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After deep diving Alabama SS Justin Lebron, I cannot reasonably get behind him as a 1st rounder. 4.5% barrel, .311 wOBA, 48% GB, and 44% spin-whiff in SEC play. 50 pop feels lenient. Feel to pull helps. Sushi-level raw at SS, looks lackadaisical. ++run/ath Many more thoughts ⬇️

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Don’t know the exact number), but it felt like mostly Ruinous with games of Voracious where it made sense and no lane swaps - There was a good amount of AD/AP squishy and tank mix in each role with omega gigachad Zeka pulling out the Sylas Ahri and Akali where it made sense 🙃 - Skarner and Kalista were the outliers on priority, but teams didn’t seem particularly effective with Kalista… - Skarner on the other hand; will discuss with the team about larger work on him when we get back; he’s too effective at too many things, while also being impotent for regular players - As announced yesterday by Greeley, we’re hoping to see adaptive drafts continue with Fearless for the rest of the year, I think diversity will continue to increase as teams get better at finding lines to draft that make certain counterpick/situational champs god tier after certain champs are out; it will evolve into more of a TFT/Chess style “find the optimal line to draft with the pieces given”, which the prospects are really exciting - An improvement point feels like how long it takes to end if a team gets a significant early lead; part of this is how optimal boringly slowly choking the opponent out is over 15 min, rather than changing the incentive structure so that ahead teams can make major decisive play and can end the game swiftly - Maybe an opportunity space for the future… but interested in hearing peoples’ thoughts on this First Stand Experience - It was amazing and inspiring seeing how many fans were coming out to support the teams without tickets - Not only the KC fans who flew from Europe to do a meetup watch party and it was great chatting to a few, but also what felt like an unstoppable number of college girls coming out to support HLE. I think I counted about 100 wearing HLE jackets on finals day, but it was a reminder of how integrated and mainstream popular League feels in the East - As soon as the entry to the cheerfuls (signs) opened, they all charged in to go and start drawing their cards, it was honestly quite shocking the level of dedication and enthusiasm that some of these fans had, but also awesome - I can’t possibly imagine something like that happening in the West… - We also had the honor to play in a mini Arena tournament with a bunch of LCK Legends that have I've been watching for 15 years and didn’t do too shabby; went 6th, 3rd, 2nd, but Mingyo and Sangho were too good… - It will be the first and last time I get to say I killed Pray, Smeb, Kuro, Madlife, Shy on repeat :D and the players watching on stream were surprised to see the Devs were actually pretty decent LOL, which felt nice - A fan came out specifically to play with Kuro, wearing a ROX Tigers jersey and seeing the joy of getting to meet and play with your hero, she was laughing, smiling, it must have been the time of her life; it’s just a reminder of how meaningful League can be and just makes us really inspired to keep working hard to make the game good Solo Q Experience and Balance - Outside of the work obligations, had some time to slam 20 Solo Q games; was pleasantly surprised by my level this time around, feels like I’m playing around solidly KR D2/D1 level, which is quite shocking, because it’s not like I’m Masters level on NA right now and haven’t been able to play more than 50 games in the last 6 months due to life. Probably would've won more if I wasn't such a kda player xD - Main character syndrome still feels really peak here, the person either goes 8-0 or 0-8 and is spam FF’ing repeatedly, so minimizing my enemy laner impact, scaling and playing defensively to support my jungler feels most effective even though I’m playing Ori who feels like a dog champ on this server, since it’s so hard to actually land QW on anyone due to their mechanics and it’s risky to walk in river and so easy to die to ganks - Moving to help jungler in lost fights to avoid mental boom is the only thing that I’m finding annoying, some of these fight selections feel extremely perplexing, like Zac wanting to fight Lee at first scuttle with no prio and I end up having to sac my lane half the time to prevent them from AFK’ing or soft inting because I didn’t move, it’s super annoying… - Every post game chat also feels like at least 3 players are writing their PhD thesis, which is somewhat amusing, but also really unfortunate… - It feels like Lee Sin or Viego are in every game with a 30% pickrate, so if you can prevent the team from throwing and always follow them around and play secondary, they can carry, whereas on NA, Lee Sins in Diamond can't carry and suck relatively (ping hurts as well), so it’s not like you can play around them reliably - It was interesting to feel again for myself just how different these champs feel in their balance state across servers, indeed in one of the press conferences there was a question about balancing decisions making no sense for the state of the champ on KR server. I can see why KR players get angry when we buff Lee because the other regions suck at him, he unironically feels 2-3% winrate stronger on KR server, same with Jayce who has a monstrous pickrate here as well - We even almost buffed Lee Sin for First Stand because he’s been pretty absent from Pro, so I’m actually not quite sure what we’re meant to do about that… - The other thing that I forgot was how good it was to play on 2ms ping. I’m not sure whether it’s net positive for the person dodging or the person hitting, but since I mostly play immobile mages, it feels like I can dodge line skillshots and range leash people more effectively, which makes Mages feel so much better, though it also means it’s extremely hard to QW tag someone in a teamfight as Ori, let alone hit them with R - I’m curious if any people have done any analysis on this - I also attached typical KR Lee Sin penta 😅 Anyway, back to NA tmrw, lots of work to do
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And that’s a wrap on First Stand !! Incoming “I ain't reading that, happy for u, or sorry that happened” post xD First Stand Gameplay - Was pretty happy with how the lane swaps and adjustments to Atakhan worked out. Don’t know the exact number), but it felt like mostly Ruinous with games of Voracious where it made sense and no lane swaps - There was a good amount of AD/AP squishy and tank mix in each role with omega gigachad Zeka pulling out the Sylas Ahri and Akali where it made sense 🙃 - Skarner and Kalista were the outliers on priority, but teams didn’t seem particularly effective with Kalista… - Skarner on the other hand; will discuss with the team about larger work on him when we get back; he’s too effective at too many things, while also being impotent for regular players - As announced yesterday by Greeley, we’re hoping to see adaptive drafts continue with Fearless for the rest of the year, I think diversity will continue to increase as teams get better at finding lines to draft that make certain counterpick/situational champs god tier after certain champs are out; it will evolve into more of a TFT/Chess style “find the optimal line to draft with the pieces given”, which the prospects are really exciting - An improvement point feels like how long it takes to end if a team gets a significant early lead; part of this is how optimal boringly slowly choking the opponent out is over 15 min, rather than changing the incentive structure so that ahead teams can make major decisive play and can end the game swiftly - Maybe an opportunity space for the future… but interested in hearing peoples’ thoughts on this First Stand Experience - It was amazing and inspiring seeing how many fans were coming out to support the teams without tickets - Not only the KC fans who flew from Europe to do a meetup watch party and it was great chatting to a few, but also what felt like an unstoppable number of college girls coming out to support HLE. I think I counted about 100 wearing HLE jackets on finals day, but it was a reminder of how integrated and mainstream popular League feels in the East - As soon as the entry to the cheerfuls (signs) opened, they all charged in to go and start drawing their cards, it was honestly quite shocking the level of dedication and enthusiasm that some of these fans had, but also awesome - I can’t possibly imagine something like that happening in the West… - We also had the honor to play in a mini Arena tournament with a bunch of LCK Legends that have I've been watching for 15 years and didn’t do too shabby; went 6th, 3rd, 2nd, but Mingyo and Sangho were too good… - It will be the first and last time I get to say I killed Pray, Smeb, Kuro, Madlife, Shy on repeat :D and the players watching on stream were surprised to see the Devs were actually pretty decent LOL, which felt nice - A fan came out specifically to play with Kuro, wearing a ROX Tigers jersey and seeing the joy of getting to meet and play with your hero, she was laughing, smiling, it must have been the time of her life; it’s just a reminder of how meaningful League can be and just makes us really inspired to keep working hard to make the game good Solo Q Experience and Balance - Outside of the work obligations, had some time to slam 20 Solo Q games; was pleasantly surprised by my level this time around, feels like I’m playing around solidly KR D2/D1 level, which is quite shocking, because it’s not like I’m Masters level on NA right now and haven’t been able to play more than 50 games in the last 6 months due to life. Probably would've won more if I wasn't such a kda player xD - Main character syndrome still feels really peak here, the person either goes 8-0 or 0-8 and is spam FF’ing repeatedly, so minimizing my enemy laner impact, scaling and playing defensively to support my jungler feels most effective even though I’m playing Ori who feels like a dog champ on this server, since it’s so hard to actually land QW on anyone due to their mechanics and it’s risky to walk in river and so easy to die to ganks - Moving to help jungler in lost fights to avoid mental boom is the only thing that I’m finding annoying, some of these fight selections feel extremely perplexing, like Zac wanting to fight Lee at first scuttle with no prio and I end up having to sac my lane half the time to prevent them from AFK’ing or soft inting because I didn’t move, it’s super annoying… - Every post game chat also feels like at least 3 players are writing their PhD thesis, which is somewhat amusing, but also really unfortunate… - It feels like Lee Sin or Viego are in every game with a 30% pickrate, so if you can prevent the team from throwing and always follow them around and play secondary, they can carry, whereas on NA, Lee Sins in Diamond can't carry and suck relatively (ping hurts as well), so it’s not like you can play around them reliably - It was interesting to feel again for myself just how different these champs feel in their balance state across servers, indeed in one of the press conferences there was a question about balancing decisions making no sense for the state of the champ on KR server. I can see why KR players get angry when we buff Lee because the other regions suck at him, he unironically feels 2-3% winrate stronger on KR server, same with Jayce who has a monstrous pickrate here as well - We even almost buffed Lee Sin for First Stand because he’s been pretty absent from Pro, so I’m actually not quite sure what we’re meant to do about that… - The other thing that I forgot was how good it was to play on 2ms ping. I’m not sure whether it’s net positive for the person dodging or the person hitting, but since I mostly play immobile mages, it feels like I can dodge line skillshots and range leash people more effectively, which makes Mages feel so much better, though it also means it’s extremely hard to QW tag someone in a teamfight as Ori, let alone hit them with R - I’m curious if any people have done any analysis on this - I also attached typical KR Lee Sin penta 😅 Anyway, back to NA tmrw, lots of work to do

