What’s the best way to build from the back?

I used data to identify 15 common pass chains from a short goal kick. The two with the best expected goal difference start with an early switch of play: https://t.co/UmwjzpCFL9

Reducing the Pain of Context-Switching 🔀

Context switching is a huge pain as both a dev & dev advocate and makes it hard to be creative!

Three things that help:

📥 Centralize your capture
🤔 Review regularly
🤖 Automate where you can

Let's dig into each of these!

📥 Centralize your capture

"Cognitive setup" is the big drain of context-switching. Try @fortelabs' "slow burns 🔥 vs heavy lifts 🏋️‍♂️".

Trade 1 big block of cognitive setup + creative work for short sessions that keep the project context fresh. More:

First "slow burn" strategy: centralize where you capture ideas, take notes, & track project status. You might gather:

- Links to relevant docs or websites
- Ideas
- Notes or caveats
- Dated status updates

You can put these in physical journals, 1 app, or multiple apps.

For me, no 1 app can do everything so I use:

- @NotionHQ for status updates
- @draftsapp for jotting down ideas/notes to categorize later (not having to think about where to put an idea as you're having it is 💯)
- @obsdmd for archives/notes/research ("knowledge management")

You can go really deep into knowledge management; just google "Zettelkasten" and you'll see what I mean. If you want to check out Obsidian for yourself, here's a great intro tutorial:

Manchester United • Buildup phase

Various shapes used in their 4-2-3-1 formation
•4-2
•2-2
•3-1
•3-1 Asymmetrical

It was a rollover that wasn’t and then was, but despite the early passivity from their opponents, I think there’s still some things that rivals can learn about City from that match

RB Leipzig - Positional Rotation

•3-1-5-1 positional attack with single pivot
•Ball near pivot drops to receive
•Positional rotation in pivot player on ball circulation
•Increase vertical options

What are the top mistakes to avoid while making a landing page for your website?

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Here are some from our community

Today I want to talk about the legal aspects of startups. How to set up? How to think about legal costs?

Fun!

Read on >>

1) Lawyers are expensive -- oof! A startup lawyer can cost you $300-$1k per HOUR! An associate paralegal may be slightly cheaper. But still pricey.

What do you need from a lawyer?

-company setup costs
-doc creation and review for financing rounds
-exit negotiation

2) For the purpose of this thread, we're just going to focus on setup costs, because this is where I see the most mistakes.

Once you get going, you may quickly realize you need a better lawyer - hah - and that generally helps w/ solving for financing rounds and exits

3) If you want to potentially raise money from VCs, you'll want to set up as a Delaware C Corp. If you don't ever want to raise from VCs, an LLC is fine.

Lots of ppl start out as an LLC because you can get tax benefits if you are not profitable.

4) But to me, if you know you want to raise VC money, it feels a bit penny wise / pound foolish, because you will need to spend $$ to convert your LLC to a Delaware C corp.

GK Training ARSENAL FC 👊⚽️🥅🔴⚪️
You can see the full video in the following link:
https://t.co/oTmo0UlxMv

The first principles of selling online:

1. Increase the number of people who see your product.

2. Increase the percentage of people who see your product that buy it.

3. Increase the percentage of people who buy your product that rave about it.

Writing increases all three.

✍️ New article on event-first communities.

The article is talking about creating communities around event-series (partially inspired by @daniellexo ).

The article talks about:
- tech stacks,
- community niches for event-series,
- workflow for managers.

https://t.co/D6NymSG6Ux

The 3–3–1–3 formation: Its audacity and its frailty https://t.co/LbmAs2g1Cr

Is it worth the hype? What are the mechanics in attack and defence? Role of the wingbacks in this system with references from #LEESOU #Bielsa #EPL

Here's my honest take:

The choice of a system with Bielsa depends firstly on the number in the first line of pressure from the opposition. The 3-3-1-3 is suited against opponents that press with 2 at the top to gain numerical superiority over the first line of press

As the play moves outwards from deep, the opposition finds it easy to apply high pressure forcing the play wide since there are no options back into the middle. The CM in front of the defence is often either tightly marked or is in a position of heavy inferiority.

