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3. THE STANDARD MORPHOCYCLE

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Standard (Pattern):
Always be present
our Game
Idea (the pattern).

Each week we create

a cycle that have
similarities with the
next cycle

Morpho (shape):
Constant through
the weeks (at a
methodological
level, but with
different contents)

Players always
associated with a
certain geometric
configuration related
with our Game
Idea.

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FRACTAL:
Shape that keeps its characteristics when divided
into smaller parts.

Benoit Mandelbrot
Warsaw, 1924

Allow us to
fraction the
Game Idea
without ever
losing its
configuration

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Contemplate the Recovery and the Effort:

- At top level we can only have acquisitive concerns in
three days, otherwise the players will enter in fatigue
states:
Dynamism
Concentration
Injuries

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Essential premise:
Players only ready to exert another high
demand effort four days after (the
game).
Do not compromise the recovery from
the last game and to the next.

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Color meaning:
=

EMERGENCY
The Way we want to play

We have to focus on paint always in the appropriate color (blue, green and yellow).
To not focus always on the same muscular contractions (fatigue indicators).
One day we focus on one color and other days on anothers.

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Sunday - Game Day:

Fundamental for planning the next Morphocycle
(recover and evolution);
Some Games produce more wear than others;
The opponent of next game is important (maintain
our Game Idea but contemplate strategic details).

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Monday - Day of Rest:

Day following the Game;
Better for the players (emotional level);
Reasons:
A. Difficulty to sleep (fatigue or excitement);
B. Trips (sleep later);
C. Lack of sleep quality.

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Monday - Day of Rest

Day after the Game for me is better do not train.

I dont feel well.

After a Game at night I go sleep later and have to wake

up early to run 6 minutes, that dont help anything.

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Tuesday - Specific Recovery Day

Trigger the bio-energetic ball present in competition;
Wake the body but with a very short time (do not allow
further fatigue);
Recovery occur in exercises intervals;
Train without training;
Adaptability and Recovery.

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Tuesday - Specific Recovery Day

Intense effort but with a very short duration and a plenty of rest;
Tune up the nuts and bolts;
Emotionally engaged playful side crucial in recovery processes;
Create an environment that allows the appearance of enthusiasm;
Different work to players who play more than 60 minutes and
players who play less or didnt play.

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Tuesday - Specific Recovery Day

Players
who
play
more
than 60
minutes

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Tuesday - Specific Recovery Day

Players
who
play less
or
didnt
play

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Tuesday - Specific Recovery Day

All players
training
together

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Wednesday - Day of SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased tension of the muscular contraction
Develop purposes of our Game Idea (small principles, the details);
Significant density of eccentric contractions to increase tension
(jumps, shots, tackles, accelerations, stoppages, changes of direction,
etc.);
Closer to 1v1 and 2v2 situations;
First acquisitive session (Standard Morphocycle).

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Wednesday - Day of SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased tension of the muscular contraction
Continue to take into account the need of recovery;
Reduced spaces, small number of players, very short duration;
Predominance of individual repetitions;
Several stoppages between exercises (promote recovery);
Allow players always exercise at a Maximum Relative Intensity.

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Wednesday - Day of SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased tension of the muscular contraction

Training session could last longer than usual;

Tuning up of the nuts and bolts;
Most discontinuous of all the days that are part of the acquisitive
operationalization.

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Wednesday - Day of SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased tension of the muscular contraction

Prevent being
beaten Defensive
Responsibility"

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Wednesday - Day of SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased tension of the muscular contraction

Sectors near
each other to
close the
spaces between
the lines

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Wednesday - Day of SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased tension of the muscular contraction

Carry the ball

to attract
opponents

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Thursday - Day of the MacroPrinciples and SubPrinciples

with increased duration of the muscular contraction
MacroPrinciples and SubPrinciples of our Game Idea and the
relationship between them;
Very similar to the competition;
The Training Session with fewer interruptions;
Some discontinuity (fatigue prevention for the next game);
Most demanding day of the Standard Morphocycle.

