In this episode, I discuss everything wrong with 'FANCY' and how we seemingly have this obsession with the LOVE of the ball and not the LOVE of the game. Players rather spend time or are spending time doing TONS of skills work with repetition of skills, skills or move skills. The whole purposes of the a skill is 1 of 2 things:
1) Beat an Opponent
2) Get away from an Opponent
Too many players are trapped by doing skill work, skill work and more skill work, but they do NOT learn STEP 2 and STEP 3 of the skill development process.
1) How to implement skills in a game against a direct opponent (1v1)
2) How to implement speed in the game (attacking space, attacking a defender, speed of the skill)
Even Cristano Ronaldo discussed skills and when he first started at Manchester United he did an abundance of skills, but didn't score too many goals. Later on in his career and winning over 5 Ballon D'ors - he shared his secret. GOALS are more important than skills.