Progression to the construction phase is initiated by wingbacks. The space lies in the inside channel (half space) to attack. Overloading the half space helps gain superiority in the middle. The opposing wingback helps create a 2v1 on the opposite side forcing the defence back

Superiority can also be created by one of the forwards dropping, the winger replacing the space left behind in the centre, and the wingback overlapping with a 3rd-man or 4th-man run. The play needs to be quick and direct or risks a 4v4 on the counter!

The inner-workings of our win in Bucharest! 🤓💭

#BMGMCI

City in their first 2 attacking phases
•Ederson forms back 3
•Cancelo tucks into MF
•Gundogan/Walker provide width
•Wingers pin FBs
•Jesus/Bernado occupying space between lines & outside of block

#NowReading #ShoReadingList

There are three Frenkie de Jongs: ball-carrying pivot, box-crashing midfielder, and free center back. Will any of them become the generational talent he was supposed to be?

New paid newsletter: https://t.co/TqN7joapFJ

You're going to want to watch that second Barcelona goal.

It is counterintuitive but, if you have N100 to invest, (a) the N100 should be a proportion of a larger income, then (b) of the N100, always reserved N25 for downturns, no matter how good it's going with the N75.

I used video footage and detailed analytics to find Arsenal a replacement for Hector Bellerin.

I look at:

-Bellerin’s shortcomings
-The defensive option
-The attacking option
-The all-rounder

For @DiffKnock

For @Codecademy's first 4yrs, we were in the 📰 every wk. Those weeks, we made $0. The past 4 years, we've been out of the headlines. Now, we've raised $40m, our first raise in ~4yrs.

How'd we go from the center of the hype cycle to the brink of bankruptcy and back? Read on...

We started @Codecademy in 2011. With software eating the world and few ways to learn to create it, we saw a huge opportunity. In YC, we built Codecademy as "the easiest way to learn to code." We posted it to HN as a Hail Mary before Demo Day and got 200,000 signups in 3 days.

We were off: the press loved it, we were on every 30 Under 30 list, won awards, and more. As a founder, all of this felt great...until we had to raise 💵 to stay alive. All the press clippings didn't add up to enough $ to demonstrate we'd built something people would pay for.

With a few months of cash left in 2015, we scrambled to build Codecademy Pro, our first paid product, with new courses and new features for learners.

Going from the center of attention to the brink of bankruptcy was a rude awakening.

We struggled, but hit $1m ARR in ~6 months to raise a successful Series C to keep the company alive.

On the way, we learned an important lesson: hype doesn't pay the bills.

9 Lessons from 'The Compound Effect' By Darren Hardy

THREAD 🧵

It is Choice, not Chance, that determines your destiny.

The decisions that you make on a daily basis are the building blocks of your reality.

Good Habits Are The Key To Success

If you want to emerge successful, you need to create habits that enforce ethics, discipline and persistence in your life.

Success is achieved through positive, constructive habits.

Failure is the result of negative, destructive habits.

When you get tempted to engage in destructive habits, ask yourself if the thing you want to do is contributing to your success.

If not, replace it with something constructive.

Patiently Pursue Your Goal

Everyone wants overnight success, but that's just not how the compound effect works.

The truth is, we have to be patient.

Maintain your vision, work towards your target and with patience, you shall ultimately achieve your goals.

Why do so many coaches use a 3-4-3 in times of struggle or when taking over a new team?

• Full spectrum of passing angles in 1st phase build-up

• Force highlighted players in this 4-4-2 to make
quick decisions

• Natural width in 1st phase

• Protection in transition

@C_Carpenter14 @BundesPL @JamiescottUV @la_notice_ @craigmoniz_ @afcjxmes