Matt Leung-Harrison

152,058 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

"I know where you live...I have my methods" *** The truth of Abdusellam aka Mocha Bezirgan 🇨🇦's accusations after being confronted on his anti-Sikh hate *** 1) STOP WASTING POLICE TIME! These youtuber hate spreaders (Keean Bexte Kirk Lubimov Daniel Bordman) constantly attack police online, claiming Sikh officers are an "infiltration", then run to them playing victim any time they are approached by a Sikh! 2) Abdusellam attempted to film under-18 bystanders directly to fabricate claims he was "surrounded", leading to direct intervention. 3) As seen in this video, Abdusellam (who is a visibly a lot older than he looks online, at least 35), makes no qualms about saying "I know where you live". In this day-and-age where Sikh activists get "duty to warn" notices, this is nothing other than a threat. 4) I asked Abdusellam for an interview. We have the right to question him on his content. Note, this so-called journalist never tried to interview any speakers on the day. He wants to film, run under his rock (literally ran when he thought no one was watching) and claim we are extremists. This man is being paid to spread hate in Canada. 5) I will never hesitate to confront those who spread hate against Sikhs. I look forward to seeing any such figures at the next Sikh gathering. I know many many Sikhs feel the same way. We are expecting you. I encourage more who feel able, don't hesitate to confront these bigots when they enter our spaces.
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"I know where you live...I have my methods" *** The truth of Abdusellam aka Mocha Bezirgan 🇨🇦's accusations after being confronted on his anti-Sikh hate *** 1) STOP WASTING POLICE TIME! These youtuber hate spreaders (Keean Bexte Kirk Lubimov Daniel Bordman) constantly attack police online, claiming Sikh officers are an "infiltration", then run to them playing victim any time they are approached by a Sikh! 2) Abdusellam attempted to film under-18 bystanders directly to fabricate claims he was "surrounded", leading to direct intervention. 3) As seen in this video, Abdusellam (who is a visibly a lot older than he looks online, at least 35), makes no qualms about saying "I know where you live". In this day-and-age where Sikh activists get "duty to warn" notices, this is nothing other than a threat. 4) I asked Abdusellam for an interview. We have the right to question him on his content. Note, this so-called journalist never tried to interview any speakers on the day. He wants to film, run under his rock (literally ran when he thought no one was watching) and claim we are extremists. This man is being paid to spread hate in Canada. 5) I will never hesitate to confront those who spread hate against Sikhs. I look forward to seeing any such figures at the next Sikh gathering. I know many many Sikhs feel the same way. We are expecting you. I encourage more who feel able, don't hesitate to confront these bigots when they enter our spaces.

