Peter Motzenbecker ❘ Coach and Analyst

‘Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.’ – Johan Cruyff I see this quote from Cruyff quite often. It always seems to be used to support an opinion about how players should be trained or about how the game should be played. A few of the general sentiments that have stood out over the years: coaches arguing against players being taught to dribble during their younger ages because that makes the game more difficult from a team perspective, plus dribbling is sloppy and therefore too complex, wanting and coaching young players to […]