After a year of our Introduction to Football Analysis Online Course being available on TheMastermindSite.com, we have now finally launched our Ebook version of the course. If reading a book is more your speed than taking a course, check out the revamped version of the course in book form. You can purchase the book for $35.99 CAD
On the one hand, it's nice that those in the community are continuously challenging each other to improve. On the other hand, I wish there was more of a recognition toward the simple fact that there is no right or wrong way to conducting analysis in football. This week the debates stemmed around the notion that simple language is obviously, unequivocally, the best approach when it comes to writing and analyzing football. I'm not sure which one of us wrote the article that tipped the scale and confused everyone, but I'm here to say that complex language can be incredibly useful if used correctly.
We are now halfway through the Introduction to Football Analysis course, and it's time for you to put your skills to the test.
We are finally here! We have arrived to the penultimate moment of this course. The ninetieth minute, if you will. But before we come to a final curtain close, we're going into extra time to have you work on a real life application of your learnings in this course. Here's how it works...
Trying to capture everything imaginable when watching a football match remains an impossible endeavour. But simultaneously, trying to capture absolutely nothing beyond the first glance won't necessarily yield great results in your task to remember important information and events. So as part of our Introduction to Football Analysis course, I'm going to be teaching you my entire process of taking notes from start to finish.
Let's be clear. Educational / 'fair use' is not copying someone's words and claiming them as your own. What is the point in being a content creator if you're not going to create content? What is the point in being a content creator if you're not going to have original ideas? We are all biased by our experiences, and we are all welcome to echo others and use the work of others as inspiration for our own ideas. But there is line that must not be crossed, and as soon as it's crossed, the wolves are welcome to come out.
One of the most commonly used scouting tools today is to find a similar comparison to an already existing professional player. This is used as a useful way of sizing up a player, and identifying their strengths, weaknesses, skillsets, and style of play in relation to a known quantity. But we must remember that a range of topics go into any recruitment scenario, in our quest to find the best fit. In this article, as part of our Introduction to Football Analysis course, we detail how to 'Find a player for ___'.
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