football coaching Tag

23 Jun

Posted at 13:00h in Research

At the end of every season, one ranking inevitably captures the spotlight: the goalscoring table. The logic seems straightforward. More goals should mean better attacking performance. But football is rarely that simple. While total goals provide an important starting point, they reveal very little about how...

22 Jun

Posted at 14:14h in Research

How do possessions that end in a goal really begin, develop and finish? Football often debates attacking styles as if there were only one correct answer. Should teams attack quickly?Should they build patiently?Should they press high?Should they dominate through possession?Should they attack directly after recovery? The data suggests...

06 Jun

Posted at 18:35h in Research

Running more can mean two very different things in football. Sometimes it means you are hurting the opponent. Sometimes it means the opponent is hurting you. That is why high-intensity distance should never be interpreted as a simple “more is better” metric. Its meaning depends on the...

03 Jul

Posted at 12:47h in Research

Are your small-sided training sessions truly representative of what happens during matches? This article presents a cutting-edge model developed by LALIGA’s Football Intelligence Area using real match data and artificial intelligence to dynamically detect and classify small-sided game contexts based on opponent behavior, tactical systems,...