Jasveer Singh

13,274 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

OF Trevor Condon (Tennessee Baseball) was one of my favorite position players I saw in Jupiter. Collected 7 hits (1 XBH) and 4 RBIs across 5 games. Slightly undersized, but there's some impact (mainly to the pull side) packed into his frame. Wiry, athletic build at 5'11" and 175-lbs. Prototypical top-of-the-order table setter. Explosive and twitchy operation in the box with no-doubt plus bat speed. Feel for the barrel is there, high-level bat-to-ball skills. Controlled the zone well with polished swing decisions in my looks last week. Does tend to hit the ball on the ground, would like to see more line drives. Hit-over-power profile with some PS thump. Gets out of the box unbelievably quick, turned in 70-grade run times. Condon's tantalizing combination of speed and athleticism translates well to centerfield. He can really go and get it and has plenty of range, but if he can shore up his routes (take a more efficient, crisp path to the baseball) he has a chance to become an impact defender. The intangibles with Condon are a nice cherry on top. Advanced baseball sense; stole 2nd on a great dirt ball read, swiped 3rd on a well-executed shuffle lead. Incredibly high motor, plays with his hair on fire. Does not take a pitch off! Always involved, brings the juice! Like the Energizer bunny. Kind of a throwback player in that sense - it's clear he LOVES to play! Think along the lines of Sal Frelick/Slater de Brun (SDB better defender at this point with more of a physical, barrel-chested look). Top 2-3 round type for me this July.
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OF Trevor Condon (Tennessee Baseball) was one of my favorite position players I saw in Jupiter. Collected 7 hits (1 XBH) and 4 RBIs across 5 games. Slightly undersized, but there's some impact (mainly to the pull side) packed into his frame. Wiry, athletic build at 5'11" and 175-lbs. Prototypical top-of-the-order table setter. Explosive and twitchy operation in the box with no-doubt plus bat speed. Feel for the barrel is there, high-level bat-to-ball skills. Controlled the zone well with polished swing decisions in my looks last week. Does tend to hit the ball on the ground, would like to see more line drives. Hit-over-power profile with some PS thump. Gets out of the box unbelievably quick, turned in 70-grade run times. Condon's tantalizing combination of speed and athleticism translates well to centerfield. He can really go and get it and has plenty of range, but if he can shore up his routes (take a more efficient, crisp path to the baseball) he has a chance to become an impact defender. The intangibles with Condon are a nice cherry on top. Advanced baseball sense; stole 2nd on a great dirt ball read, swiped 3rd on a well-executed shuffle lead. Incredibly high motor, plays with his hair on fire. Does not take a pitch off! Always involved, brings the juice! Like the Energizer bunny. Kind of a throwback player in that sense - it's clear he LOVES to play! Think along the lines of Sal Frelick/Slater de Brun (SDB better defender at this point with more of a physical, barrel-chested look). Top 2-3 round type for me this July.

Peter Flaherty III

64,960 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

Giants/Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart Deep Passing 2024 (20+ Yards from LOS) Total 22.6% Throw Rate 38/90 42.2% 1550 yards 119.2 YPG 17 TD 4 INT SEC (8 Games) 24.1% Throw Rate 18/59 30.5% 734 yards 91.7 YPG 6 TD 3 INT Non-Conference (5 Games) 20.1% Throw Rate 20/31 64.5% 816 yards 163.2 YPG 11 TD 1 INT Kept my thoughts out of the individual posts but will give some here. He is aggressive. Really aggressive. His attempt rate would have been the highest in the NFL by almost 4%. I think that number being higher v. SEC opponents is a product of less easy throw but him being more comfortable throwing vertical than trusting spacing. That's what you want to work with a young QB. I also think the decision making was good on the majority of misses (outside of Florida/LSU) but he was just innacuarate. The innaccuracy worries me against the SEC. The All-22 shows this better but it would consistently putter out around 50 yards and fall short & inside too often. Fades away from too many throws which leads to this but he doesn't lack arm talent, just elite arm talent that allows you to play how he does consistently. You see against the bad teams how good it can be when he's comfortable. Gotta be able to do it uncomortable spots in the NFL to be successful. Here's how his deep completion rate would rank in the NFL in 2024 (42 QB's): Total: 42.2% (9th) SEC: 30.5% (34th) Non-Conf: 64.5% (1st) Ultimately, Dart needs to learn quick game, protections, get more comfortable going through progressions and seeing things post snap but we all like the aggression and it has to be a big part of why he was Brian Daboll's guy. Get better at it and let's win some damn games! Every single pass:
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Giants/Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart Deep Passing 2024 (20+ Yards from LOS) Total 22.6% Throw Rate 38/90 42.2% 1550 yards 119.2 YPG 17 TD 4 INT SEC (8 Games) 24.1% Throw Rate 18/59 30.5% 734 yards 91.7 YPG 6 TD 3 INT Non-Conference (5 Games) 20.1% Throw Rate 20/31 64.5% 816 yards 163.2 YPG 11 TD 1 INT Kept my thoughts out of the individual posts but will give some here. He is aggressive. Really aggressive. His attempt rate would have been the highest in the NFL by almost 4%. I think that number being higher v. SEC opponents is a product of less easy throw but him being more comfortable throwing vertical than trusting spacing. That's what you want to work with a young QB. I also think the decision making was good on the majority of misses (outside of Florida/LSU) but he was just innacuarate. The innaccuracy worries me against the SEC. The All-22 shows this better but it would consistently putter out around 50 yards and fall short & inside too often. Fades away from too many throws which leads to this but he doesn't lack arm talent, just elite arm talent that allows you to play how he does consistently. You see against the bad teams how good it can be when he's comfortable. Gotta be able to do it uncomortable spots in the NFL to be successful. Here's how his deep completion rate would rank in the NFL in 2024 (42 QB's): Total: 42.2% (9th) SEC: 30.5% (34th) Non-Conf: 64.5% (1st) Ultimately, Dart needs to learn quick game, protections, get more comfortable going through progressions and seeing things post snap but we all like the aggression and it has to be a big part of why he was Brian Daboll's guy. Get better at it and let's win some damn games! Every single pass:

