Chapter 685 I Found a Henry!

The so-called player training practice center is, to put it bluntly, one of the data application departments of the research center.

But it is very different from other departments that rely solely on data for analysis and results in that this department relies very little on data. On the contrary, it attaches great importance to the experience of practitioners.

Interestingly, in the research center, the player training practice center and the tactical library are arranged at opposite doors. Although there is a garden in between, the two sides of the garden are two completely different situations.

The Tactical Library is always noisy and noisy, and sometimes they even argue until their faces turn red. Just like the so-called parliament in Taiwan, China, they just want to fight. Many times, as soon as they walk into the research center, it becomes clear. I heard the roar coming from the tactical library inside the sealed doors and windows.

In Ye Qiu's joking words, this is not a library, it's simply a market. Therefore, the Tactical Library also has an internal nickname called Tactical Market, which is used to tease those guys who only want to quarrel.

Of course, these people's quarrels are all purposeful. They are all a group of guys with outstanding understanding and analytical skills of tactics. They are basically young, but their tactical theories are very solid, and they have an understanding of modern and past football tactics. , all have their own set of unique insights, which leads them to have their own set of ideas and concepts about future football tactics, so they argue all day long about their own set of ideas and concepts, trying to convince each other.

The end result is that we have been quarreling for so long, but no one can convince anyone.

But this does not mean that the tactical library is meaningless, because although their quarrels are sometimes very biased, if you look at it from a more neutral perspective, you will find that they all have their own reasons. But there are also some weaknesses and shortcomings, so how to exploit them depends not on the person who is arguing, but on the person who makes them argue.

If the Tactical Library is a group of scholars and analysts who are immersed in the study of football tactics, but they are basically unknown, then go to the Player Development Practice Center.

The entire department of the Player Training Practice Center has only five people, which is the smallest department in the entire research center, but everyone here has a very prominent past resume.

As the director of the Player Development Practice Center, it goes without saying that Bobby Harms is capable. Peter Devisser has also worked at Tottenham Hotspur for many years and is also very capable, but there is another one. An Italian with the same seniority as him, Fimo Favini, who is now seventy-five years old, although he did not have a brilliant resume as a player, he served as the head coach of Atalanta, a famous youth training club in Italy. Youth training director for thirty years.

It can be said that since the 1990s, Atlanta has been able to produce batches of stars. Fimo Favini has played an indispensable role behind the scenes. He and the equally senior Bobby Haha from Ajax He has a good relationship with James, and he came to Tottenham Hotspur under the guidance of Bobby Hames.

Another man who is also seventy-five years old, his name is even more famous, that is Eric Harrison, the direct founder of Manchester United's Class 92, and also served as the director of FIFA and UEFA. A youth training lecturer, and served as the head of the Football Association's grassroots youth training program a few years ago, but after the plan was cancelled, Eric Harrison was invited by Ye Qiu to come to Theobald.

It can be said that Manchester United's off-the-ball running system and the entire youth training system were created by Eric Harrison. There was a photo of Class 92 with the coach. The coach was praised by everyone, even reporters. I mistakenly thought it was Ferguson, but in fact the coach in the photo was Eric Harrison.

After the player who played under Brian Clough retired, he stayed at Everton for nearly ten years. In 1981, he was invited to Manchester United by Manchester United coach Ron Atkinson and has been at Manchester United since then. Stayed for more than ten years.

A very famous bet also occurred during this process, that is, after Ferguson took over Manchester United, he wanted to abolish Eric Harrison with the idea of ​​​​an emperor and a courtier, but Eric Harrison was After getting angry with him, the two parties made a bet, and then Class 92 was born.

Therefore, many players from Class 92 have repeatedly stated in interviews that Eric Harrison is the head coach they want to thank most in their lives, even before Ferguson. It can be seen that Eric Harrison is very important to Manchester United. importance.

Ye Qiu has a long-standing relationship with Eric Harrison. Later, after the grassroots football plan failed, Ye Qiu invited this great talent to Tottenham Hotspur and entered the player training practice center to be responsible for players. Develop practical research work for Tottenham Hotspur's stepped youth academy system.

Bobby Harms, Peter DeVisser, Fimo Favini and Eric Harrison are all old-timers. They also play for old teams. They all have very rich experience, and this kind of Experience is constantly accumulated and accumulated with age, so in terms of player training, they are definitely the most authoritative youth training experts.

Sevilla is a youth training team that has been very popular in La Liga in the past few years. General Manager Monchi is interpreted by the media as the best general manager in Europe, and even attracted the attention of Florentino. However, few people know that behind Monchi stands a 60-year-old Spanish man named Pablo Blanco.

