New term every week
Football, explained on the board
Football tactics and rules, one term at a time. Offside, the false 9, gegenpressing, formations and the rest, each drawn on a tactics board in a video you can follow first time.
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What is gegenpressing?
Why the best time to win the ball is right after you lose it.
Offside rule explained
The offside rule on the board, plus the weird ones.
What is a third-man run?
How to pass to a player who's marked.
What is a false 9?
The striker who drops out of the line, and the problem that gives a defence.
Every film puts one football term on a tactics board. No match footage: just chalk, simple shapes and clean arrows.
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Rules and VAR
- Offside rule explainedWhat offside means, and the cases that catch everyone out.
- Handball rule explained in 5 questionsComing soon
- VAR explained: more right calls, more angry fansComing soon
Tactics
- Gegenpressing explainedWinning the ball back in the moment you lose it.
- The third-man runHow to pass to a player who's marked.
- Tiki-taka explainedComing soon
Positions and formations
- What is a false 9?The striker who isn't where the defence wants them.
- Football formations explainedComing soon
- The 4-3-3 explainedComing soon
Coming next
- Kick-off trap
- The rondo
- 4-4-2
- 4-2-3-1
- High press
- Offside trap
- Nutmeg
- Rabona