Bobby Skinner

29,630 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

I asked Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison four questions today at his end-of-season press conference: Me: “You said me and Coach Kidd are aligned, you know the player(s) that he likes. But when it comes to a trade of this magnitude, it’s the main player that led y’all to the finals last season, so I wanted to ask you, what did that conversation look like at the 11th hour when you told him that y’all would be trading Luka Doncic, and do you think it was fair to him to have y’all’s entire team to be built around Luka, and then in the middle of the season him having to pivot to a completely different player to try to make the title run again?” Harrison: “I think there’s some difficulties anytime when you do a trade that big during the middle of the season. We saw it when we traded for Kyrie a couple years ago. Sometimes trades take a little longer to really see how good a trade it was. But I also know his connectivity to Anthony Davis. He won a championship with him with the Lakers. I know his admiration for him as a defensive player, and so I wasn’t worried about that.” Me: “What did y’all’s conversation look like when you let him know?” Harrison: “It was really brief. I just told him the reasoning behind it and let him know, and he understood and he got geared up to start white boarding to get ready to see how we would play with Anthony Davis.” Me: “Do you feel like he agreed with those reasons?” Harrison: “I don’t think it’s about agreeing, but he aligns with how I think in terms of defense wins championships. That’s how he feels. He also aligns with the philosophy of versatile style of play. And so it really wasn’t about agreeing or disagreeing, it was about ‘I see the vision, let’s go.’” Me: “Defense is one thing that’s been talked about so many times when you’re referring to this trade. With you trading Luka, in a way you’re betting on Anthony Davis to help you guys but it’s also you thinking AD would help more than Doncic did. Outside of defense, why are you betting against Luka Doncic not being able to bring y’all a title when he was here?” Harrison: “It’s more about AD…I’m not going to bet against Luka or speak negatively towards him. He’s not here anymore. But it’s the belief that I have in the guys that are in this locker room.”
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I asked Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison four questions today at his end-of-season press conference: Me: “You said me and Coach Kidd are aligned, you know the player(s) that he likes. But when it comes to a trade of this magnitude, it’s the main player that led y’all to the finals last season, so I wanted to ask you, what did that conversation look like at the 11th hour when you told him that y’all would be trading Luka Doncic, and do you think it was fair to him to have y’all’s entire team to be built around Luka, and then in the middle of the season him having to pivot to a completely different player to try to make the title run again?” Harrison: “I think there’s some difficulties anytime when you do a trade that big during the middle of the season. We saw it when we traded for Kyrie a couple years ago. Sometimes trades take a little longer to really see how good a trade it was. But I also know his connectivity to Anthony Davis. He won a championship with him with the Lakers. I know his admiration for him as a defensive player, and so I wasn’t worried about that.” Me: “What did y’all’s conversation look like when you let him know?” Harrison: “It was really brief. I just told him the reasoning behind it and let him know, and he understood and he got geared up to start white boarding to get ready to see how we would play with Anthony Davis.” Me: “Do you feel like he agreed with those reasons?” Harrison: “I don’t think it’s about agreeing, but he aligns with how I think in terms of defense wins championships. That’s how he feels. He also aligns with the philosophy of versatile style of play. And so it really wasn’t about agreeing or disagreeing, it was about ‘I see the vision, let’s go.’” Me: “Defense is one thing that’s been talked about so many times when you’re referring to this trade. With you trading Luka, in a way you’re betting on Anthony Davis to help you guys but it’s also you thinking AD would help more than Doncic did. Outside of defense, why are you betting against Luka Doncic not being able to bring y’all a title when he was here?” Harrison: “It’s more about AD…I’m not going to bet against Luka or speak negatively towards him. He’s not here anymore. But it’s the belief that I have in the guys that are in this locker room.”

