Entries by Bruno

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Pré Época – plano e definição de prioridades

A preparação duma época envolve diversos ângulos de ação / decisão no sentido da construção duma equipa para atingir objetivos, que seja competitiva a jogar bem. Procura-se o início da construção dum processo, esse pede projeção, organização e estabilidade nesta fase inicial. O objetivo é criar uma Cultura competitiva de trabalho, com hábitos positivos de […]

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A Densidade Competitiva no Futebol de Elite

O Futebol profissional tem, ao longo dos últimos anos, registado um aumento considerável de jogos numa época, o que faz com que os calendários fiquem progressivamente mais densos com todas as implicações desportivas e financeiras que isso tem para os Jogadores, Clubes e Seleções. Os direitos televisivos e a sua distribuição equilibrada são um fator […]

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A VISÃO DA EQUIPA COMO FAMÍLIA SOLIDÁRIA

O Futebol como um jogo de grande projeção mediática tem na sua essência a construção de equipas que possam render potenciando as qualidades dos seus jogadores. Um ambiente “familiar” positivo permite a expressão das pessoas que o integram e aglutinam esforços no sentido de alcançar os objetivos propostos. O treinador terá que dar à Equipa, […]

The French National Team – diversity & performance

France 🇫🇷 National Team & “Le Monde de la Francophonie” France reached the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final & some macro analysis points 🗒 come up to explain the consistent performances of french national teams. 📌 Since the 1st immigration influx of french speaking countries there has been (& there is) a massive Human […]

Zonal pressing – Part 1

Ideas to help reducing space defending as a team Currently, in Football, having the control of the game has to be made with and without the ball. Having a good positional balance in the offensive process is key to be safe in possession. However, coordinating defensive behaviours has to be developed in articulation with the […]

Zonal pressing – Part 2

Ideas to help reducing space defending as a team To have a solid defensive block the decisions in the ball area have to be quick and assertive to allow the lines to be tight (goalkeepers and defenders to push the team up). The triggers allow the players to have criteria in the pressing decision or […]

Finishing and defensive transition

Game situation to get more finishing situations and optimize the defensive transition if there is no offensive success. Important to get a good defensive coordination. Progression from 3v2+Gk to 5v4+Gk.

The most important players in the team

Routines for the most important players, the ones who play the least Football is still a game despite the media and social pressures trying to tell us otherwise. Professional footballers are not machines, they rely on emotions, affection and are at their happiest when they are playing in a team that feels like a family. […]

Positional play – pressing and space

Creating triggers to decide Football today progresses to a stage which the identity of the teams is based on many different game philosophies (regarding the coach’s “fingerprint”) which rely on game principles (in a micro or macro perspective) and must have to have a coherent connection in terms of dynamics. I will try to express […]

Preseason in elite football

Preparing the players for elite Football – “building intensity” In the modern game pace is a demand that all teams have to face and, for me, the most difficult stage is to “build” the players ability to keep their performance with composure for 90mins in the first official matches of the competitive period. This subject […]

The coach fingerprint

Building the “play” Football has one truly magic thing, the singularity in which every person perceives the sport, the way his team plays and even the way he likes to play with his friends. In fact, we identify groups of supporters, coaches and so on with certain clubs because the connection between the people and […]

Coaches creating information

Today life brings us a huge amount of information every second. The technical staff in professional football grows to a level which produces a huge amount of data that has to be managed or at least filtered. How does the coach manage that? How much information does he needs? Does he need additional filters? …. […]