“Therefore the coach needs to look at everywhere else than where the ball is. Because the players’ positioning and movements will determine what options the ball carrying player does have. When I watch football from this zoomed-out perspective I call this level 2 watching.

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Level 3 watching is very demanding and it takes a lot of practice. Maybe it will never be perfected because the options are so many. You still watch the game through the zoomed out lens that you use in level 2 but you now see the positioning as hypothetical. Instead of beginning to look for the movements you begin to look at the positioning.”