This is the first in a series on modern football analytics. It is written for people working in football – the coaches, the analysts and the players – for the people who want to apply numbers in football – the data scientists and the statisticians – and for the fans who want to understand how numbers are changing the game. It is written for you.
Although holidays may be necessary physically and mentally, they can also negatively affect football players’ body composition and physical performance.
Tactical analysis in football has undergone major developments in recent decades, largely powered by technology.
Coaches’ planning in elite performance sports involves description, forecasting, organisation, design, and assessment of all training stimuli.
Following the proposal made by Professor Seirul·lo, practical proposals and the way of understanding training in team sports must be viewed from their own specific perspective.
The arrival of Johan Cruyff as FC Barcelona’s coach in 1988 caused a revolution in the way the game is understood and footballers are trained.
One of the main characteristics of elite football players is their ability to perform different actions at maximum speed. Its importance is such that most goals are preceded by sprints.
There are two clear lessons we have learned from the pandemic: empty stadiums also empty football’s spirit, and leagues cannot be played in a normal condition if there is a permanent threat of disease.
Cappa’s fundamental premise is to approach football without fear. You cannot coach a team ruled by fear of its rivals.
The return of the competition almost three months later includes a change in the regulation that allows a maximum of 5 substitutions per game and a bigger number of players can be called.