by Robert Papić | May 9, 2020 | 16-17 y/o, te-ta creativity
Champions League Semi-finals, 2014 FC Barcelona led almost the entire game, but SG Flensburg Handewitt managed to draw and after the added time there were penalties. Everyone scored except for Nikola Karabatić and the last, deciding penalty, was shot by 20-year-old...
by Robert Papić | May 8, 2020 | 12-13 y/o, te-ta creativity
HISTORY 3:2:1 defence was invented by Krešo Pavlin from Zagreb. The story goes that he came to this idea by watching high schoolers play a free, unorganised game without supervision from a coach. Vlado Stenzel made it famous at the beginning of the 1970s, and it has...
by Robert Papić | Mar 28, 2020 | 7-9 y/o (mini handball), te-ta creativity
How do we encourage defence players to read the game in mini handball? Why do we think that automatising kids is a bad idea, even if it more efficient? Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. - Bill Gates - In mini handball, we...
by Robert Papić | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
How fast and intelligent should a goalie be in the game without a goalie? The mid-back of the blue team shoots at a distance of 7m from the goal at a speed of 120km/h, and the left-back at that moment starts running at a speed of 25km/h to replace the goalkeeper and...
by Robert Papić | Jan 2, 2020 | 16-17 y/o, psychomotor speed
Why do I believe less and less in luck in sports? Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - Groucho Marx - I believe more and more that what the fans call luck are actually the speed of making good decisions and implementing them efficiently, i.e....