In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I continued to write about video analysis. I started with setting a historical context in comparison especially to NFL. Then I continued by talking about pre natch opposition analysis as well as potential pros and cona of group analysis.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I finished off my series on important considerations for South African players potentially moving to Europe. Highlighting the importance of using the domestic market correctly first, especially the fantastic invention that is the ddc

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I continued writing about potentially important considerations for South African players moving to Europe. I also outline why having this ambition is important in the first place amd also reflect a little about the current upcoming generation

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote about the question of what specifically South African players can do (on and off the field) in order to transfer domestic success to a career in Europe more often and more successfully as was more commonplace in the 1990s and early 2000s

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I again had the pleasure of speaking to @M_Thallinger about various attacking aspects of the game. Marcel introduces a model that he created for categorising football actions in a different and very fluent way. Really enjoyed this conversation!

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote about positions as a tool in player development. I give and discuss a practical example of a multi directional practice in a circular field and go into detail of why this can be useful in developing well rounded multi faceted footballers

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote about using positions on the field as teaching tools. Paticularly examples of how changing players from one to another can create benefits for the original positions. I also have a look at how the tool of position can be used in training

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes I had the pleasure of interviewing Mario Despotovic. Mario is the sporting director of Egyptian club Wadi Degla SC. He shares some great insights on the the key responsibilities of his role as well as his views on Egyptian and South African football

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes anniversary edition I wrote about positional considerations/specialisation in youth football. How using the match as a tool for players to learn football actions through experiencing different positions and some consequences for the training process

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I had the pleasure of interviewing @pablo48pr of @allironsports. Pablo talks about player scouting and identification, what modern player-care looks like, as well as current and future trends of the agency business in football as a whole.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes I wrote about considerations around playing style in youth football. How coaching has evolved enormously in the aspect of team playing style but how perhaps an overfocus in this area my have a hindering or negative effect in youth football development

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I had the pleasure to interview my friend and colleague Lukas Brandl. He is the TD of SV Ried and an educational scientist. He talks about learning in the fooball context incl considerations around involving the players in practice design.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote a follow up piece on training attacking through the halfspaces. I include 2 practices, one of which is a 3v2 flow-attacking game and the second is a bigger game in a 10v10 with some possible constraints and conditions brainstormed.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I had the pleasure of interviewing my colleague Marcel Thallinger, who is thr U18 head coach of SV Ried. Marcel gives some great insight around the halfspaces on attack. Their importance, playing principles and some practice ideas as well.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote about practice examples focused around attacking and combining through the halfspaces. With extra attention given to some of the ideas that we shared around this in the previous 2 weeks such as overloading this area or halfspace switches

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I continued writing about the attacking halfspaces. I talked about possibilities of playing diagonally into the halfspaces and why this is so important for continuing combinations towards goalscoring chances as well as using halfspace-switches.

In last weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote an introduction around the halfspaces, their advantages and why they have such a central importance for attacking teams. We will follow up with some expansion in the coming week(s) around more concrete situations and possible practices.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes I continued writing about the frequency of ball contacts when dribbling. I go further into detail of why this is so important in various positions and the advantages around this. This time with a constrained small sided game as a practical example

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote about dribbling and the under-appreciated factor of the frequency with which a player touches the ball. I elaborate on this and present a practical example of how this can be worked on quite implicitly with a 3v3 training exercise.

In last week's @iDiskiTimes article we finished of our series on player recruitment with an interview with SV Ried Sporting Director Wolfgang Fiala. Wolfgang gives us great insight into how to set up your club to be successful in this highly complex market, short and long term.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote part 3 about recruitment. This time talking about mechanisms (a coherent club playing style) independent of fluctuations in the coaching. And how this can be broken down from the collective level to guidelines for individual positions

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes is part 2 on the transfer market and recruitment considerations. I used some old Liverpool examples as case studies of market tendencies and try to show why a single transfer is far more complex than it looks from the outside.

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article, the first of 2025 after a few weeks break, I wrote about player recruitment and transfer-market considerations. I use a comparison to the NFL (Tom Brady and Lamar Jackson) to highlight how complex this subject is. To be continued next week

In this weeks @iDiskiTimes article I wrote about wave practices. These are traditionally seen as transition and goalscoring practices only. In this article, with two practical examples, I try to show how they can also be used for other attacking considerations as well

In this weeks iDiskiTimes article I had the great pleasure to interview the one and only Tim Rieke. Tim shares thoughts on current and future attacking trends as well as reccomendations for the coaching of this topic. Really highly recommend 🙌

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Team: FC St. Pauli
Season: 2023-2024
Coach Fabian Hürzeler