Tristan Tillette

A mistake isn’t necessarily a failure of learning. Sometimes it’s evidence of learning. #TOVO

In Spain watching World Champion & European Champion young men and women train in line with Johan Cruyff’s (and TOVO’s) aporoach to development. ▪️But some guy in Ohio just feels from his high school glory days that the same training that limited his potential is best for his son? ▪️ Some Scottish guy in Arizona can’t be bothered to consider better? ▪️ Some coach in Connecticut who won the U10 Strawberry Festival seven years ago understands skill development? Seriously? Find a dynamic and innovative coach that understands how children flourish best. Time for the status quo to go. Let’s do better. 🙏 #TOVO #intelligentfootball

I’ll say it.. Men’s Football 🇺🇸 ▪️US pundits (many of them former players) are the death of US potential. They are not top-top international stars. They are not brilliantly intelligent, skillful players and never were. That is OK and not diminishing that they were and are the best we have to offer. They played where they could - respect to them for that. But when they comment, they see the game in the limited way they played the game and that is nowhere near good enough to be at the top of the game globally. Example upon example. Comment upon comment. We need a complete paradigm shift. Let’s go. 👏 #TOVO #intelligentfootball

There is a massive difference between downloading drills and developing a methodology. I find the first is about quantity and the second about quality. Quantity is seductive, yet quality is sensational. #TOVO #intelligentfootball

Coach Note ✏️ There are so many questions you should ask yourself before you ask for drills. Why am I coaching? What will I nurture in my players? How do children learn? Which type of football will we play? #TOVO #intelligentfootball

Some count “time on ball.” We count a bit differently. ⏰ Try counting the number of minutes your players are making autonomous decisions in context during your session. #TOVO #inteliigentfootball

I have found this to help our footballers at #TOVO Academy improve tremendously. Thank you @Mr_Tennis_Coach 🙏

Some well-meaning coaches are rooted in their belief that a player must do a certain number of hours, days, years of “skill drills” at team trainings. The theory is a logical one. ✔️Pass, pass, pass until you can pass in a match. ✔️Run, run, run until you are fit for a match. ✔️Shoot, shoot, shoot until you can shoot in a match. Continuing this line of thought, coaches line kids up, create what they believe to be “skill drills” and plague our children with boredom and cognitive malaise. Unfortunately, this is not the way children learn most effectively when we speak of applied skills in the context of a complex environment. #TOVO #intelligentfootball