Rene Maric: From blogging to Bayern Munich (Part 1)
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Our guest on Episode #62 of the TGG Podcast, in association with Hudl, is René Marić. The Austrian is one of the most interesting and highly-rated young coaches in European football. He made his name by founding the cult tactics blog Spielverlagerung and went on to become Assistant Manager at Red Bull Salzburg, Borussia Monchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund and Leeds United. Now he's Head of Coach Development and Playing Philosophy at Bayern Munich. In Part 1 of this Episode, René told us about the 'Bayern Munich way', why the Academy is fundamental to the club, the importance of 'game insight', the relative age effect, raising the Academy entry age to 11 and liaising with manager Thomas Tuchel. SHOW NOTES => 02:41: Role as Head of Coaching and Playing Philosophy explained. The 'Red thread' that runs through the club. 08:36: What is the 'Bayern Munich Way' of playing? 11:55: Now the Head Coach of the U19s and Youth League team too! How has that been? 16:25: How important is the Academy at 'FC Hollywood'?  19:42: 'Game insight' and why legend Thomas Müller and young pretender Alex Pavlović are great exponents of this. 28:38: Relative age effect and why Real Sociedad are outliers in this area. 33:28: Raising age of entry to the Academy to 11 years old. 37:00: Transition to the first team and liaising with Thomas Tuchel. 39:05: Structure of the Academy/ different age groups.
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