How Pep Guardiola is Influenced By Rugby
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“Rugby is brilliant,” Pep Guardiola once said, “I teach my players rugby.” But Manchester City look far from a rugby team.
So what is it that Pep Guardiola likes about rugby? And what does he teach his players?
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor, illustrated by Philippe Fenner.
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So that’s why Raheem Sterling keeps shooting the ball over the bar...
he's training for his alternative career in case football didn't work for him anymore 🤣
This made me laugh far more then it should have 😅
Underrated comment
💀
Absolutely uncalled for 😂
Scenes when Sean Dyche instructs his players to wrestle City's attackers to the ground...
He doesn't already do that?
Neil warnock does it weekly
@@cov9290 tru (btw well done to u lot at cov u have completely blown my prediction of u in 15th Lol)
😂😂😂😂😂😂
They've been doing that lol
Ramos & Pepe must be influenced by rugby as well
really? i thought they were studying monday night raw from the 90s
@adrish bose extraordinary rendition
They're more toward MMA
@@mofb8331 I love mma so I play just to beef people , sue me
Squidge Rugby adds the TiFo touch to rugby superbly
Would love to see some similarly nuanced and technical rugby content in the future
A few years back, I worked in a sixth form college's performing arts unit, which included a rigorous dance course. One of the teachers told me that one of her jobs in the past was teaching Ballet to rugby league players at Wigan Warriors. Those hulking blokes were very enthusiastic to learn the mental core work that goes into classical dance!
Sounds interesting. But I can't imagine them dancing gracefully to the music... Lol
ballet and dance in general is very useful for pretty much any sport lol martial arts, football, basketball, track/field, tennis, even swimming, etc there are plenty of athletes out there that have spoken about taking ballet or other dance classes in their youth or even while they were actively involved in a different sport professionally
When Vanderley Luxemburgo was Brazil national team coach, he tried to develop Capoeira's dance classes for brazilian players.
That's fairly common. There are similar stories in the NFL.
rugby players are encouraged to take ballet and other dance classes
The concept of playing and learning about similar but different games to improve how you play your main game is tried and true. When you get into competitive TCGs, one of the first things pros will tell you is to play other TCGs, because each game gives you a different outlook, new experiences and teaches you to be a better player
TCGs??
@@god_ynwa Trading Card Game. Such as Magic the Gathering, Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon
@@rafiahmed4806 Oh right, I was confused as well. I've never known whether or not to get into those because I already play games with a decent bit of strategy themselves (Football, Basketball, Chess) so I'm not sure whether I'd have the time or patience.
@@rafiahmed4806 ty, im 47 so not my fault 😂🤣😂
Shut up
Hi Tifo producers,
Just wanted to say that I've enjoyed watching your videos during lockdown and they've been the most interesting part of online schooling. I sometime bunk classes to watch your videos. My in-person school starts next week, and its going to be really sad to go back. Thnx for giving me a laugh during this tough an ddepressing time
Same here bro
Ok
Enjoy it
I love his voice. Tifo has the best podcasts I've ever known. so it's not only the content but also the way they present it, that makes this channel a treasure
As a South African this one hurt 😂😂
But the Springboks won the trophy again in 2019 so it can't hurt too much
Stop being filthy cheapshot artists
I'm just glad he didn't talk about the follow up where they beat Ireland in 2019
@@ieatbananaskins7926 hahaha too right
But then you deservedly won the world cup in Japan
Fun fact - Pep is bald
That was fun
No way! Really?
Never trust bald people, people whose hair and eyebrows don't match, and people who make themselves barren then try to convince someone to try and have a family
I am laughing a lot right now bro you are comedy god
Noooo what! I never knew that! I never knew that!
I've always thought Tifo should have a rugby channel
Agree, I'd watch. Or at least "The Athletic Rugby" or something like that.
Try squidge rugby’s channel it’s superb
@@CommunistLlama the rugby channel in nz has all the goods
British culture
@@charlasdefutbolscouting maori culture
Smiling Pep = scary. Normal Pep = David Beckham.
Lol.
