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18 articles
- Tactics3 min read
Set pieces in youth football: almost a third of goals
In matches for 10 to 12-year-olds, almost three in every ten goals come from set pieces, just like at World Cups. What the data says, what to teach at each restart by age, and how to train it in stages without turning it into chalkboard routines.
- Tactics4 min read
Teaching defending: from 1v1 to zonal defence
Defending is learned in layers: first the duel, then helping a team-mate, then the line and finally the block. What to teach at each age, with the principles of Borzi and FIFA and exercises for every step.
- Tactics2 min read
Possession or quick attack: why you need to teach both
Keeping the ball and attacking fast are not opposing styles: a good team needs both and knows when to use each. FIFA's principles for youth development and how to train them by changing a single rule of the game.