Thomas Cryan

@ThomasCryan

AFC C Diploma I Macquarie University - MTeach (Sec) I Writer, Teacher and Football Coach I Re-examining The Conventional I medium.com/@thomas.cryan

Sydney, Australia Joined October 2024

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Thomas Cryan @ThomasCryan Apr 10

Over the next 6 weeks, I'm going to study 2 hours of coaching materials every day and I'll document it ALL here.

84 hours of new learning.

Books, webinars, podcasts, I'll share everything and my thoughts🧵:

Inspired by @MaccaCoaching!

Thomas Cryan @ThomasCryan Oct 21

Looks a bit like Football Manager but it's not. I started building a personal dashboard to organise my life and the coaching side grew into something I didn't originally plan.

Curious what other coaches might think and if they would have any interest in using it.

Thomas Cryan @ThomasCryan Oct 12

Thought I'd share a sneak peek of something I've been working on - inspired by Don Howe's Defending 1v1 Framework shared by @PaulMcG8, I've made my own for Finishing 1v1 based on insights from Lineker, Wright, Cole, Henry, Rooney, Owen and more.

More to come soon...

Thomas Cryan @ThomasCryan Oct 11

Watching the City Liverpool game this weekend and Doku’s goal reminds me of @saundzo’s excellent thread on cutting in on goal.

Backwards diagonal touch enables him to get his body around the ball to whip it top corner while preventing the defenders from regaining the ball.

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. @saundzo May 11, 2025

The Arjen Robben ™️

Wingers can learn from the likes of Robben/Saka/Olise in how to find shooting angles when cutting in on your stronger foot — by cutting away from goal

Initiating an angle of approach in the wide 1v1/1v2 that goes towards goal (direct the dribble at the defender’s shoulder closer to goal) allows you to clear the space inside the box + drag the defender closer to the touchline and away from the space you want to take. The inside cut means you can access an angle where you can get your body-weight around the ball and execute a ‘whipping’ technique. Regressive to be progressive.

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Thomas Cryan @ThomasCryan Sep 12

Noticed this defending technique on a corner and would love to get some thoughts on it. Obviously the purpose of it is to prevent the movement of VVD but feel like it's in the grey area considering laws of the game.