Quote Originally Posted by ESTI View Post
Agreed on all points above. Watching younger players, it is quite humorous to see the outside mid run up and down the sidelines open on runs and the center mid, head down, misses opportunity after opportunity, or just running up and down the sidelines when the ball isn't in a playable range, in which case you are wasting energy. These two examples are relatable and help show your points above.

As I posted earlier, after individual analysis of actual ball possession time of an athlete, it helped prove point that in her specific instance, she did nothing but one touch pass the ball, and the rest of the time was specific "fitness."
Exactly.

I've stories, that I won't bore you with, from personal experiences of well known players running numbers up to keep stat's up (distances, sprints) and then on the other side, some of the greats showing incredibly low numbers yet being the most effective player, and game winning, on the team. Also of whole team stat's showing the same.

The biggest danger I see is actually the focusing on the stat's incorrectly and this then becomes a motivator for players to do stupid things.

Think 'headless chicken'.