He is the youth training director of Sevilla. He also spent his career in Sevilla and has a very deep affection for the team. At that time, almost everyone in Sevilla knew that although Monchi and his scout system, who were very popular in the media, were important channels for the club to deliver talents, their role was only to dig out rough jade.

So how is rough jade carved into a dazzling gem?

Daniel Alves mentioned Pablo Blanco when he was communicating with Ye Qiu. He was regarded as a craftsman of Sevilla. He cultivated and carved stars including Alves, Baptista, Ramos and others from semi-finished products, and made them an indispensable and important member of the team's first team, and then became a first-class star.

In the eyes of the media and reporters, when Sevilla is mentioned, Monchi will definitely be mentioned, as if everything is Monchi's credit. But in fact, it is not difficult to dig out rough jade. There is never a lack of genius in this world, but how to turn rough jade into gems is the key to the success of a team's youth training.

Ye Qiu used his connections to contact Pablo Blanco several times in a row. Later, he personally visited Spain and explained his ideas to him. This made Pablo Blanco, who had a bad relationship with the overbearing general manager Monchi, moved and finally transferred to Tottenham Hotspur.

Bobby Hams, Peter De Visser, Fimmel Favini, Eric Harrison and Pablo Blanco are the five veterans of the Player Training Practice Center. There are only five of them working in the entire department.

Here we must mention the division of labor and cooperation of Tottenham Hotspur. The work of the five people in the Player Training Practice Center is not to personally participate in the players' daily training, or to personally supervise and guide the players' training. Their job is to tailor a training plan for the players.

For example, Ramsey, this player has made great progress after becoming a main player. When Ye Qiu considered letting Ramsey play as a main player, the Player Training Practice Center proposed that Ramsey's running and coverage were excellent, but both offense and defense relied too much on running, which made a lot of running useless, so they thought that Ramsey should improve his awareness.

But at the same time, they think that a player with a large running range, who is very active and can run for the entire 90 minutes, will play a huge role if he has excellent ball-holding skills, can protect the ball, pass the ball, and has the ability to organize and penetrate the ball.

In fact, Tottenham Hotspur's training of Ramsey is now carried out in accordance with the direction and plan given by the practice center.

And Neymar, many people are very curious, why Tottenham Hotspur did not focus on Neymar's physical fitness in the past few years? Even now, Neymar's physical fitness is still not strong?

This involves an analysis by a player training practice center. They believe that Neymar does not need to deliberately strengthen physical training now, because when the body is at a disadvantage, Neymar will learn how to better use his body, such as improving prediction, positioning, and even some very simple but practical skills.

The most important thing for Neymar now is to make his skills and awareness more adapted to the Premier League and more integrated into the existing Tottenham Hotspur tactical system. When he has done well enough in both aspects, his body can be easily trained, and even with the accumulation of games, his body will naturally improve.

For a player's career, the body means the lower limit. In modern football, you can't play without the body, but the body is the easiest to train. Awareness is the upper limit of a player. It determines what height the player can reach, and awareness is the most difficult to train.

Therefore, including Neymar, many players under the age of 20 focus on awareness and technology, and the body is always ranked last.

It is precisely because of this group of very experienced and sharp-sighted youth training experts that Tottenham Hotspur has been very targeted in the training of young players in the past few years. They have formulated targeted plans, and the coaches below are responsible for implementation. With the assistance of a series of high-tech training equipment in Tottenham Hotspur, as long as the players are willing to cooperate with the training, the progress and effect are very obvious.

There is no doubt that the prosperity of Tottenham Hotspur players and even the emergence of team talents are not accidental. At least the team invests at least 10 million euros in this aspect every year, which is an impossible number for any other team.

If Florentino introduced superstars to create a high-input, high-risk and high-output business model, then Ye Qiu has opened up another model, that is, high-input, low-risk and high-output for training stars, and it can also be operated on an assembly line.

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After arriving at Theobald, Ye Qiu handed his two children to the staff and took them to the playground specially opened by the club for children. He, accompanied by Ricklink and the five veterans of the Player Training Practice Center, inspected the various venues for the Talent Day selection.

"Why are there so many people over there?" Ye Qiu noticed that there were many people in one of the venues, "Go and have a look!"

The appearance of Ye Qiu and others immediately attracted the attention of the fans at the scene, but they saw the notice when they entered Theobald that they were not allowed to ask for autographs and take photos when they met the head coach and the stars here, and they were not allowed to go up and harass them. So when they saw Ye Qiu, they took the initiative to make way for them to watch the training ground through the wire fence.

