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Exploring Creativity

This podcast was recorded a few months ago with colleagues of mine from Global Premier Soccer – Massachusetts as part of the GPS Podcast series. I was in the midst of writing my previous article on player decision making, which was very start/stop process, and wanted to talk about what ‘creativity’ means in soccer. It is very much a buzz word that is thrown around, but can it be universally defined? If it cannot be defined, is it a word worth using? Is there such a thing as a creative player or is it simply a player with a greater understanding of the game and using their abilities within a given framework to succeed?