Östersunds FK – With a Scouts eye
I'm gonna launch a new series, where I'll take a look at each of the Swedish Allsvenskan teams, starting with Östersunds FK. Who are the core players, who are the…
End to end game – Transitional play
This time I will show two exercises that I often use in my own sessions. Both are good exercises and will focus on the topic “transitional play”, both when going…
Red Bull Salzburg: How to make the most of interceptions
This season’s Champions League was the first edition to ever feature Red Bull Salzburg (RBS). The Austrian Bundesliga winners had qualified directly to the group stages where they were set…
The future defensive midfielder
July 2017, rumors swirled that Barcelona were considering bidding 100 million euros for Italian superstar Marco Verratti. Los Blaugrana saw Verratti as Andrés Iniesta's natural heir."Is he your successor?" Asked…
U21 Italy vs Armenia – FREE Scout Report
The above free scout report is made by one of our scout interns, Jeffrey Chau, Jeffrey is located in Melbourne, Australia, from where he as per now is watching youth…
Transitional play
My second blog post about the theme “transitional play” builds on the first presentation. This blog post starts with a passing exercise with a lot of movement and one of the…
How the new goal kick rule – changed the game
”In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.” - Johan Cruyff Coming into the 2019-20 season The International Football Association Board (IFAB) had…