Course Resources & Tools

Course: How To Analyse A Match
Section: 01 - Getting Started
Subsection: 03 - Course Resources & Tools
URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/classroom/9775ce2d?md=ff3894787b8746f5b7b26a7140043f74

Download Your Analysis Templates

Download your analysis templates:

Your analysis templates aren’t forms to fill in. They’re thinking frameworks designed around a simple principle: if you can’t explain your observation to a 12-year-old, you don’t understand it well enough to coach it.

🔧 The Match Analysis Toolkit Includes:

The 6W Framework Sheet: What, Who, Where, When, Why, What Next
The Pattern Recognition Template: Spot recurring themes across phases
The Individual Performance Tracker: Position-specific observation guides
The Tactical Shift Detector: Identify in-game adjustments and their impact
The Development Priority Matrix: Turn observations into training focus

Setting Up Your Observation Toolkit

Your toolkit should be simple enough to use during a match, sophisticated enough to capture meaningful insights, and portable enough to work anywhere.

Essential Equipment:

Notebook (physical backup for digital tools)
Phone/tablet with video capability
Stopwatch or timing app
Simple tally counter (for tracking specific events)
Coloured pens (for different phases/players)

Digital Setup:

Video analysis software (or free alternatives)
Note-taking app that syncs across devices
Simple spreadsheet for tracking trends
Cloud storage for footage organisation

How to Organise Your Match Footage

Your footage library should tell a story. Not just of individual matches, but of your team’s evolution. Of patterns emerging and problems being solved.

Folder Structure That Works:

TEAM ANALYSIS 2024-25/
├── 01-MATCHES/
│   ├── vs-Arsenal-H-Aug24/
│   ├── vs-Chelsea-A-Sep24/
│   └── vs-Liverpool-H-Oct24/
├── 02-INDIVIDUAL-PLAYERS/
│   ├── Smith-Development/
│   └── Jones-Analysis/
├── 03-TACTICAL-PATTERNS/
│   ├── Build-Up-Play/
│   ├── Pressing-Triggers/
│   └── Set-Pieces/
└── 04-OPPOSITION/
    ├── Scouting-Reports/
    └── Pattern-Library/

Key Philosophy

The goal isn’t to watch more football. It’s to see more in the football you’re already watching.

Every coach can spot a good goal. Exceptional coaches spot the movement pattern two passes earlier that made the goal inevitable. They see the defensive positioning three minutes before that created the opportunity.

Course Integration

The Football Coaching Academy Game Model Course follows a systematic development framework. This analysis course applies the same methodology to tactical observation.

“We’re building your analytical intelligence the same way we build player intelligence: systematically, progressively, with clear outcomes at every stage.”

Available Resources

Resources Section:

Match Analysis Toolkit (downloadable resource available)

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Course Resources & Tools