Noah Weber

199,034 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Pressing, transitions and goals in Canada! After the hiring of Jesse Marsch this week by Canada Soccer , there has been lots of talk about pressing and transitions in the football community. This is THE style of play that we have used for the last 5 years with Alliance United FC in @L1OMens and will give you some insight in how this can look. We went away from the 'possession' based 1-4-3-3 that everyone has been using as the 'best way' to develop players and win games. Many say this is the 'right way' of playing. However, we use the players' abilities and inabilities as the starting point and based on players produced in Canada, within our youth system, this is the way we think will get us the best results and help our players get to the next level. You need to understand youth development in our country to understand what is and what is not being taught to young players. This is not a negative outlook, it is just looking at the reality. Many mistake this style of play as just non-stop pressing and chaos. Yes, these two aspects are important but it is a much more deliberate and planned way of playing that is used to predict where the opposition will play the ball, where the ball can be dictated and what areas the opposition leave open for transitions when they attack. In 2019, I was introduced to Ernst Tanner former Academy Director of Red Bull Salzburg and current Philadelphia Union Sporting Director that has led the club to being one of the top clubs in MLS and arguably the best academies in North America the last few years. Both organisations are known for their pressing and fast transitions in addition to producing top players. He became a mentor to me and gave me insights and education on this style of play. He has changed the way I look at football. Every season we try to recruit players that can play this style that I will describe below and we do not waiver in the way we played. Every game since 2019 Alliance United FC have played either in a 1-4-2-2-2 or a 1-4-4-2 midfield diamond....every game. We have no secrets in how we play. We focus on defending, pressing, forcing teams into mistakes and transition football. It is important to understand that we do not care how much possession we have and we actually want the opposition to have the ball most of the time. Stats in football show that only when a team has the ball 70% or more in a match their is a correlation to winning. Anything less is not correlated to winning in a certain match. In addition, 80% of goals are scored under 5 passes or less and under 10 seconds when regaining possession. We follow the trend! So, here are some important points based on the video: a) Pressing higher up the pitch when possible. All 11 players are committed to the team intention (principles) and if anybody is not committed and does not contribute to this style of play, they do not play. There is no leeway on this. Either you are in 100% in or you are not. All it takes is one player to not commit and the plan will not work. If we do not win the ball on the high press, everyone is to drop behind the ball as fast as possible to restart the press closer to our goal. b) Based on the opponent's scouting we press certain players and decide if will press closer to the sideline and 'pin' the player to the sideline or we dictate the passes and dribbles centrally and 'surround' the player to win the ball in central positions. We also decide if we will sometimes drop lower for the opposition to advance so we can play behind them when winning the ball. This is done if we scout that the opposition centre-backs are slower than our two strikers. This means we will 'outrun' them in the space they leave behind. c) When winning the ball we want to exploit space behind their backline as the priority which means that a player(s) need to be passing options behind the backline and preferably centrally which is closer to the goal, players winning the ball has to look to play the ball to the player furthest up the pitch. Possession is not a priority but scoring goals as fast as possible is. d) When winning the ball we stay as central as possible with passes and dribbling. We use the width of the penalty area (44 yards) as the preferable dimension when transitioning. We want to stay within this width. The wider the team plays the ball, the more time the opposition has to block the middle. PLAY AS VERTICALLY AS POSSIBLE! The emphasis is to get the ball to the two strikers and play 1v1 against the CBs. e) We know that most youth players grow up playing against a 1-4-3-3 which means there is one central striker meaning the centre-backs one back press and one can cover. Against 2 strikers this is not possible and many centre-backs do not have the ability to play 1v1 with space behind them. They are not taught the cues to step and press or drop to protect space behind them. They are never taught at youth level. We exploit this deficiency. e) All 11 players must get up the pitch to close the spaces if we lose the ball from our attacking transition so the opposition cannot transition against us and we can counter-press. f) A goal is the best outcome based on the objective of attacking but at the minimum we want to get a shot on goal from a transition. This is a quick overview of a different way of playing football that Canada will see with the Men's National Team.
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Pressing, transitions and goals in Canada! After the hiring of Jesse Marsch this week by Canada Soccer , there has been lots of talk about pressing and transitions in the football community. This is THE style of play that we have used for the last 5 years with Alliance United FC in @L1OMens and will give you some insight in how this can look. We went away from the 'possession' based 1-4-3-3 that everyone has been using as the 'best way' to develop players and win games. Many say this is the 'right way' of playing. However, we use the players' abilities and inabilities as the starting point and based on players produced in Canada, within our youth system, this is the way we think will get us the best results and help our players get to the next level. You need to understand youth development in our country to understand what is and what is not being taught to young players. This is not a negative outlook, it is just looking at the reality. Many mistake this style of play as just non-stop pressing and chaos. Yes, these two aspects are important but it is a much more deliberate and planned way of playing that is used to predict where the opposition will play the ball, where the ball can be dictated and what areas the opposition leave open for transitions when they attack. In 2019, I was introduced to Ernst Tanner former Academy Director of Red Bull Salzburg and current Philadelphia Union Sporting Director that has led the club to being one of the top clubs in MLS and arguably the best academies in North America the last few years. Both organisations are known for their pressing and fast transitions in addition to producing top players. He became a mentor to me and gave me insights and education on this style of play. He has changed the way I look at football. Every season we try to recruit players that can play this style that I will describe below and we do not waiver in the way we played. Every game since 2019 Alliance United FC have played either in a 1-4-2-2-2 or a 1-4-4-2 midfield diamond....every game. We have no secrets in how we play. We focus on defending, pressing, forcing teams into mistakes and transition football. It is important to understand that we do not care how much possession we have and we actually want the opposition to have the ball most of the time. Stats in football show that only when a team has the ball 70% or more in a match their is a correlation to winning. Anything less is not correlated to winning in a certain match. In addition, 80% of goals are scored under 5 passes or less and under 10 seconds when regaining possession. We follow the trend! So, here are some important points based on the video: a) Pressing higher up the pitch when possible. All 11 players are committed to the team intention (principles) and if anybody is not committed and does not contribute to this style of play, they do not play. There is no leeway on this. Either you are in 100% in or you are not. All it takes is one player to not commit and the plan will not work. If we do not win the ball on the high press, everyone is to drop behind the ball as fast as possible to restart the press closer to our goal. b) Based on the opponent's scouting we press certain players and decide if will press closer to the sideline and 'pin' the player to the sideline or we dictate the passes and dribbles centrally and 'surround' the player to win the ball in central positions. We also decide if we will sometimes drop lower for the opposition to advance so we can play behind them when winning the ball. This is done if we scout that the opposition centre-backs are slower than our two strikers. This means we will 'outrun' them in the space they leave behind. c) When winning the ball we want to exploit space behind their backline as the priority which means that a player(s) need to be passing options behind the backline and preferably centrally which is closer to the goal, players winning the ball has to look to play the ball to the player furthest up the pitch. Possession is not a priority but scoring goals as fast as possible is. d) When winning the ball we stay as central as possible with passes and dribbling. We use the width of the penalty area (44 yards) as the preferable dimension when transitioning. We want to stay within this width. The wider the team plays the ball, the more time the opposition has to block the middle. PLAY AS VERTICALLY AS POSSIBLE! The emphasis is to get the ball to the two strikers and play 1v1 against the CBs. e) We know that most youth players grow up playing against a 1-4-3-3 which means there is one central striker meaning the centre-backs one back press and one can cover. Against 2 strikers this is not possible and many centre-backs do not have the ability to play 1v1 with space behind them. They are not taught the cues to step and press or drop to protect space behind them. They are never taught at youth level. We exploit this deficiency. e) All 11 players must get up the pitch to close the spaces if we lose the ball from our attacking transition so the opposition cannot transition against us and we can counter-press. f) A goal is the best outcome based on the objective of attacking but at the minimum we want to get a shot on goal from a transition. This is a quick overview of a different way of playing football that Canada will see with the Men's National Team.

