God Jul, Feliz Natal, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad!

While here in Sweden, some football clubs are increasingly forcing early specialisation with heavy loads of weekly training, in other parts of Europe, the approach is...

Today was time for 🏏 during our ⚽️ training

🎨🔢⚽️ coaching problem!

Tomaz Morais (Sporting Portugal Youth Director): "Sometimes I see training sessions that resemble Jogos sem Fronteiras (Games Without Borders), lacking any logic, simply because they look visually appealing, and I wonder if it wouldn't be better to just let them play!"

back in time, last summer fantastic charla by @martict99.bsky.social y Venezia FC Jordi Lie

going back to last summer when discussing with @markstkhlm.bsky.social clubs now using apps that "teach how to play football", including AI coaching!

Uma bola de pano num charco
Um sorriso traquina, um chuto
Na ladeira a correr, um arco
E o céu no olhar dum puto

The current Portuguese football quality, both players and coaches, began a long time ago, in 1989, with a group of visionary university students, professors