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8s Receiving Behind & Getting Body Across More Game-Related Practice evident within the early training videos from Rangers. The importance of "8s" Receiving behind line: - Can instantly attract "Next Line" e.g. Southampton Goal v Leeds - They can dribble across retreating midfielders to create a 2v1 - Creating... show more

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🔬HOW WE JUDGE OUR PLAYERS IN WORKOUTS… Most players think if they make shots, they have a good training session or practice. To me that’s not even in the top 3. If Players come in and do these 3 things, we’ll have a really productive session.. 1. Pace - Have a high work rate, move with intensity and purpose. 2. Bounce Back - How quickly do you bounce back when negative adversity hits… missing shots, losing a drill, getting scored on, etc. 3. Presence - If you come in the gym with positive energy, ready to work, communicating, etc. Seems like a 3 of those are choices too 😉

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Jerry Weinstein

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This is also why I rate Barcola higher than Doue. and Vini higher than most people would historically. As defenses become more organized, defenders become more athletic. the time you have on-ball decreases, but also the average quality of an on ball action but off ball runs, especially at high volume are incredible scary. creating space by getting in behind, cutting diagonally, asking questions of defenses. football is a game of space and off ball movement opens it the easiest. So if you make 20 high quality runs across a game and then every member of your front line is also doing that and playing off of you, it's hard as hell to stop

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