-3v3-game-1v1-practice-9

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THE 3v3 GAME - 1v1 PRACTICE 9

A 1v1 practice that breaks the game down into its smallest actions, developing the scenarios and coaching points players will meet within a maximum 3v3 model.

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03 Sep 15:12

Chelsea | Xabi Alonso | Recording Now Available

The class is now up for subscribers.

We look at Alonso's Chelsea, the performance problems within the 3-4-3, and how it is creating transition problems for their opponents. We also look at how they may adapt for the game against Arsenal at the weekend.

Available for subscribers now 👇

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/chelsea-xabi-alonso-game-model

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02 Sep 12:21

New Practice: Three v Three with Peter Prickett | Practice 8

Practice 8 is live for subscribers, shifting the focus to back pressure.

The session is designed to encourage shielding the ball before searching for a way to slip away from the pressure. A different angle again as the collection keeps building.

Available for subscribers now

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/the-3v3-game-1v1-practice-8

01:49

THE 3v3 GAME - 1v1 PRACTICE 8

A 1v1 practice that breaks the game down into its smallest actions, developing the scenarios and coaching points players will meet within a maximum 3v3 model.

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02 Sep 10:51

Iliman Ndiaye signed for Manchester City this week for around £65 million. Six years ago, I signed him for Hyde United on £100 a week.

Full story's in the blog, but the short version: he was a squad player in Sheffield United's under-21s, we picked him up on loan on transfer deadline day because he'd run out of other options that January, and by the end of his first training session my assistant and I both knew we had something different.

There's a moment from that first night I still bring up. A skill game, groups of four or five meant to be keeping the ball up together on the way to a target on the halfway line. Ndiaye just scoops it onto his own head and sprints the length of half the pitch with it balanced there, drops it in the target, jogs back for another go. His group were in stitches making dolphin noises at him for the rest of the session.

Nine games, one goal, season cut short by the pandemic. Not a stat line that predicts £65 million. But watching him week to week, you knew. Scanning, supporting, securing the ball under pressure, all miles above the level. Supply was the part that had to catch up, and once it did, here we are.

Full story here: https://tactxcoach.com/blog/i-signed-iliman-ndiaye-for-100-a-week

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01 Sep 12:31

New Technical Practice: Playing Around

The next practice is live for subscribers.

Eight minutes of technical patterns using a double pivot in midfield, building on the work from the previous sessions. Every pressing pattern is covered with clear solutions for playing around.

The building blocks are all here. Work through them and let us know how you get on.

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PLAYING OUT - AROUND - TECHNICAL PRACTICE 3

A technical practice on build-up play, progressing through scenarios and coaching points players will encounter when playing out and around from the back.

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31 Aug 16:10

Live Class: Chelsea | Xabi Alonso | Game Model & System Shifts

We are back with classes and are going live this Thursday at 1.30pm UK time with a class on Chelsea's game model and the shifts in system that define Alonso's approach.

Free for everyone to join. The recording will be available for subscribers afterwards.

Pre-register at the link below. See you Thursday 👊

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/chelsea-xabi-alonso-game-model

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31 Aug 10:59

New Technical Practice: Playing Around | Practice 2

If you are serious about build-up play, this one is for you.

Get your head around what central progression looks like when playing through, and then start to work through these ten patterns for playing around when through is not an option. Simple technical repetition that will give you and your players a clear picture of both options and when to use them.

Available for subscribers now 👇

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PLAYING OUT - AROUND - TECHNICAL PRACTICE 2

A technical practice on build-up play, progressing through scenarios and coaching points players will encounter when playing out and around from the back.