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Meet The New Manager, Same As The Old Manager |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 17 Jan 2011
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“The Dutch are at their best when they combine the system with individual creativity.” |
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Coaches Education
on 17 Jan 2011
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Football’s Greatest Managers: #3 Rinus Michels
“The Dutch are at their best when they combine the system with individual creativity.” – Hubert Smeets
Rinus Michels’ association with Ajax was a truly lifelong one. Born
in February 1928 just a stone’s throw from the Olympisch Stadion,
Michels began playing in the club’s junior ranks in 1940 aged 12 and
quickly marked himself out as an industrious young forward. Having had
his career put on hold by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during
World War Two, Michels eventually broke into the Ajax first team in
1946.
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Piqué: I believe that a defined style and continuity with the young players coming through the ranks |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 09 Jan 2011
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"Believing in the work you are doing from the youth teams up to the
senior side and always knowing what's at stake – that's important. The
values Barcelona offer their young players have helped generate a
specific style of play – I think that no other club in the world has
this." Click here to read more
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heading was never one of Dzeko's strong points....until he began working hard at it |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 07 Jan 2011
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Edin Dzeko: When I was young I cried with fear as my friends were killed in the war... not much scares me now
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Three humble blokes that are an example to children |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 06 Jan 2011
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The following is a translation of Johan Cruyff’s weekly article in El Periodico. The original can be found here.
Johan Cruyff’s key points.
Having three finalists vying for the world’s best player award is a privilege and an honour for Barca, for all cules.
Next Monday, there will be no more uncertainty. Messi, Xavi or Iniesta – one of the three will win the 2010 Balon d’Or.
And all three are from the same team, which speaks well of the pure
potential of the teamwork on which they feed off each other. Football is
played with 11 players, a ball and the rest are their movements. They
do it on a field 60 by 100 meters and everything is decided in half a
meter. Not much more. How then do you decide who is the best in a team
sport?
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Frank de Boer bringing the ‘old school’ back to Ajax |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Jan 2011
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3-4-3, Ajax and Johan Cruijff: The love affair |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Jan 2011
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Why Ajax Are No Longer Dutch Masters |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 05 Jan 2011
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For
football fans of a certain age, the name Ajax resonates with history,
bringing back memories of the early 70s when the famous club from
Amsterdam won the European Cup three years in a row, displaying a brand
of “total football” that also inspired the Dutch national team in its
dazzling run to two World Cup finals.
Guided
by the prodigious talents of the legendary Johan Cruyff and ably
supported by the likes of Ruud Krol, Johan Neeskens and Arie Haan, Ajax
established themselves as one of the foremost clubs in European football
with the distinctive white shirts with the vertical red band down the
front becoming the epitome of “cool”. It wasn’t just the fact that they
won so much, but the striking manner of their victories, as they
exhibited a unique blend of individual creativity and progressive
tactics.
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La Masía nurtures Barcelona's philosophy for technical excellence |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 03 Jan 2011
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Player agent Mike Wheeler explains youth player ownership and other things in MLS (Part 1 of 4) |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 03 Jan 2011
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TEDDY CHRONOPOULOS on Soccer |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 30 Dec 2010
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Soccer News: Great Coaches on Great Soccer with Teddy Chronopoulos
TEDDY CHRONOPOULOS, Academy Director at Cosmos Academy West has played more than 400 professional soccer games and was a two-time Major League Soccer (MLS) All Star.
SN chats with Teddy Chronopoulos who played for two years in Greece for Panionios FC.
Teddy also attended Cal State San Bernardino from 1990-1992, San Diego
State University in 1993 and was a Member of US National Team as well
as a professional soccer player in the MLS with New England Revolution and NY Metrostars and also played for the Charleston Battery.
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Global Player of the Year: Xavi |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 27 Dec 2010
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Sometimes, statistics can obscure. They can disguise shortcomings,
flatter reputations or fail to communicate brilliance. After all, no
sane critic would judge Pele on the percentage of his shots that hit the
target, or rate Franz Beckenbauer on the strength of his ProZone
figures. But sometimes, statistics can illuminate, and cold, hard,
tangible facts do serve to illustrate just why Barcelona and Spain star
Xavi is ESPNsoccernet's Global Player of the Year for 2010. After
all, the notoriously self-effacing playmaker is unlikely to sing his
own praises. We will have to let his statistics do the talking. Click here to read more..
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How did tactics develop in 2010? |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 27 Dec 2010
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In August, I wrote a piece for the Guardian's pre-season supplement
in which I speculated that, after the World Cup and Internazionale's
success in the Champions League, we may be about to witness a return to
reactive football. Since when we've seen probably the most attacking
Premier League in living memory, which goes to show two things: first,
never believe anything anybody writes when trying to predict the future
of football; and second, the World Cup is no longer a bellwether.
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Andrés Iniesta: Barcelona’s Once-in-a-Lifetime Guy |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 27 Dec 2010
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"Spain, better than any other nation, nurtures its young by identifying
talent in adolescence and bringing it through as a group to manhood." Click here to read more
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Cruyff’s Corner: A team with an insatiable hunger |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 22 Dec 2010
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The following is a translation of Johan Cruyff’s weekly article in El Periodico. The original can be found here.
Johan Cruyff’s key points.
Barcelona took, in the last seven matches, a 31 to 1 aggregate and the truth is it conducts itself impressively, uniquely.
About
a week ago I had lunch with Pep Guardiola. It’s been some time since we
last met even though we spoke [on the phone] often. It was nice, a very
pleasant encounter between two coaches who likes nothing more than to
talk about what excite us the most; football. Without saying, we don’t
have to look for a subject. And of course, obviously the main topic of
our conversation ended up being, or rather, started out about Barca.
Read more: http://www.totalbarca.com/2010/news/cruyffs-corner-a-team-with-an-insatiable-hunger/#ixzz18rhzJW3S
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Barcelona's secret: Let the kids play |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 22 Dec 2010
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BARCELONA, Spain - The key to the success of
Barcelona's youth academy is giving the young players a chance to play,
according to coach Pep Guardiola. Click here to read more
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Seedorf: Stick With The Good Things |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 17 Dec 2010
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Michael Lewis speaks with AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf on
what it takes to make an impact at the highest levels of European soccer
as a 34-year-old, what he sees in the American game, and his thoughts
on fellow Milan player Oguchi Onyewu. Click here to read more
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“Characteristics of an Ideal Youth Soccer Club” |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 16 Dec 2010
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ARSENAL CONSIDERING US ACADEMY |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 15 Dec 2010
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According to reports, English Premier League perennial power Arsenal are
weighing the possibility of opening a major training academy in the
United States that would focus on developing young American players to
benefit the club. Click here to read more
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Barcelona’s Sponsorship Deal: the End of an Era? |
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Category:
Coaches Education
on 10 Dec 2010
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The news was announced early this morning (Central European Time). FC
Barcelona, after 111 years of not receiving any money from sponsors to
display their company on their shirt, has decided to adopt a shirt
sponsor. The deal will be finalized and subsequently made official on
Monday, when Barça’s president Sandro Rosell, the representatives of the
sponsoring company, as well as the Spanish UNICEF representative will
meet and sign the agreement.
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