One Hundred and Thirty-Seven Tactical Flow and Technical Flow

The dribbling technique mentioned by Najib does not specifically refer to the dribbling movement that players must use to dribble and break through when dribbling the ball, but a general term that can be understood as the ball feel, skills, and the player's ability to control the ball.

This is easy to understand. Players with excellent skills can use their skills to get rid of them on the spot, control the ball in a small area to expand the range of choices, and don't necessarily have to pass the defensive player in front of them head-on. Players with such skills can kick The ball can be more "cunning", with strong deception and unpredictability, making it more advantageous in one-on-one confrontation.

However, clubs generally do not teach players how to pass others in a targeted manner. Players can pass others during training sessions, but that is free to play. Teams will not systematically teach players dribbling skills, because it is a waste of time in most teams. First, a team will not allow too many players to freely dribble, and secondly, the coaches will not Take the time to bet on whether the player has this talent.

In the traditional concept, players' extraordinary skills are often not systematically trained, and talent is considered to account for a large proportion, including physical characteristics, such as Garrincha with bent legs, and Maradona with short stature. It is undeniable that However, the taller the player is, the less dexterous he is than the shorter player. This is determined by innate conditions.

However, the importance of surmounting skills mentioned by Najib is not for the sake of surviving, but for the sake of the players' characteristics.

For example, Peter Pan, Overmars likes to pass from the bottom. After passing, he can directly lead the opponent's entire defense back and disrupt the opponent's defensive rhythm.

Aldridge began to examine his own youth training policy. When he first took over the team, he focused on training players for the team and to unite the team as a whole. Therefore, he must emphasize the integrity of the team, which is inevitable. However, if he emphasizes the skills at his feet and allows the players to play freely, then the team will be finished, and it will only be a mess.

It can be said that Millwall did not have a youth team at all last season. The youth team was just a stage for training and first-team tactics to enable players to play team football through teamwork.

This season, Millwall officially has a youth team. The youth training base has only been built for more than half a year, and Najib discovered the shortcomings of this youth training system.

There are two kinds of excellent coaches. The first one is to let all 11 geniuses play their strengths, and the second one is to make 11 ordinary players play 1+1 greater than 2 strengths.

From the very beginning, Aldridge didn't think that the players he bought from the team were mature talents, otherwise, it would not be his turn to recruit them. Therefore, what he has to do is the second point, let the players play 1+1 If the strength is greater than 2, then the foundation of the team is of course the team, which is also the long-term policy of building the team.

But under the idea of ​​focusing too much on the team, Aldridge somewhat ignored the personal growth of the players.

What is the reason?

Aldridge reflected on himself, probably because he paid more attention to the effect of teamwork, so subconsciously he did not have the expectation of the players to perform personal heroism.

Therefore, when the players are on the court to pass the ball that should be passed, and the one that should run in place is in place, he is satisfied.

Is this enough?

not enough.

Far from enough.

Aldrich woke up with a head start. No team can achieve a permanent tactical lead. No, because tactics are a game of cat and mouse. When your tactics are ahead,

Countless people will start working on containment countermeasures, eventually return to balance, and then wait for the next tactical change.

And excellent tactical concepts can improve the team, but to maximize the tactics, rely on the players.

Aldridge was a little annoyed. He himself was ashamed to talk to Ferguson about the fact that there is no secret to tactics. The key is the fit between players and tactics, but he himself ignored this point.

Are tactics mysterious?

No mystery, countless teams will want to imitate the tactics of the strongest teams, but the coaches of many latecomers have suffered miserably.

Didn't the later teams want to emulate AC Milan? But do they have Nesta, Maldini, Costacurta in their defense? Seedorf in the midfield, is Pirlo there? Does the striker have Shevchenko and Inzaghi?

The same is true for Barcelona, ​​Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Puyol, etc. are all unique, and they are imitated tactics that cannot be perfectly replicated.

A successful team should be the product of the perfect combination of tactics and teamwork, both of which are indispensable.

Aldridge is a little too focused on tactics and neglects the team.

He was blaming himself, as could be seen from his expression. Najib comforted him: "Aldrich, you don't have to be like this. Millwall has performed so well this season. It is really difficult to find problems in good times. You can't be harsh. You're not perfect, are you?"

Aldridge collected his emotions, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I think I made this mistake six years ago."

"six years ago?"

Najib doesn't understand.

Aldridge asked, "Have you heard of Gufrem?"

Najib shook his head.

After reminiscing about it, Aldridge said leisurely: "I was studying in the Netherlands six years ago. The youth training policy implemented by the Dutch Football Association at that time was based on the football philosophy of Michels and Cruyff, the concept of simple and total defense. , I admire this philosophy very much, because I think the development trend of football in the future is that the offense needs the whole, and the defense also needs the whole. People will often see the defender assisting the frontcourt, and the striker retreating to the penalty area. The mainstream football style in the Netherlands It suits my taste very much, but in the Netherlands, there is another genre of football that is relatively unknown, and I only know that the person who created that genre is called Gufren."

