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PREPLAYIQ · Football Intelligence Hub

FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE IS SEEING WHAT THE GAME REQUIRES.

Football intelligence is not one trick and it is not a general IQ test. It is the ability to gather relevant information, understand a match situation and choose an appropriate action in time.

TRAIN YOUR FOOTBALL IQRelated football concepts

01 / What this means

Why it matters

PREPLAYIQ treats Football IQ as a trainable interaction between perception, tactical language, pattern recognition and decision making. Context determines what a good choice looks like.

The central concept library connects explanations to Football Language, Decision scenarios and future games. The same building block can therefore be learned, recognised, applied and coached.

02 / From knowledge to training

  1. Source Registry01
  2. Concept Library02
  3. Football Language03
  4. Training and games04
  5. Player mastery05

03 / Central concept mapping

Related football concepts

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Perception

Scanning

Look before the decision moment arrives.

Perception

Space

Recognise and use free space.

Receiving

Body orientation

Open your body so you can see more of the game.

Combination play

Third man

Use a second player to release the third.

Game phase

Transition

The moment possession changes.

04 / PREPLAYIQ KNOWLEDGE

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PLAYERS

Improve decision making in football

Understand how information, context and options shape a football decision, then train the reasoning behind your choice.

PLAYERS

Scanning in football: look before receiving

Learn what scanning in football means, which information matters and why timing and application matter more than head-turn counts alone.

PLAYERS

Football awareness: improve your view of the game

Learn which information players need to recognise space, pressure, teammates and opponents early enough to make better decisions.

PLAYERS

Anticipation in football: read the next action

Learn how players use cues from body shape, movement, the ball and space to recognise likely next actions earlier.

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Football Language: tactical football concepts

Explore 28 central football concepts with player language, coach language, age progression, relations, sources and a route into training.

05 / Sources and references

Sources and references

These sources ground concepts and principles. PREPLAYIQ does not copy protected text, video, images or practice designs and makes no approval or partnership claim.

FIFAThe FIFA Football LanguageCognitive ProcessingIdentifying the Processes Underpinning Anticipation and Decision-Making in a Dynamic Time-Constrained Task

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