David Garcia

Not only him, but Casado, Fermin, Olmo, Bernal (when he's fit), De Jong (as an honorary Spaniard). They are a delight to watch.

The illusion of effortlessness.

Their mastery of space and time makes it seem easy.
Their relationship with the ball facilitates interactions to maintain possession.

"The way they keep the ball was a learning experience..."
"The way they pass the ball... their fluid movement and combining made it really hard for us to press."

Pedri (Busquets 2.0) is the purest form of Spanish football.

Spend a whole match watching him and enjoy.
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That’s where my head has been these last couple months. Building for the community, and sharpening myself in one small corner of the game that matters more than most.

For example, a training activity like this one:

Developing Smarter Players through 2v1 Situations with Andreas Schumacher — It's Just a Sport Watch the replay of David Garcia’s webinar with Andreas Schumacher. Break down 2v1/2v2 moments and learn to design sharper training activities.

I’ve been diving into the work of others who are further along than me (like Andreas Schumacher) and trying it out day after day with reflection upon reflection...
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In the past, I’ve obsessed over positional play, session design, tactics, group management, leadership. Right now, it’s scoring. Next year it might be something else. But the process doesn’t change: dive deep, reflect hard, and put it into practice.

When I get stuck on something like this, I go all in. It’s how I approach my development:

- I don’t try to improve everything at once.
- I choose one aspect of my coaching I’m passionate about.
- I give it all my energy until I start to see real progress.

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But scoring itself, that last piece, feels like the frontier I need to improve in. Football is such a low-scoring game that even improving by one percent in front of goal can decide entire seasons.

For years, I’ve gotten really good at helping teams progress the ball forward in order to create opportunities (like the team below).

Part 2: My Own Coaching Obsession

At the same time, I’ve been diving headfirst into my own development as a practicing coach. Right now, my obsession is scoring.

Sometimes the answer was yes.

The course will run as a beta in October with a small group of coaches who’ve been with me since the early days. For everyone else, the full launch is coming soon and I’m genuinely excited for what it’s going to bring.

It’s been shaped by looking back at everything I’ve created in the past five years—the positional play course, the game model course, live workshops like Unlocking Player Potential and asking myself:

Do I still believe this?

Has my thinking changed?

This summer I’ve been building something new: a three-part series called How to Coach. The first course, HTC 1, is nearly ready, and I can honestly say it’s the clearest, most refined version of my work so far.

Two things have been taking up my time, one for It’s Just a Sport, and one for me as a coach.

New courses and my own coach development...

WHAT I’VE BEEN BUILDING + WHAT I’VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH.

I've been more quiet but not totally absent.

Let me show you... 👇🧵

⌛️ Registration closes tonight and starts tomorrow!

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We finish with homework. I share with you different matches, typically with Tactical Camera, and a distinct objective about what to watch for like you can see below. Then we discuss.

Once we understand the theory, we delve into practical video examples from the world’s top leagues, like the one in the image...

We start with some tools that help us organize the course content.

Every week we break down the following:
Unique moment of the game and examples of the moment like you can see below 👇

It’s a unique kind of online course because by meeting every week for four weeks, we learn from each other.

This is the structure of the course👇

✅ I have been using the IJaS methods to empower coaches and simplify the game viewing process to speed up coach development for more than 6 years…

…and I want to share these methods so you, too, can start watching in more detail.

This Course Is Everything I Know About Football Analysis 💪

You’ll Be Working With Me:
✅ I’m a UEFA A licensed soccer / football coach
✅ I’m a Coach Educator
✅ I have 15 years of coaching experience in Spain and the United States

It’s everything you need to start watching football with more detail.

In This Course You Get:
💻 6 hours delivered virtually over 4 weeks
📺 More than 10 Tactical Camera Matches
🎥 All calls will be recorded

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The Football Analysis Course.

This course is designed to provide you the theory, tools, practical examples, and practical implementation

See what's in the course! 👇

Only 1 day left to get the early bird price: $50 until July 31.

After that, the price goes up to $70.

🔒 Only 50 spots total (and they’re going fast)

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I want to invite you to join me in the upcoming How to Analyze Football 4-week course.

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We finish with 'homework'. I share with you different matches, typically with Tactical Camera, and a distinct objective about what to watch for like you can see below. Then we discuss.

🎥 Everything is live on Google Meets (but recorded too, so you won’t miss a thing).

Once we understand the theory, we delve into practical video examples from the world’s top leagues.

This is a very practical course. We start with some tools that help us organize the course content.

Every week we break down a unique moment of the game (build up, disrupting the build up, scoring, and preventing goals) and examples of the moment like you can see below 👇