CONNOR. Central midfielder · 16 · United States
PRESSURE ONLY WORKS WHEN YOU ARE BLIND TO IT.
Connor received blind to pressure. Couldn’t read where it was coming from, how fast, or from which angle. Good intentions, but lost possession.
We worked on his angle of reception.
Receiving beyond the vertical line of the presser.
Straight pressure becomes diagonal.
Diagonal pressure hesitates.
Hesitation creates time.
Time creates options.
After that adjustment, he started controlling tempo instead of reacting to it.
WHAT CHANGED.
He now controls the situations he is in. Plays forward consistently, and finds options others miss.