I was getting rugby vibes from the L'pool game. The possession reminded me of gaining territory when a fly-half kicks to touch. I think the fans seen it too but mightn't have made the connection, hence the celebrations when winning a corner of throw-in deep in opposition territory. The impressive City 1st half was like a hybrid of MMA, Chess, Rugby and a Boa Constrictor. The tactically constructed mid-field moving the ball to gas out opponents was stifling even to watch. Just as well they didn't sign Kane or that Constrictor would have fangs xx
As someone who plays both sports there are similarities more than u would think. I would say football is more dynamic due to Rugby prohibiting forward passes. They are also my two favourite sports.
True!
Other than having played rugby the ultimate mixture of previous sports experience to prepare for rugby is heavyweight wrestling and soccer (in American sports).
@@lga-jm6it Nice.
Coming from a football fan, Rugby is the most beautiful and entertaining sport and community I have ever seen. It is growing rapidly too. Has a great future in the world of sport. It would be nice if Tifo did more videos on it to be honest.
Squidge rugby I would describe as rugby's equivalent to Tifo if your ever wanting an in-depth look at the sport.
Uhm no.
Easily the most exciting sport to watch if you were someone who had no concept of the game as well
I believe basketball would grow internationally.
Think about it. It’s 5v5. Total players on the team is 15.
Compare that to football, 11v11, total squad is around 28+ so that’s over $10 mil. 4 EPL clubs pay over $100 mil.
So, I believe that creating a basketball league is cheaper and can achieve financial stability.
Look at the lower league in England, lack of funds.
@@robert2690 But basketball is so bland, there's so little to it
Please do more Rugby videos! We love them.
Speaking of Rugby and Football, please could you also do a video on Gareth Southgate's implementation of Māori (the native people of New Zealand) values onto the England National Team culture due to his friendship with Owen Eastwood, a Kiwi who worked with the All Blacks and now works with Harlequinns (who had won the English Premiership last season)? pls Tifo this is a really interesting topic which I think you could have an absolute blast covering.
I'm pretty sure rugby union's sworn enemy is - in fact - rugby league.
Was about to say this.
And I'm terms of drawing and passing to score tries Rugby League does that more often due to having 13 players on the field instead of 15.
Definitely not. I think league has a chip on its shoulder because we’ve always been bigger. If your think of proper rugby as Germany, league would be England and football the Dutch, we only really compare ourselves to one of them
I cry every time someone talks about the Springboks vs Japan game.
Really enjoyed this video. I’m mainly a rugby fan but love football too. I always think that rugby’s ‘chip and chase’ move could be deployed well in football with a player putting a ball behind the defence for a speedy forward
I guess.the ling ball/ chip/ lob are the equivalents, neck, even a through ball, because obviously there's not as much need to put the ball in the air, but I guess that would be a Gruber
I’m 27 from England coaching rugby in Canada start new rugby job in November. Can certainly say football and Tifo have motivated and inspired my coaching ideals. Thank you for the amazing content
I love Tifo but as a South African African this one hurts 😭🤣
As a double South African it must hurt twice as much!
Arteta could use some of these concepts to help his players stop continually passing laterally without forward progress against a deep lying defense.
I grew up playing Rugby but have been playing and coaching social football for the last 15 years. In Rugby, I was a Fullback, which is more like "libero/sweeper" role (almost like an "rush" goal keeper sweeper). In Football, I play centre back because I had experience in rugby that taught me how to read the play in front of me and anticipate where the ball would go next.
When we play casual games, I use my rugby side-stepping (or juking) abilities to lose a marker and get a few metres of space.
Rugby also gave me the base athleticism, physicality and bravery. I'm not a big guy, only about 170cm tall (plus I am about 10 years older than the other players!), but I am playing centre back! On the ground, few players in my league will beat me. In the air, I am generally shorter and find it hard, but I at least learnt to judge the flight of the ball from my Rugby days.
Additionally, we have a very strong and skilful player who we taught to play striker. We used concepts from basketball to teach him to "post-up" against his marker and roll that marker out of the way to shoot.
Same here! I'm a fullback/wing and I've played in goal (catching, sweeping behind a defence, positioning) and winger (pace, creating space, stepping players) in football. Rugby really helps
@@saoirsedeltufo7436, yeah, good points about playing goal keeper. When I had an injury, I volunteered to play in goal. Rugby gave me a base level of full body coordination (football doesn't teach hand/arm coordination) that was useful for plucking crosses out of the air and diving onto loose balls. I think locks would make great goal keepers!
