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This is the opening session from the Analysing the World Cup workshop.
In Day 1, we set the foundation for how we will study the tournament: not by trying to watch everything, but by choosing what to pay attention to.
The main idea is simple:
If you try to see everything, you usually end up seeing very little.
So in this session, we look at how to harness your attention, use clearer football language, and begin turning World Cup matches into useful analysis.
🔍 Harnessing your attention
Learn how to choose a specific lens before watching a match, so you are not just following the ball or reacting to goals.
🧠 PMDS: Position, Moment, Direction, Speed
We introduce a simple way to describe football actions more clearly, so your analysis becomes more observable and less vague.
Instead of saying a team is “patient,” we ask:
Where did the action start?
What was the cue?
What direction did the ball or player move?
How quickly did it happen?
⚽ The four moments of the game
We break the game into four moments:
Build-up
Scoring
Disrupting the build-up
Preventing goals
These give you a structure for deciding what to watch and how to organize your notes.
📝 A practical note-taking process
I share how I take simple shorthand notes while watching matches, using shapes and timestamps to track repeated patterns.
The goal is not to write a perfect report. The goal is to notice:
Did it happen once?
Did it happen again?
Is this becoming a pattern?
🌎 Day 1 match task
We finish by setting the first workshop task for the Mexico vs South Africa match: watching Mexico in possession and asking how they build, progress, and create chances.
The World Cup is too big to watch passively.
There are too many games, teams, players, styles, and storylines. Without a clear lens, the tournament can quickly become a blur.
This recording gives you a simple starting point for watching with more purpose.
You’ll learn how to choose a focus, describe what you see more clearly, and begin finding the patterns that reveal how a team actually plays.
Coaches who want to improve their analysis
Analysts who want a clearer watching process
Serious football fans who want to see more than the ball
Anyone using the World Cup as a chance to better understand the game
Length: approximately 60 minutes
Format: recorded workshop session
Access: recording link sent after purchase
This is the opening session from the Analysing the World Cup workshop.
In Day 1, we set the foundation for how we will study the tournament: not by trying to watch everything, but by choosing what to pay attention to.
The main idea is simple:
If you try to see everything, you usually end up seeing very little.
So in this session, we look at how to harness your attention, use clearer football language, and begin turning World Cup matches into useful analysis.
🔍 Harnessing your attention
Learn how to choose a specific lens before watching a match, so you are not just following the ball or reacting to goals.
🧠 PMDS: Position, Moment, Direction, Speed
We introduce a simple way to describe football actions more clearly, so your analysis becomes more observable and less vague.
Instead of saying a team is “patient,” we ask:
Where did the action start?
What was the cue?
What direction did the ball or player move?
How quickly did it happen?
⚽ The four moments of the game
We break the game into four moments:
Build-up
Scoring
Disrupting the build-up
Preventing goals
These give you a structure for deciding what to watch and how to organize your notes.
📝 A practical note-taking process
I share how I take simple shorthand notes while watching matches, using shapes and timestamps to track repeated patterns.
The goal is not to write a perfect report. The goal is to notice:
Did it happen once?
Did it happen again?
Is this becoming a pattern?
🌎 Day 1 match task
We finish by setting the first workshop task for the Mexico vs South Africa match: watching Mexico in possession and asking how they build, progress, and create chances.
The World Cup is too big to watch passively.
There are too many games, teams, players, styles, and storylines. Without a clear lens, the tournament can quickly become a blur.
This recording gives you a simple starting point for watching with more purpose.
You’ll learn how to choose a focus, describe what you see more clearly, and begin finding the patterns that reveal how a team actually plays.
Coaches who want to improve their analysis
Analysts who want a clearer watching process
Serious football fans who want to see more than the ball
Anyone using the World Cup as a chance to better understand the game
Length: approximately 60 minutes
Format: recorded workshop session
Access: recording link sent after purchase