Grabavoy

Ulrich said:
Funny you should mention this.... I'm a running coach and the arms directly influence the legs. I'm over-simplifying it, but the faster you pump your arms, the faster the legs will go (within reason & fitness), and the arms should be held in a natural 60-90 degree bend. Run up a hill (non-soccer-related), drop the arms (slightly)/increase the overall swing and drive the arms through each step for more power up the hill.

Considering how slow the squad was this year, they should be working on form every day, and if they already are, the coach should be fired.
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Jurgen Klinsi can help. When he became the Germany head coach, one of the first things he did was to instruct the players to run better from hips; which angered a lot of the players and made him butt of jokes; but a decade later, what he instilled there became standards in Germany soccer. Jurgen K may not be the best head coaches but he does know one or two things about soccer/running/winning.
 
NYdoesitEZ said:
Jurgen Klinsi can help. When he became the Germany head coach, one of the first things he did was to instruct the players to run better from hips; which angered a lot of the players and made him butt of jokes; but a decade later, what he instilled there became standards in Germany soccer. Jurgen K may not be the best head coaches but he does know one or two things about soccer/running/winning.
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I agree with your statements concerning "speed and running." Funny thing, I noticed that soccer being played with a "ball at your feet" creates the tendency to not…not enter into a sprinters form, ie. lifting the legs (knees) upward and thrusting your body forward to generate maximum acceleration…along with in sync rapid arm motion. To wit, a soccer player needs to adjust his running style constantly depending on whether or not the ball is at their feet and depending how close the nearest defender is!
 
ktdNYCFC said:
Very true! In high school I ran spring/winter track and cross country all 4 years. The one memory that stands out is my coach yelling at us down the straight, screaming "ARM SPEED!!!" and "JELLY FACE!!!"

And the hills... can't even count how many times I've willed myself up Cardiac Hill at Sunken Meadow. I once had a teammate who closed his eyes halfway up, and about a minute later realized he was running in place.
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Ha, as an aging and frequently injured soccer player, I've done my fair share of running form research, but you're gonna have to explain the "jelly face" thing for me. Is it going to change my life? Give me a couple more years on the pitch?! Gimme that snake oil...
 
Christopher Jee said:
Ha, as an aging and frequently injured soccer player, I've done my fair share of running form research, but you're gonna have to explain the "jelly face" thing for me. Is it going to change my life? Give me a couple more years on the pitch?! Gimme that snake oil...
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Relax your face/neck and breathe instead of tensing up and turning red.
 
MacMath back to Philly. Looks like they're going to have another glut in the GK department.

Wrong thread. Mea Culpa.
 
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I find this amusing:

Armchair Analyst: The eight most intriguing names in the first-ever crop of MLS free agents

7. Ned Grabavoy, M -- Played out of position on a broken foot with a mess of a club last year, and earned the ire of a large swathe of the fanbase. But you know what? He still created 32 chances from open play and completed more than 86 percent of his passes. Of players with 30 or more open play chances created, only Darlington Nagbe and Jonathan Osorio were more accurate in their distribution.

The ability to not turn the ball over is a valuable and somehow underappreciated skill. Grabavoy fits with any teams that want to build play methodically, and he does a ton of dirty work defensively as well. He'll be 33 next summer so he's probably not a fulltime starter anymore, but he can be in the rotation for a good team.

Teams that make sense: LA Galaxy, Chicago Fire, Sporting KC, Philadelphia Union, Montreal Impact
 
ktdNYCFC said:
I find this amusing:

Armchair Analyst: The eight most intriguing names in the first-ever crop of MLS free agents

7. Ned Grabavoy, M -- Played out of position on a broken foot with a mess of a club last year, and earned the ire of a large swathe of the fanbase. But you know what? He still created 32 chances from open play and completed more than 86 percent of his passes. Of players with 30 or more open play chances created, only Darlington Nagbe and Jonathan Osorio were more accurate in their distribution.

The ability to not turn the ball over is a valuable and somehow underappreciated skill. Grabavoy fits with any teams that want to build play methodically, and he does a ton of dirty work defensively as well. He'll be 33 next summer so he's probably not a fulltime starter anymore, but he can be in the rotation for a good team.

Teams that make sense: LA Galaxy, Chicago Fire, Sporting KC, Philadelphia Union, Montreal Impact
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"Earned ire of a large swathe of the fanbase." I wonder who they are talking about? ;)
 
It's also interesting there are multiple comments from fans agreeing he would be a useful fit for their teams. I guess Grabavoy on the other side of the fence always seems better than yours, or something.
 
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mgarbowski said:
It's also interesting there are multiple comments from fans agreeing he would be a useful fit for their teams. I guess Grabavoy on the other side of the fence always seems better than yours, or something.
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San Jose once waived Ned, the following year he won a MLS Cup with RSL. I expect him to rebound from his NYC disaster.
 
MagnusPax said:
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San Jose once waived Ned, the following year he won a MLS Cup with RSL. I expect him to rebound from his NYC disaster.
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He may rebound but so what? He had to fight for time at LA as a squad player and was deemed expendable via a trade to Columbus... Columbus didn't feel like protecting him in the expansion draft and San Jose then picked him..... SJ waived him after a year and RSL picked him up for his MLS Cup. He's a journeyman by definition and luckily for him even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
 
You guys can blame him for everything if it makes you feel better, but I think your seeing that only NYCFC fans think he's a waste.

He's gone, so it doesn't really matter.
 
I don't know where that is from, but it speaks to the eye test vs. pure statistics. If you watched Ned, you know that the high pass accuracy was a misnomer. They were passed backwards.

Show a stat about forward passes.

And he didn't play out of position. He played LM. That's his position.
 
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