Ilya Orlov

14,112 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Vibe Coding a AAA game with threejs Day 10: Deep dive into world authoring What started as a "i need terrain to build a racing game" slowly evolved to an open world Take a last look at the buildings, because they are getting kicked out next for some really good ones (i don't know how yet, but i'm confident gpt will tell me, but i feel like blender will be involved, ughhh) Anyways, fully reworked the road system, it is now a graph and junctions, bridges, elevations etc. are first class. Previous demos were filled with me carefully placing the race tracks, deleting them, placing them again, and again, until they were okay to show for a demo. Not so fun behind the camera! It's now basically using a very similar system to cities skylines 2, which has really nailed the perfect UX to build road systems. It's also much more flexible now and i believe the world editor can be used for much more than racing games: Rail networks (train game?) or maybe a 3rd person open world game? or actually another cities skylines? who knows, feels like i got a moat on the web now We'll see, after yesterday i've received lots of requests to open source it Which i may actually do at any time if i feel like it, but not for now. There's so many interesting problems with world modeling, i feel like i finally found a rabbit hole worth diving into for a long time! Might have to delay the human designer app until the point where i need humans in the city, we'll see, it'll all eventually come together - it always does Anyways, not gatekeeping, if you have ANY questions on how i solve things, feel free to ask! Also i will open source the procedural buildings soon, i really don't need them anymore
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Vibe Coding a AAA game with threejs Day 10: Deep dive into world authoring What started as a "i need terrain to build a racing game" slowly evolved to an open world Take a last look at the buildings, because they are getting kicked out next for some really good ones (i don't know how yet, but i'm confident gpt will tell me, but i feel like blender will be involved, ughhh) Anyways, fully reworked the road system, it is now a graph and junctions, bridges, elevations etc. are first class. Previous demos were filled with me carefully placing the race tracks, deleting them, placing them again, and again, until they were okay to show for a demo. Not so fun behind the camera! It's now basically using a very similar system to cities skylines 2, which has really nailed the perfect UX to build road systems. It's also much more flexible now and i believe the world editor can be used for much more than racing games: Rail networks (train game?) or maybe a 3rd person open world game? or actually another cities skylines? who knows, feels like i got a moat on the web now We'll see, after yesterday i've received lots of requests to open source it Which i may actually do at any time if i feel like it, but not for now. There's so many interesting problems with world modeling, i feel like i finally found a rabbit hole worth diving into for a long time! Might have to delay the human designer app until the point where i need humans in the city, we'll see, it'll all eventually come together - it always does Anyways, not gatekeeping, if you have ANY questions on how i solve things, feel free to ask! Also i will open source the procedural buildings soon, i really don't need them anymore

robot 2.0

43,872 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

It’s been a year of growth that was as surprising to live through as it’s been meaningful in hindsight. 2025 moved fast, not just in outcomes, but in how much changed behind the scenes. One of the most important decisions I made this year was bringing on Morgan Williams(M. Will | Blockradar) as Co-Founder and COO. What started as early trust turned into shared ownership. Having someone who’s built and scaled operations at a global level brought clarity, discipline, and balance to how we build Blockradar. Shortly after, we found ourselves in Switzerland 🇨🇭, winning 1st place at the Crypto Valley(Crypto Valley) startup competition. It was a quiet but meaningful moment, proof that work done without noise can still travel far. On a personal note, I moved to London, UK 🇬🇧 this year as a Global Talent. New environment, new pace, new perspective. Distance has a way of sharpening focus and forcing you to think long term. The business scaled quickly. We went from around $1M in monthly volume to touching $50M+ monthly. That kind of growth isn’t just exciting, it comes with real responsibility. Every number represents teams trusting our infrastructure to not break. None of this happens alone. I’m deeply grateful to the team building through ambiguity every day, and to the customers and ecosystem partners who trusted us early and grew with us. Building with the right people changes everything. This year reminded me that real progress often looks boring from the outside. Foundations matter more than hype. Reliability compounds. Trust is earned slowly. Looking back, 2025 doesn’t feel like a launch year. It feels like the year everything underneath finally came together. Still early. Still day zero. Onwards.
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It’s been a year of growth that was as surprising to live through as it’s been meaningful in hindsight. 2025 moved fast, not just in outcomes, but in how much changed behind the scenes. One of the most important decisions I made this year was bringing on Morgan Williams(M. Will | Blockradar) as Co-Founder and COO. What started as early trust turned into shared ownership. Having someone who’s built and scaled operations at a global level brought clarity, discipline, and balance to how we build Blockradar. Shortly after, we found ourselves in Switzerland 🇨🇭, winning 1st place at the Crypto Valley(Crypto Valley) startup competition. It was a quiet but meaningful moment, proof that work done without noise can still travel far. On a personal note, I moved to London, UK 🇬🇧 this year as a Global Talent. New environment, new pace, new perspective. Distance has a way of sharpening focus and forcing you to think long term. The business scaled quickly. We went from around $1M in monthly volume to touching $50M+ monthly. That kind of growth isn’t just exciting, it comes with real responsibility. Every number represents teams trusting our infrastructure to not break. None of this happens alone. I’m deeply grateful to the team building through ambiguity every day, and to the customers and ecosystem partners who trusted us early and grew with us. Building with the right people changes everything. This year reminded me that real progress often looks boring from the outside. Foundations matter more than hype. Reliability compounds. Trust is earned slowly. Looking back, 2025 doesn’t feel like a launch year. It feels like the year everything underneath finally came together. Still early. Still day zero. Onwards.

