The Purpose of Those Short Passes

Posted Posted in Observations on the Game

I started writing this piece about a year ago to expand upon a presentation on this topic that I did for a coach education series that my colleague and I put on during our COVID lockdown period. I had been tinkering with it for a while here and there and then MK Dons scored a goal after 56 passes. They posted the video on Twitter and I was immediately brought back to the original opening to this article (which is just now a bit later) as I read through the comments. Here are a few favorites: ‘Got to love 3 […]