New article- The art of diagonals I explore how diagonal perception is a gateway to a new understanding, football’s third dimension Diagonality isn’t just diagonal passes, it’s a way of making sense of self organizing structures & attacking intentions https://t.co/pOHz6WaRpI

All combinations in football, whether by emergence or design, are not meant to be linear, diagonality is the perfect way to maximise this.  Read more about diagonality as a pitch perception here.

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Relations between players are orientated diagonally, the pitch is no longer ruled by the vertical channels of positional play, instead the ball moves on a diagonal course and the players orbit around it

Looking at the pitch diagonally generally offers more affordances per action What happens if you take something that is vertical and symmetrical, like a formation on a pitch & see it through diagonal perception? It becomes a set of long diagonal corridors & intersections

When is the right moment for a Corta luz/dummy? Players must respond to information and cues in the environment Evaluating invitations to act with the ball carrier, defenders intentions & local affordances A Corta luz is the equivalent of a Trojan Horse A game of deception

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Often in coach education we isolate the game into 4 categories Perceptive skills should be acquired together with technique and social empathy Tactical/Technical shouldn’t be acquired out of game context and its dynamic demands

Diagonal perception move in the Build up to Man United’s goal against Newcastle - 2022 Aksum says in the presentation it’s very important to scan the ball every time something happens That includes subtle touches or rolls of the ball that change the trajectory of the pass and

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For a few years I’ve followed @aksumfootball work on scanning Often coaches train scanning out of context creating a lack of transfer to the game In this resource, Aksum focuses on creating habits in a live 2v2 situation, where the conditions invite players to scan When he

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In case you missed it - my article on diagonality. Make tactical analysis long reads great again

Gary O Neil speaking about this phenomenon. The diagonal overload.

When Gary Rowett faced Julian Nagelsmann The pitch and structural affordances are orientated diagonally.

Diagonal Overload in Build up. Why does the ‘midfield box’ have to cover both half spaces when you can just target one? Threat of Counter attack? Huge Threat of 3v3 in the last line? Equally as Huge

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The Diagonal Overload. 4-2-3-1 interpreted diagonally In football’s diagonal dimension is the pitch vertical and symmetrical? Positional overloads tilted diagonally, rather than frontally @Effmatch

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