Abdulfatai | Blockradar

25,338 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

I often hear people tell me how great they feel after a workout, how it leaves a smile on their face, and brings the stress level of life down to a tolerable level. I have been told by many of my gym members that working out is like therapy for them, how great it feels to move...well let me tell ya , if you think you feel great as an adult after a bout of vigorous movement how the hell do you think children feel? Children who are chock full of boundless energy, with developing brains and bodies and an emotional system that can often change from high to low and back again in a matter of minutes. I can tell you that children need movement much more than any adult ever could. Kids get stressed out, too, while their worries may seem trivial to our super important adult worries. To them, they are very important. The problem is that not all children see the big picture or have the experiences yet to know everything is going to be ok. It's because of this that children need movement and lots of it. It makes them feel better, improves their focus, burns off that nervous energy, and allows them to gain a sense of self and learn their surroundings. But what do we with children, just the opposite: we shorten recess, increase class time,take away physical education, music and art, take one minute tests, 20 minute tests, standardized tests, mid-terms and on and on. we fence them in, lock them down, sit them in front of a box with pictures... If you have children or have the pleasure to work with children, understand that movement/exercise/play goes way beyond just having fun, it is literally the life blood of childhood. No amount of learning ever takes place without some form of movement that has laid down the connections in the brain. Also, the more happy experiences children have, the better chance they will be happy adults. If you have access to kids, get them moving, move in the classroom, move at home, move outside, just move. Chase each other, give high fives, jump, spin, roll, hop, yell, wrestle, and have fun... My Playground 👇
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I often hear people tell me how great they feel after a workout, how it leaves a smile on their face, and brings the stress level of life down to a tolerable level. I have been told by many of my gym members that working out is like therapy for them, how great it feels to move...well let me tell ya , if you think you feel great as an adult after a bout of vigorous movement how the hell do you think children feel? Children who are chock full of boundless energy, with developing brains and bodies and an emotional system that can often change from high to low and back again in a matter of minutes. I can tell you that children need movement much more than any adult ever could. Kids get stressed out, too, while their worries may seem trivial to our super important adult worries. To them, they are very important. The problem is that not all children see the big picture or have the experiences yet to know everything is going to be ok. It's because of this that children need movement and lots of it. It makes them feel better, improves their focus, burns off that nervous energy, and allows them to gain a sense of self and learn their surroundings. But what do we with children, just the opposite: we shorten recess, increase class time,take away physical education, music and art, take one minute tests, 20 minute tests, standardized tests, mid-terms and on and on. we fence them in, lock them down, sit them in front of a box with pictures... If you have children or have the pleasure to work with children, understand that movement/exercise/play goes way beyond just having fun, it is literally the life blood of childhood. No amount of learning ever takes place without some form of movement that has laid down the connections in the brain. Also, the more happy experiences children have, the better chance they will be happy adults. If you have access to kids, get them moving, move in the classroom, move at home, move outside, just move. Chase each other, give high fives, jump, spin, roll, hop, yell, wrestle, and have fun... My Playground 👇

Jeremy Frisch

23,764 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

My spoiler free thoughts on Saros so far: I’m definitely finishing this way faster than Returnal. I’m almost at 10 hours now, and if tomorrow goes well, I might actually wrap it up. The game is clearly more approachable, especially if you already understand this style of gameplay. That doesn’t mean it’s “easy”. There’s still plenty of challenge, and the boss fights and the whole gameplay loop have been really good so far. It’s just not the same level of punishment as Returnal, where one death could wipe basically everything and make a whole run feel wasted if you didn’t beat the biome boss. The game looks incredible, and the haptic feedback is on point again. Housemarque really knows how to get the most out of the DualSense and make every action feel great. The atmosphere also deserves a mention. The way the environments, sound design, and pacing come together makes every area feel alive. It’s not just pretty visuals, it’s the whole vibe of the world pulling you in. I’ll admit I would’ve loved the difficulty to match Returnal, but I get why they toned it down. A huge percentage of players didn’t even beat the first boss in Returnal, and Saros gives you ways to adjust the experience. You can push it harder or make it more forgiving depending on how you want to play. It’s also the type of game where the quality genuinely matches the price. You can feel the production value everywhere. And without going into spoilers, the story has my attention. It’s not something spectacular, but it’s engaging enough that I actually care about what’s happening, which rarely happens for me in games. I’m genuinely glad I picked it up. I had a great time today and didn’t even notice the hours passing. If you were interested in Returnal but bounced off the difficulty, or you always wanted to finish it but couldn’t, Saros is absolutely worth trying. The boss fights and the gameplay so far have been really good.
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My spoiler free thoughts on Saros so far: I’m definitely finishing this way faster than Returnal. I’m almost at 10 hours now, and if tomorrow goes well, I might actually wrap it up. The game is clearly more approachable, especially if you already understand this style of gameplay. That doesn’t mean it’s “easy”. There’s still plenty of challenge, and the boss fights and the whole gameplay loop have been really good so far. It’s just not the same level of punishment as Returnal, where one death could wipe basically everything and make a whole run feel wasted if you didn’t beat the biome boss. The game looks incredible, and the haptic feedback is on point again. Housemarque really knows how to get the most out of the DualSense and make every action feel great. The atmosphere also deserves a mention. The way the environments, sound design, and pacing come together makes every area feel alive. It’s not just pretty visuals, it’s the whole vibe of the world pulling you in. I’ll admit I would’ve loved the difficulty to match Returnal, but I get why they toned it down. A huge percentage of players didn’t even beat the first boss in Returnal, and Saros gives you ways to adjust the experience. You can push it harder or make it more forgiving depending on how you want to play. It’s also the type of game where the quality genuinely matches the price. You can feel the production value everywhere. And without going into spoilers, the story has my attention. It’s not something spectacular, but it’s engaging enough that I actually care about what’s happening, which rarely happens for me in games. I’m genuinely glad I picked it up. I had a great time today and didn’t even notice the hours passing. If you were interested in Returnal but bounced off the difficulty, or you always wanted to finish it but couldn’t, Saros is absolutely worth trying. The boss fights and the gameplay so far have been really good.