Like the previous Talent Day selection activities, there will be several first-team players participating in each area. They will practice with these young players, which can also be regarded as an incentive for the players participating in the selection activities.

"Those three kids seem to be triplets!" Although Peter De Visser is very old, his eyes hidden behind his glasses are very sharp, and he immediately saw the focus of everyone's attention.

There were three teenagers aged 12 or 13 on the training ground. They looked shorter than some of the British teenagers on the field. They had yellow skin, but they were not Asians. They looked a bit like Latin Americans. Although they were shorter, they were very flexible and had excellent footwork skills. The key was that the three of them cooperated very well with each other.

Ye Qiu and his friends were watching outside the wire mesh. From time to time, fans around them cheered for the performance of the three brothers. Many people even introduced Ye Qiu and thought that these three star embryos should be signed. It was at this time that Ye Qiu realized that the fans actually knew the situation better than him. The three brothers were from Brazil, but they had already naturalized in England.

The three of them had excellent footwork skills and were very flexible, but their characteristics were different.

One of them kicked the ball very fiercely, passionately, and with great momentum. Although he was physically at a disadvantage, his technique was quite good. Another one was shorter, but his footwork was very delicate, and his ability to handle the ball in a small area was very delicate. He moved and dodged, but the ball was always stuck to his feet, which was really impressive.

Another one was very special. He was the smallest of the three and looked the thinnest, but interestingly, he had the most physical confrontations and a high success rate, which made him look like he had excellent physical fitness.

"These three guys are really interesting!" Bobby Hams laughed, "Especially the short guy, who was so small and thin, but he didn't lose the upper hand in physical confrontations at all. While in physical confrontations, he was able to maintain the use of technical details. He must not have come from playing wild football, but from formal youth training!"

Many people have a misunderstanding about physical confrontations, thinking that players with stronger bodies and better strength can win confrontations. This is wrong, just like you say that a taller player must have an air advantage.

Physical confrontation and air superiority on the football field depend on a very important factor, space!

To give a simple example, Thiago Silva is not tall, but his aerial superiority is very obvious, especially in recent years, his aerial superiority has not become a weakness, the reason is that he can predict the landing point of the ball very well and stand in the most powerful position.

Similarly, physical confrontation also depends on the occupation of space.

Benzema of Manchester United, this player is not slow, his body is relatively flexible, his footwork is good, he looks a little thin, and he is not tall, but he plays the center position with the most power confrontation in Manchester United, and what's interesting is that he can also become the fulcrum of the team's frontcourt attack. Why?

It's because Benzema's physical confrontation is very smart. He is very good at using his body and can maximize his physical advantages. He knows how to use his body to cover his own ball and dribbling, so he basically doesn't lose the ball, and he can also become the fulcrum of the team's frontcourt attack.

Ricklink waved to a staff member in the training ground through the wire mesh, and he quickly ran over.

"Where did those three guys come from?" Ricklink asked.

The staff immediately checked the numbers on the field, searched from the list in his hand, and soon found them.

These are indeed three brothers, and they are indeed from Brazil. The 13-year-old eldest is called Jay Da Silva, the boy who plays football with great momentum, the second is called Cole Da Silva, the shortest but very good at using his body, and the third is called Rio Da Silva, the player with the most delicate skills. The second and third are twins, both twelve years old this year, and they are from Luton Youth Training Camp.

"Pay attention to them!" Ricklink told the staff.

Ye Qiu nodded at Ricklink, and the group left the scene and went elsewhere.

To be honest, although the Talent Day selection event is held by Tottenham Hotspur, and although all visitors must hold a Tottenham Hotspur membership card, it is still inevitable that scouts from other teams will infiltrate the selection event, for example, they will enter the selection event through reporters and other means and channels.

This group of people are spies who can penetrate everywhere and are hard to guard against.

"Peter, I heard that you recommended another over-age player this year?" Ye Qiu and his group asked casually as they walked and looked around. You know, the talents recommended by Peter De Visser are all very good, such as Youri Tielemans.

De Visser nodded after listening, "I found a Henry!"

"Henry?" Ye Qiu was a little unconvinced.

"At least it's Walcott!" De Visser was very confident. Looking at his posture, it seemed that the player he liked had a lower limit of Walcott and an upper limit of Henry, and might even exceed Henry.

If someone else said this, Ye Qiu would think it was a bit exaggerated, but when De Visser said this, he believed it a little, because the old Dutch scout's vision has always been very sharp, and he almost never makes mistakes. If he says it's like this, then it's basically not that bad.

"Then let's go and take a look at your Henry!" Ye Qiu was interested.