3 Tweets 1 reads Feb 03, 2024
"TECHNIQUE" in football is often misused in my opinion.
Technique is executing a movement in a goal-oriented and economic manner.
This applies to all movements, not only kicking the ball. There's technique to duels, running, heading, ...
GOAL-ORIENTED: Coordinating the movement towards a goal; scoring, winning the ball, making a save, ...
ECONOMIC: Wasting as little energy as possible when making the coordinated movement
Calling a player "technical" is in my opinion an oversight, often referring to their skillset on the ball.
A more inaccurate gradation is using subjective aesthetics to determine the "technical" quality of a player.

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