𝙉𝙄𝙆𝙁𝙊𝙍

20,019 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

I’m on a plane back from a week in Los Angeles and some lessons there shocked me. I met w/ a billionaire, Bryan Johnson, a top 10 podcaster, an A24 movie exec, and a Presidential candidate. 12 learnings from too many meetings to count in Hollywood: 1. LA is not dead. Far from it. I ran into 5 people who I needed to meet with at one hotel in 4 days. The epicenter of media may be disaggregating to Austin, NY and globally... but the density is still here. 2. Bryan Johnson is now one of my favorite humans. I hung with him at his house, tried his 20,000 crunches in 30 minutes machine, and talked about the purpose of life. The internet is a sad state that they don’t give him more credit. 3. Digital media today is like distributed news before cable news. We are at a tipping point for expansion in this digital industry. It feels somehow played out to those of us in it, but it’s just starting. 4. Hollywood is watching creators and UGC closely. I met w/ one exec who said in the not so distant future Netflix will have UGC on it. 5. may be this generation's Anthony Bourdain for thinking. I sat down with him and I think the work he’s doing on youtube is going to be something to watch... closely. 6. Buying boring businesses is not at all interesting to those in LA. BUT - asset accumulation and portfolios are. They buy assets (film rights, etc) all day. They are starting to think about the business of celebrities, creators and their work similar to how I think of investment management. 7. LA is a tale of two cities. I spoke at the convention center that was surrounded by derelict minority businesses and houses, then hung out at private members-only clubs that are all over West Hollywood where Lebron, Chris Voss and all the big timers play. The two places are 10 minutes away but an absolute world apart. 8. The mental health and drug crisis is out of control. Stroll along a downtown street and zombie after zombie trails. I saw people shitting and eating next to one another and across from a Starbucks. I asked our corporate host if this was “normal?” They replied, you stop noticing it after awhile. 9. Offices are completely empty. A friend got an office space for 50% off and more than 40% of the highrise is unoccupied. How odd that home prices are high, housing is really tough to come by, but office space is a blue ocean. 10. Met up with Tulsi Gabbard 🌺, a friend who was traveling to the border to see the situation live. I am grateful to have people fight for the truth even when it is unpopular. We need more leaders like her. 11. Every time I meet with a billionaire I realize all over again that to achieve that level of wealth, you cannot be normal. Truly. He’s weirdly comfortable with discomfort and complete lack of people pleasing. 12. The more I learn about the Kardashians in some ways, the more I respect them. I got the onion peeled back on their business dealings and they are some of the smartest dealmakers I’ve ever seen. Also I hate saying it because I believe gender games are net negative, but I wonder if they’d get so much hate if they weren’t females? I liked the idea of keeping a travel diary like my friend GREG ISENBERG does… Otherwise these moments pass like sand through my fingers. What do you think? I’m going to name it Where Have Ya Been or Lessons from the Road. Which do you like more?
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I’m on a plane back from a week in Los Angeles and some lessons there shocked me. I met w/ a billionaire, Bryan Johnson, a top 10 podcaster, an A24 movie exec, and a Presidential candidate. 12 learnings from too many meetings to count in Hollywood: 1. LA is not dead. Far from it. I ran into 5 people who I needed to meet with at one hotel in 4 days. The epicenter of media may be disaggregating to Austin, NY and globally... but the density is still here. 2. Bryan Johnson is now one of my favorite humans. I hung with him at his house, tried his 20,000 crunches in 30 minutes machine, and talked about the purpose of life. The internet is a sad state that they don’t give him more credit. 3. Digital media today is like distributed news before cable news. We are at a tipping point for expansion in this digital industry. It feels somehow played out to those of us in it, but it’s just starting. 4. Hollywood is watching creators and UGC closely. I met w/ one exec who said in the not so distant future Netflix will have UGC on it. 5. may be this generation's Anthony Bourdain for thinking. I sat down with him and I think the work he’s doing on youtube is going to be something to watch... closely. 6. Buying boring businesses is not at all interesting to those in LA. BUT - asset accumulation and portfolios are. They buy assets (film rights, etc) all day. They are starting to think about the business of celebrities, creators and their work similar to how I think of investment management. 7. LA is a tale of two cities. I spoke at the convention center that was surrounded by derelict minority businesses and houses, then hung out at private members-only clubs that are all over West Hollywood where Lebron, Chris Voss and all the big timers play. The two places are 10 minutes away but an absolute world apart. 8. The mental health and drug crisis is out of control. Stroll along a downtown street and zombie after zombie trails. I saw people shitting and eating next to one another and across from a Starbucks. I asked our corporate host if this was “normal?” They replied, you stop noticing it after awhile. 9. Offices are completely empty. A friend got an office space for 50% off and more than 40% of the highrise is unoccupied. How odd that home prices are high, housing is really tough to come by, but office space is a blue ocean. 10. Met up with Tulsi Gabbard 🌺, a friend who was traveling to the border to see the situation live. I am grateful to have people fight for the truth even when it is unpopular. We need more leaders like her. 11. Every time I meet with a billionaire I realize all over again that to achieve that level of wealth, you cannot be normal. Truly. He’s weirdly comfortable with discomfort and complete lack of people pleasing. 12. The more I learn about the Kardashians in some ways, the more I respect them. I got the onion peeled back on their business dealings and they are some of the smartest dealmakers I’ve ever seen. Also I hate saying it because I believe gender games are net negative, but I wonder if they’d get so much hate if they weren’t females? I liked the idea of keeping a travel diary like my friend GREG ISENBERG does… Otherwise these moments pass like sand through my fingers. What do you think? I’m going to name it Where Have Ya Been or Lessons from the Road. Which do you like more?

Codie Sanchez

311,141 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren