re: Thinking, Fast and Slow: Parallels with Player Development in Football

Fantastic read.

When I watch players who use tons of skill, I feel like I can tell who uses it with effort and without.

Erik Lamela for Spurs is a player who tends to go back and forth. When he had his rabona goal last year, it was mindboggling how a player could take such a shot in the run of play. But he wasn't thinking. He was just using his skills that were second nature. But oftentimes, he loses the ball in one on one situations because he is overthinking and can't see the right play.

ETA: Today is actually the one year anniversary of this beautiful goal.