#Tactical soccer videos how to

So if you only focus on the ball, youвЂ™re missing what the other twenty+ players are doing. Only one player can be on the ball at a time, unless two or more players are contesting for a 50/50. After all, what happens on the ball is only one small part of the story. But in order to watch the game like a tactical analyst, you canвЂ™t just follow the ball.

Apart from the odd picture of an enraged manager, a fan doing some sort of quirky chant, or a celebrity in the stands, the camera view often follows the ball. One of the problems with watching football over a television screen as opposed to in person is that the camera chooses what you see.

#Tactical soccer videos how to

So, as suggested by frequent reader Amin, this article will cover how to watch the beautiful game like a tactical analyst.

If youвЂ™ve read any of our Tactical Analyses, you may be wondering how to watch football with that same tactical lens. Football is a game that involves a countless number of complex decisions within each and every second for the twenty-two players involved both on and off the ball. Football is more similar to chess than most other sports, and like chess, there are so many different ways to get to a single correct outcome. But increasingly, as IвЂ™ve coached the game more and more, IвЂ™ve developed a love for watching football, not just for entertainment, but for intellectual reasons as well. For years and years I watched football mainly for entertainment. If youвЂ™re a frequent visitor to this website, or a visitor at all, chances are you probably love to watch football.