And you reminded me how every player in Rugby needs to contribute to attack and defense. Football sort of has that, but defenders are primarily for defense.
I would love a TIFO-like channel explaining Rugby tactics like this! Interesting video as always!
Try squidgy rugby it may not be like for like but it is good as it gets for explaining the game of rugby
@@frankcrowley8646 ty appreciate that man, i’ll check it out!
@@igd01 you are welcome
Bruh I do this on fifa since 2010. Draw in the fullback with your winger then play the overapping ball. Does Guardiola want a seminar with me?
Some of us think the same way of how football should be played. It’s just the matter of understanding the concept. For you my friend, I can say you have mastered the understanding behind this concept. Kudos
No
Really great video. Would be interesting to see a video on how Guardiola is influenced by chess.
You take the pawn, you move the pawn, the bishops are our wingers, they cut in and out... take the pawn, move the pawn, cut in with Bishop, move the pawn
@@jackbarnes48 the rooks are the full backs...up down up down
@@rohannaval1621 the queen is kdb, free roam, let the queen do its job
I mean theres probably plenty you could translate from chess to football, its one of the worlds oldest strategy games afterall. Just off the top of my head the concept of 'seeing the whole board' would be super useful in a football context.
@@joemagill4041 That's why he watched it a lit on his sabbatical
I've often compared player movement in hockey and soccer. The passing lanes, the triangles, movement off the puck, always moving to open space... The only thing I know about rugby is the funny whistles.
Brazilian coach Muricy Ramalho, who won brazilian championship three times with São Paulo, was a volleyball and basketball fan.
Guardiola replaced Wenger in EPL, he really is the most intellectual of all managers.
You certainly never heard of Jurgen Klopp.
@@kwazilucas he is praising pep. why are you inserting klopp unnecesarily in the mix.
@@shikhargovil9579 Klopp to me is better than Guardiola when it comes to the understanding of football. Klopp understands football deeply and the reason he's not talked about much compared to Pep is because he doesn't have the same achievements.
@@kwazilucas firstly. please do'nt do comparisons. ca'nt we just embrace that we have some superb quality of managers at the moment. klopp is always talked in same league as pep and tuchel. ca'nt see point of your comment in that sense. even sir ferguson said that pep and klopp are best managers at the moment and then later he brought tuchel in same league. pep is known for winning loads of trophies whereas klopp is equally respected in football world for his work at various clubs in terms of improving them.
@@shikhargovil9579 but Klopp builds his team when he took over liverpool thier squad consisted of Moreno sakho skrtel clyne see how he transformed liverpool into PL and UCL winning team. without taking anything away from pep he says he won 6 trophies in his first season with many academy players of barca but those academy players were Xavi Iniesta messi
This was fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing! Would love to see more rugby content from you guys. Keep it up and God bless you :)
5:06 PERFECTLY describes Man U under Ole, players not coached to create space so we start passing laterally and become ineffective!
I have to admit, "sin bin" sounds kinda weird in Joe's accent
Who is joe
@@47eoghan47 joe mama
@@47eoghan47 Joe Devine
Video on Guardiola being fascinated by the flight formation of geese next please
Football Revolutionaries - Cruyff,Sacchi
Football Winners - Ferguson,Mourinho
Revolutionary + Winner = Pep 👑
Guys you are doing great and the videos are amazing but please we need more material like the ones you used to post earlier . See the Emil forsberg one for reference
tbh ive always loved rugby more, it looks so fun.
The thing is soccer is 90 mins with a lot of slow play, rugby is 80 mins of almost permanent action, okay this is a generalisation, so isn't always true, but on avg, so you can sometimes fall asleep watching chelsea ay athletic madrid, but lvpl arsenal has proven over the years to produce almighty classics. Whereas with rugby this means you seldom get boring games, you can get bad games, but I've never fallen asleep, vause even when the play is slow, you've still got to watch every moment
@@kurtsudheim825 04:00
Love this video! I came into football late (from rugby) and I definitely found rugby helped - it made me really well aware of space up ahead of me and where my players were for example, plus various technical helps
The KING 👑 never fails to amaze me. Josep Guardiola is the greatest football ⚽️ manager / coach ever in the history of this beautiful sport. His eye for detail and the passion or love 💕he has got for this game makes him an amazing guy. Meticulous and metronome consistency.
