I still remember the first time I sat down after a match, replaying the moves in my head and trying to piece together why one team looked so fluid while the other seemed lost. That was the start of my fascination with what I now call my personal Formation Review habit. At first, I was just sketching rough shapes on paper, but over time, I found myself analyzing angles, spaces, and transitions as if I were solving a puzzle. The more I watched, the more I realized that formations weren’t just numbers on a chalkboard—they were living, breathing frameworks that shifted with every pass.
Reliving the First Time I Saw a Back Three
One of the turning points came when I saw a coach switch to a back three mid-match. At first, I thought it was a desperate gamble, but as I watched the structure unfold, I saw how it…