Entries by Antonio Gómez

“Breaking Down the Match: The Importance of Minute-by-Minute Analysis on Soccer Team Performance”

The temporal study in one-minute slots in the analysis of soccer performance provided us with a detailed and granular perspective that goes beyond the global evaluation of the match. This temporal approach allows the game to be broken down into smaller segments, which is crucial to understanding how dynamics evolve over time and how they […]

Conjectures and principles of football training.

Not only in football, but in other sports, a series of training principles have been determined and standardized. These principles have been more than proven over the years with experience and with sufficient scientific bases so that we can all take them into account and believe that they are irrefutable and non-negotiable in our planning […]

Antifragile Soccer.

A fragile element is one that requires tranquility, order and predictability. As we all know, our sport is almost the complete opposite of the above, as soccer is dynamic, unpredictable and seemingly messy. In the last book I read, Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, he refers to antifragility as the ability of a system to […]

And you, how do you plan in Football?

A couple of weeks ago I had a very interesting meeting with a colleague that I admire and appreciate very much. In principle, we had met in a limited space of time within our busy schedules to exchange impressions and opinions based on our studies and experiences. I have to admit that sometimes these exchanges […]

Virus FIFA. Fixture, performance and injuries.

We have experienced two intense weeks of international commitments with many teams preparing for or looking forward to the next World Cup in Qatar in the following months of November and December. In addition, in Europe, after the start of the National League and International Champions League and Europa League competitions on the club calendar, […]

New players change teams

I have always asked myself this question when arriving at a new team or when a new player joined my team. Lately, I think about it even more, because my son is joining a new school, a new city and a new environment for all his training and sports activities. In today’s post, I would […]