Najib asked curiously, "Is there such a person?"

"Yes, but in the Netherlands, he is not tolerated by the mainstream. Dutch football is ruled by the tactical thinking of Michels and Cruyff. They think that tactics are paramount, and players who play simply are the best. In my heart Deep down agrees very much, because the development trend of football is that the speed of players is getting faster and faster. Regardless of offense or defense, fast and concise is the mainstream, and slow organization of offense, too much personal stickiness to the ball, will only be eliminated by the times. Fren created a training method called CM, which advocates technical flow. The core idea is that when a person controls the ball, he controls the opponent and thus dominates the game. Players are required to only practice skills and not tactics since they are young. It seems that they want to prove Genius can be cultivated, not determined by talent.”

"Genius can be cultivated...Genius can be cultivated..."

Najib muttered to himself and kept repeating this sentence, which sounded unbelievable.

In the century of football, how many football players are there? It is difficult to count, but hundreds of millions should not be an exaggeration, because the replacement of players is within 15 to 20 years.

But in this hundred years, how many geniuses have there been? According to the proportion of the football population, it is almost zero percent after the decimal point. I don’t know how many zeros are added to the number.

If geniuses can be cultivated, isn't it Maradona, Pele and Beckenbauer who have worked hard for the players?

"At that time, I heard Gufren's remarks, and then I was disgusted with his football philosophy. In order to refute Michels' tactical flow, he said that the opponent's success was due to the possession of Cruyff. Van Basten is a rare talent like Van Basten. With such a genius, no matter what formation he uses, it doesn't matter. I think this is a ridiculous thing. Brazil, which has a large number of talents, has proved it countless times. Commanding 11 geniuses It's not going to be easier to be successful than commanding 11 idiots. Because of this preconceived notion, I have no interest in a training model that promotes skills rather than tactics, but in retrospect, I feel that I made a mistake. I made the same mistake as the Dutch Football Association, there is no life-and-death relationship between the tactical flow and the technical flow, just as the barrier between the power faction and the technical faction is getting weaker and weaker."

Najib blinked, and sighed: "I don't think this kind of thing should be black and white. Tactical flow and technical flow can coexist, but there should be a distinction between priority and priority."

Aldrich nodded deeply and said: "Yes, what I want to say is this. The tactical flow is the soul, and the technical flow is the body. Only when the two are perfectly combined can the best results be achieved. The famous super strong team in history , at least the tactics are not behind, and the team has talented players to execute them. And I did look down on top-heavy in the past."

Najib asked with some confusion: "Why didn't anyone remind you? There are so many coaches here."

Aldridge said with a wry smile: "Jenson and the others were all from Ajax, and they advocated tactical style. In the Netherlands, they were instilled with tactical concepts, and their technical characteristics were developed according to their talents, rather than deliberate training. It will make players spend more time on passing and running awareness, rather than specifically how to pass people. I can’t blame them for this. If you don’t ask these questions, I don’t see anything wrong.”

Najib nodded in understanding, and then asked, "Then how to solve this problem?"

After thinking for a while, Aldridge said: "Sometimes the football genre is too idealistic, which is not good, and the idea and reality are always out of touch. For example, the technical flow can train players to have good skills, but it may not be able to train geniuses. , maybe 100,000 players train their skills regularly, and no more than ten will become geniuses in the end, and how many of these ten can be integrated into the team? We need players to improve their skills, which is based on their talents In fact, it is to turn potential into ability instead of taking this kind of training as the mainstream. It is unrealistic to expect mediocre players to become the next Maradona after day after day of training. The soul of our youth training, It is still the tactical concept, and secondly, we need to use targeted technical training to let the players grow up, so that they have distinctive characteristics in the team, and while complementing each other, they can also maximize their advantages, which is conducive to the flexibility of tactics.”

"But where do we find this kind of coach?"

"I think of two people."

"Who?"

"You don't know if you tell me, I hope to recruit them to join."

Aldrich tapped rhythmically on the table with his fingers.

Two figures appeared in my mind.

One is Mullenstin, who later in history trained Ronaldo from a flashy bicycle boy to Mr. Golden Globe.

The other is Ricardo Moniz, who retired three years ago.

The former has not yet been dug to Manchester United by Ferguson, but Aldridge does not know where he is.

The latter can be found in the Netherlands. This person has trained Van Persie later in history. Even if Van Persie transferred to Arsenal, he would regularly return to Moniz for training. It can be said that Van Persie's technical characteristics are the result of special training.

What both of them have in common is that they are both admirers of Gufren. Meulensteen has studied CM in depth. Aldrich has heard of CM before, but he only knew it was created by Gufren six years ago, and he suddenly realized Mullensteen. How to train Ronaldo. Moniz has been taught by Gufren's precepts and deeds, and he has learned the truth.

The most important thing is that Aldridge hopes to poach these two people, not only to train players, but also to train coaches.