applied football science Tag

03 Dic “If Set Pieces Decide Matches… Why Don’t They Decide Our Training?”

Posted at 12:57h in Research

A data-driven provocation for coaches who want to win the invisible battles of modern football. The Scenario Every Coach Has Lived It’s the 84th minute.Your team has dominated phases of open play, controlled territory, and built momentum.But the scoreboard still shows 1–1. You prepare the final substitution.A corner...

12 Sep “The Ball Has a Life of Its Own: Rethinking Possession in Football”

Posted at 13:49h in Research

https://youtu.be/BgA8MOrG5x0 A coach’s dilemma Every week, coaches and analysts ask themselves the same question: How does my team really build its attacks? We often measure possession in percentages or completed passes, but these numbers don’t explain how a team progresses. Did they circulate endlessly in their own half?...

05 Ago xPPDA: Rethinking Pressure in Football with a Dynamic, Context-Aware Metric

Posted at 14:37h in Research

What if your team isn’t pressing as well as the data says? In this post and podcast episode, we explore xPPDA (Expected PPDA Disruption) — a cutting-edge defensive metric developed by the Football Intelligence & Performance Department at LALIGA. Unlike traditional PPDA models based on fixed...