I would love an updated version of player roles in football from the group. The Regista video is a few years old now and has evolved etc
Interesting video, though I suspect it just skims the surface of rugby and football's actual tactical influence on each other (or potential for finding insights from each other). Also worth noting that Klopp has expressed admiration for the All Blacks.
Klopp also has a Springboks jersey from when he met Siya Kolisi if I am not mistaken. It is nice but weird when my two sport collide😂
NEXT VIDEO: How Arteta is Influenced By Volley Ball
Very cool video. Lots of kids in Australia find it hard to run into spaces behind, because playing the AFL teaches you to come to the ball first.
now only if someone was interested in Basketball
lots of interesting tactics to explore there as well
one historical example of this lesson borrowing from other sports is that of Cesar luis Menotti attending a training camp of the Pakistan hockey team in preparation of the 1978 world cup which his Argentine side eventually won.
I'd be more interested in Pep could have a convo with Eddie Jones about how they could sign and develop more Australian players in their farming system?
There are also 8 substitutions in Rugby Union to replenish the positions which are almost always used, hence you have more than half of the team fresher to keep the intensity higher, and also play games within shorter duration.
I agree with this, however I would like to inform you that as a regular player of rugby for my local team (as well as a footballer from time to time) Rugby is a far more intense sport overall, the 10 mins less in a rugby match does not make up for it. With regards to your point about subs, I am (As is Eddie Jones who is featured in this video) against the number of subs being this high as it decreases the need for good stamina. However, the IRB are perhaps not on my side here and sadly the subs allowed will probably only go up from here on. Thanks for reading my comment and I would appreciate to hear what you have to say on these points.
@@llanfair5782 Thanks for your comments, appreciate it. You're right in your assessment and I agree. I love RUGBY too, and the most important lesson Football can learn from it is to respect the referee and themselves and not fake dive. But at the competitive level, it's all about winning and the slightest advantage one has (such as fresh substituted players), the coaches will take it.
I think that’s not telling the whole story, you never stop moving when the ball is in play in rugby. There’s never really a time to walk, pair that with the fact the players who get substituted are often a lot bigger than you average football player, like your front row is always replaced around 50 minutes in, but they are all 110kg plus for the majority of
Rugby is goated
especially rugby league. Here in Australia it's amazing
It is becoming convincing that it is developing into the best sport in the world.
Rugby needs more viewers i also tried to watch nfl and i think its overhated by football fans ( it can be boring because of stoppage time)
@@GoogleAccount-bf4yo no
@@GoogleAccount-bf4yo most of the world don't know what Rugby is
Hey tifo, your videos are superb, can you please tell me which software do you use for the graphics plus which software do you use for tifoIRL tactical analysis videos. If Tifo didn't respond, can you guys tell me about it. Hey people, who're reading the comments 🙋😬
Pep speaks about run at the defender, draw them in and pass.
At United, you see no one running at defenders, and not making space because of a lack of intensity. Just proves Ole isn’t good enough
@Turnips what?
@@jaoulzn i think he meant "but then how did he win against pep 4 times?"
@Turnips by parking the bus and waiting for a counter attack 😂
@@makchot3263 how tf did united even park the bus😂can't even defend
@Turnips Yet they winnning nothing at all with ole, winning but it didn't matter at all feels empty.
Tifo are absolute masters saying lots of words in a nice soft voice without saying anything at all
I had a tactic in FM19 that where I tried something inspired by rugby.
In a 4-3-2-1 formation, where the inverted full-backs would run inside, mezzalas would move to the half spaces, and two shadow strikers would rush forward around a pivot false 9. The idea was to draw players out of possession when pressing, creating huge gaps when the ball eventually comes back to the DLP (or fly half) who would smash it up towards either the false 9 or mezzalas who were in buckets of space who could then lay it back for onrushing forwards
It did not fare well.