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Thursday - Day of the MacroPrinciples and SubPrinciples

with increased duration of the muscular contraction

Exercises with more emotional fatigue and more complexity;

Large spaces, all squad (or almost) involved, more duration of
exercises;
Train always in Maximum Relative Intensity.

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Thursday - Day of the MacroPrinciples and SubPrinciples with increased

duration of the muscular contraction

Ball Possession

Defensive Line of 3

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Thursday - Day of the MacroPrinciples and SubPrinciples with increased

duration of the muscular contraction

Avoid Ball
Progression

Avoid penetrations
behind defensive
line

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Thursday - Day of the MacroPrinciples and SubPrinciples

with increased duration of the muscular contraction

Pressing Zonal
Defense

Strong Side / Weak

Side

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Thursday - Day of the MacroPrinciples and SubPrinciples

with increased duration of the muscular contraction
Take advantage
of opponent
disorganization

Take advantage of
space behind
opponent defensive
line back

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Friday - Day of the SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased speed of the muscular contraction
Need of recovery (close to competition, following more demanding
training);
Very short duration of exercises, reduced spaces, small number of
players;
Reduced complexity (aspects already assimilated);
A lot of discontinuity.

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Friday - Day of the SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples with

increased speed of the muscular contraction
Exercises with little contextual interference and little unpredictability
(reduced opposition);
Straight line race;
Demand the motor/effector dimension;
Execution of the action (1/3), the other 2/3 are for awareness and decision
trained in the two others acquisitive days;
Know how vs Know about a know how.

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Friday - Day of the SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased speed of the muscular contraction

Crossing under
favorable
conditions

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Friday - Day of the SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased speed of the muscular contraction

Prevent
penetrations
behind the last
line

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THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE PROCESS

Friday - Day of the SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased speed of the muscular contraction

Occupy by
anticipation
the finishing
zones

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THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE PROCESS

Friday - Day of the SubPrinciples and SubSubPrinciples

with increased speed of the muscular contraction

Take
advantage of
the space
behind the last
line

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THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE PROCESS

Saturday - Day of Recovery with Activation

Recover and Activate without create fatigue;
Review the work done through the week;
Reduced complexity;
Maximum commitment in short periods of time;
Many intervals (very discontinuous session).

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Saturday - Day of Recovery with Activation

Vary on the number of players involved and field
dimensions;
Low acquisitive demands (informal character);
Game-like situations (smaller scale and reduced fatigue);
Recreate our Way of Playing.

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Two faces of the same coin

ACQUISITION

RECOVERY

Two dimensions on the same side of the coin

In 2011-12 and 2012-13 Jupp Heynckes FC Bayern Munchen played an

entertaining and effective football game style that led to both Bundesliga
and Champions League titles. Heynckes Bayern lost the 2012 Champions
League Final in PKs but won in 2013. Winning those titles was based on a
game model this book depicts. Utilizing the Tactical Periodization method
to implement it is an approach proposed in this book. Tactical
Periodization was made popular by Jose Mourinho who has won titles
since 2003, his first year as a Head Coach in four different countries
(Portugal, England, Italy, Spain) plus a UEFA Cup, two Champions League,
and was Champions League semi-finalist three other timesall in 10
years! Tactical Periodization is a methodology a Coach may apply to play
game style any and/or formation leveraging this method.
Implementing a game style requires thinking and planning through each
game situation. Preparing those game situations through the pre-season
and enhancing the teams effectiveness throughout the season is the
focus of the Tactical Periodization method. It integrates the four pillars of
the game (physical, mental, technical, and tactical) with the four
moments of the game (Offense, Transition to Defense, Defense, and
Transition to Offense) over the training week to reach the desired Game
Model. The value of this book is not only in the theoretical aspects of the
Tactical Periodization (Chapters 1 -3) but the practical context exercises
that enable the reader to leverage them for a teams training plan. In
Chapter 4, Bayerns Game Model for all four moments of the game is
detailed with supporting images. Chapters 5 through 9 depict the
operationalization of the Game Model through detail the exercises needed
for each principle in each moment of the game to train the team.
Enjoy the book and good luck in your endeavors!
Pedro Mendona

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