What the research on the hot soccer coaching is says …
- Scan = Soccer Intelligence
- The best players not only react … predict!
- Scan = verify your environment before receiving the ball and generally communicate with the environment
- The more scarins, the faster you think and play
- Most scanns are fast: 90% of the scan lasts less than 0.5 seconds!
- You do not need to look, just look quick to collect information
What should players scan?
- Open space
- Opponent movements
- Approval options
- Not only do you look at the ball, look at the complete image!
The profiles scan differently
Elite players scan more when the ball is in the air or moving.
They focus more on opponents than teammates.
Why to improve your players?
Practice scan under game of the game
Do not use static or false signs
Looking at a coach holding numbers or colors?
Counting fingers or reading signs of turn exercises?
Dribol with the cones while checking a score?
These do not replicate situations of real parties!
Train scan in real game situations
The best ways to train the scan: 1v1 and games of low aggression (so players must constantly verify their surroundings).
Rapid decision -making activities (fast step under pressure).
Verify on your shoulder before receiving the ball (with real defenders, don’t know!).
Trainers, because an easy activity for their players to develop scanning
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Research Credit: Elite soccer players scan activity at 11 vs. 11 Play the game: an ocular monitoring analysis about the duration and visual information of Scanningkarl Marius aksumid1*, Lars sprouten1, Christian Thue Bjørndalid1, Lukas Maglaguagno2, Geir Jorge1