You had no width, everyone is crammed in the center of the pitch lol. The opposition can just pinch centrally and leave you with no space, if your fullbacks stayed wide and overlapped into the space left on the wings it would be interesting to see how it would work
@@smallarmskepa4390 I thought the mezzalas would give enough width but your totally right. I tried a new tactic 5-2-2-1 with cwb on attack, a libero on attack, a dlp and bwm, two shadows and a target man on support. Seems to working alright but early days
If anybody here wants a tactical explanation of rugby like tifo do here at rugby then I recommend squidge rugby a bit more quirky and different format but explains the rules and tactics of the sport well
I am fully ready for the Tifo Rugby channel
this thumbnail is the closest i will get to seeing a tifo video on my team 😂
5:55 that voicecrack tho....
I wonder just how many unseen tactics in football can be derived from different kinds of sports that have occurred on this earth?
We want Tifo Rugby (please)
Great vid 🙏🙏🙏
I like the stories when one sport inspires other game players
It's not really inspire, it's using skills that are more prevalent in other codes that can teach you things, or train things, so same as Lego makes you think.about space, it helps visualise well, its good for geometry & trig, video games help hand eye coordination, swimming & yoga trains certain muscles & so on. There'd the thinking, like here, & phsical types, but even so, both are the same principle. When.you're a pro, you need to.Look.for every advantage you can get
To be fair it makes sense. A huge body of knowledge right there that you can tap into.
eddie jones one of the great masterminds of rugby. beating the all blacks in the semi final of the world cup was the heist of the decade
Prove it
@@omalone1169 wdym prove it? the result is there lmao
The RFU, Rugby Football Union should give you some idea of the closeness between rugby and football.
Its all territorial and positional play.
Ya, soccer is a bit mire possession oriented, whereas in rugby territory can play a bigger part
Surprised the sport of basketball isn't mentioned as paralleling football. It's a similar sport in many ways of dribbling and passing
Think he watched a lot of basketball in new York
I thought the guy on the thumbnail is Stefano Pioli 😂 he once said he likes to take inspiration from other sports as well
i believe another concept that football/soccer can adopt is the 3 pointer in basketball. In order for this to be possible, you need a player or players who can strike the ball with precision. The job of the team would be to move the ball to the edge of the 18 yard box and then find these players. An example of this goal is Benzema's goal in the Finals of the Nations cup. Sane scored a goal the other day that many have dubbed a "fluke", however if this technique can be worked on then we can witness the effectiveness that kind of shot. Basketball players spend time working on 3 pointers from around the semi circle and i believe these 3 pointers in football/soccer should spend time working on shots from around the 18 yard box. Most of the scoring drills are done for direct/one on one chance with the keeper. I believe Benzema, Sane and even Ronaldihno's first goal in Barca are goals we can see more often if players work on them more.
Correct me if I’m wrong but basketball is the same thing. You draw a defender, you have someone make a cut (make a run) to the basket and make a layup.
It does look like that, always tryna get that overlap
Clive Woodward a Rubgy coach hinted at making a switch to football management a decade ago. The media was hot on the trail about the possible sports switch by Woodward but he abandoned the plan.
bruno fernandes showed the concept of attracting your man before passing perfectly when he assisted martial's goal against everton. man utd had an 2 on 1 against ben godfrey on the left. when Fernandes received the ball his body position was facing towards the left on godfrey's right shoulder. martial was wide on the wing quite far from goal, so if Bruno had passed the ball when he immediately received it, godfrey would have been able to shuttle across and possibly block the shot. Bruno being clever, he did not pass the ball immediately, he straightened his body position, which made godfrey delay his covering run towards martial, committing him to bruno , as bruno for that moment, was attacking the central space, when bruno did pass the ball, godfrey had less time to shuttle across and block martial's shot. this all happened in the space of 1 second btw
Please do a video on Marcelo Bielsa and why he hasn't been as familiar to silverware as other managers, despite him being highly respected in the footballing world.
Simple. He needs robots to play his style. Humans don’t do his system justice. Carajo!
He always takes over low level clubs or national teams. Both have low chances of winning something yearly.
