Modern Attacking Play
Course Details
See what makes top teams like Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal & Chelsea score more goals than the rest. Understand what world-class data analysts have highlighted as the most important types of shots & passes in modern football, and how professional teams use this information to find and coach their players.
You'll learn from:
- Video examples of Premier League players related to all the concepts explained
- Easy to read charts, graphs & shot maps created by professional Data Analysts
- Simple tasks anybody can complete
- Focusing on world-class players & teams to explain detailed attacking concepts
Example course content:
You'll learn to:
- Value certain shots, passes and attacking principles to score more goals
- Build a full team philosophy in attack to mimic the Premier League's best teams
- Develop individual attacking players by valuing the things that matter most
Example course content:
Built by professional Analysts, this step by step walk through of the most important attacking concepts in football will help you better understand how to score more goals. Use this information to plan better sessions, build an attacking philosophy and develop individual players to be more dangerous. With video examples for each concept, this course explains elite-level data analysis principles used by the world’s top clubs in a digestible and usable format.
COURSE TUTORS
Oliver Gage
Oliver also launched an analysis education platform for players and coaches named CoachTech which has ceased operations as he joined the APFA.
Lucy Rushton
Lucy Rushton is the General Manager and Head of Technical Recruitment & Analysis at DC United in MLS and one of the most prominent female’s in professional football. Prior to her role with DC United, Lucy was the Head of Technical Recruitment & Analysis at Atlanta United where Lucy was pivotal in identifying and signing Miguel Almiron who was later transferred to Newcastle United for an MLS record fee. Lucy won the MLS Cup in with Atlanta 2018.
Jim Curtin
Jim Curtin is Head Coach of Philidalphia Union. Under Curtin, the Union won their first ever MLS regular season title and no team has taken more points than them from 2019-2022. Known for his innovative approach to analysis and player involvement, Curtin could be described as a modern facilitator who gives players ideas and tools to self-develop with targeted guidance.
COURSE MODULES
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Understand where goals come from most often in the Premier League and across football in general. See why we remember special goals over the others and what this means for Players, Analysts and Coaches.
Focus on one of the Premier League’s best goalscorers in modern times. Why he scored more goals than others and what we can learn from studying him in depth. See videos of his goals to demonstrate key principles.
Looking at other prolific scorers like Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy, Raheem Sterling & Mo Salah. What makes them score more goals? And do we over-value certain skills we think influence goals, but might not? Video examples from these elite Premier League players provided.
Showing how player & team decisions can impact goal scoring, we use Andros Townsend & Wilfred Zaha to demonstrate how similar players can have very different goal scoring records on the same team. We use video examples to break down the principles from the previous modules.
Side by side examples of almost identical situations where Zaha & Townsend make different decisions resulting in success for Zaha while Townsend struggles.
We show how modern Data Analysts can highlight dangerous passes and patterns of play to help recruit and develop players.
We use data and video to look at crosses, why they’re beginning to become less common at the elite level, and how crossing has changed over the years as data has become more prominent in football.
Identifying one of the most dangerous passes in football. See who plays them more than others and why they lead to goals more than almost any other type of pass. Watch video examples from the Premier League’s best creative players.
A second extremely dangerous pass. We look at what they are, why they are so dangerous and who plays them the most. Watch video of the Premier League’s best in action.
See why pressing high has become so prominent, why fast attacks are more dangerous and why so many goals come following a turnover. Watch the best pressers in action and see that data combined with video.
Using all the information from the course, we identify what makes ‘The Big 6’ teams in the Premier League more dangerous than others. Access a Premier League data-set and see if you can identify the best teams based now you’ve looked at attacking play in more detail.
See the results from the previous module. Did you correctly identify the best teams in the league based on shots, through balls, cutbacks etc? Submit your information for a certificate of completion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Anybody who wants to better understand attacking play in modern football. The principles demonstrated throughout the course have been applied to youth, amateur, college & professional football successfully. Analysts, Coaches and even Scouts have taken this course and rated it highly.
The course is online and on-demand so you can learn on your own schedule and at your own pace. All the course content is embedded in webpages, so as long as you have an internet connection you can access it.
A combination of the APFA ambassadors and professional Data Analysts. The course was then tested on Coaches to ensure the detailed information was ‘translated’ so it was understandable.
Most people take 5-10 hours to complete the course, but you can go at your own pace.
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Probably, but this course requires reading charts & detailed images and watching videos . You might be able to do it on a tablet with a larger screen, but a laptop would be best.
When you’re ready, purchase the course and you’ll receive a confirmation email with access details. The course will also be available to via your membership account which you either already have, or you’ll create during the checkout process.
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