@@Iksvomid yeah but if he's so good surely a Real Madrid, Barça, Juve or Bayern would have signed him already.
@@ux1-15 He doesn't go for big teams, unless they are national teams. Look at the teams he's coached, it isn't a one sided decision, Real, Barca, Juve or Bayern can't make him come if he doesn't want to.
@@Iksvomid have you heard of him being linked and declining a club of such calibre?
Always love me some pep city prop I'll have no idea what I'll do when he leaves us whenever he does 😭😭😭 I'll be almost as sad as when Aguero left us... I've never been sadder then that moment
I feel like I’ve read this in a book somewhere about Pep
Ramsdale for Arsenal is like a NFL quarterback during kickoff if you look closer the CB’s are fully blocking the players press like they would in American football
As a Springbok fan, this video gives me PTSD
This channel is god tier
Hockey and Basketball strategies cross over to football as well.
3:40 space doesn’t have to be FOUND, it has to be CREATED.
I’m South African and saw the thumbnail and headline and was immediately offended.
Despite that I don’t even follow rugby or play it.
But it’s because SA Rugby is the only thing I’m proud of as a South African
Having plaayed both rugby and football I can confirm i would be a lot more knackered during my football games, strange but true
Yes i have played both and still play rugby and yes football is harder in terms of cardio it requires a lot more running.
Must be playing rugby union. Rugby league requires way more fitness levels
@@andrewbryce2707 Sevens requires more fitness than both!
@@andrewbryce2707not really, specially in amateur when you 5 tackle and kick cycle only goes between 40ms for 20 minutes
I thought that was Sean Dyche
Does Tifo Rugby exist? And why not?
Hate to complain about an otherwise fabulous Tifo video the the game is ‘rugby union’ not ‘rugby’.
He mentioned union as the arch social enemy but the principles he highlighted were applicable to both league and union i think. The references to the Japan game was in union though
In most of the world it is Rugby and Rugby league
Draw and pass. I’ve set up so many goals by running at the defender and laying it off to a player in space. Especially if you shape to go one way and lay it off the other. It should be second nature but too many people give the pass early before the defender is committed. It seems to be a coaching blind spot at most levels. Even at the top level it doesn’t seem to be drilled into all the players. Holding onto the ball for a split second longer can be the difference between a goal and another aimless pass that goes nowhere.
Next video:- How a flight of birds inspired Guardiola's tactics and man management skills.
Pep is definitely influenced by Seb Stafford Bloor too going by the artwork
That Gundogan clip was helpful. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
How I wish I could go back to 2015
You do better rugby analysis than most of the rugby TH-camrs 🤣😭
Can't think of any team that doesn't do this?
best two sports in the world
Short answer take the ball pass the ball
0:50 so as South Africa we'll never live that down🤷♂️ nevertheless we did beat the British and Irish lions🤷♂️
Got our revenge against Japan, beat the Lions, got the World Cup and saved ourselves from complete embarassment by clinching the win against the All Blacks after a poor championship title defence😅
COME ON CITY
Barcelona is a large sporting umbrella. It differs to English clubs that are strictly football-only.
1:20 That's odd.... I've been into football for 30 years but I only recently got into Rugby Union by watching Ulster. I had no idea there was some sort of cultural split. They're both brilliant games, why choose?
There isn't a cultural split that tends to come from league and union i suppose he meant there was an historical one back when rugby split from football. But yes almost every rugby fan or player likes football or supports a football team.
I know, I've watched rugby since a kid, & git into soccer at about 14, along with tennis they're my top 3, but I'm just a sports fan, I like must, even.if I don't watch them all the time. I duo that that in England rugby is seen as elite because it's qhat they okay at private schools, & driver is dugout the lower class. But I dont get it because both only need a paying surface & a ball, so they're both accessible, it's not like golf or motorsport
The cultural split was the lower class in England played Football and the upper class played rugby. This can be seen because Rugby (Union) was fully amateur until 1995 because but when it was just a game, the upper class didn’t need the money so wanted to keep it as a game
“How Pep Guardiola is Influenced By Money” proper title
Background song?
00:30 nice ostrich egg
Sack the artist who drew Eddie Jones...
Somebody show Ole this video