I see
Scanning & awareness
What did you see before the ball arrived?
Reflection prompt
Read the Game / Interactive example and themes
Bring a new way of seeing football to the programme you already run.
An interactive football-intelligence example and six visible themes for coaches, educators and sporting organisations to explore. Your programme. Your expertise. A different way to see the game.
Ball Physics supplies the interactive ideas; the professionals already working with players decide how — or whether — to use them.
Try the interactive exampleThe challenge / 01
I don't need the ball
to change the game.
Can you prove it?
- 1 Ball carrier
- 2 Runner
- 3 Defender
- Dotted area = space
- Dashed lines = movement
01 / Notice
What do you watch first?
A different starting point
See the contribution.
Not only the possession.
Scanning, anticipation, communication and off-ball movement can shape a game before the ball arrives. These ideas put girls’ and women’s football intelligence at the centre, while welcoming different experiences and readings.
A moment of play can become a question, an interactive example or a reflection prompt — selected and adapted by the professional using it.
Ideas to select and adapt
Six adaptable themes.
Not a six-week course.
Use a single question, combine themes or leave them aside. There is no prescribed sequence or timetable.
I create
Creating space
Who benefited from your movement?
Reflection prompt
I anticipate
Seeing what happens next
What might happen next — and after that?
Reflection prompt
I influence
Deception & off-ball influence
How could movement change an opponent's decision?
Reflection prompt
I communicate
Useful information
What information does my teammate need from me?
Reflection prompt
I know
Player voice
How would you describe your reading of the game in your own words?
Reflection prompt
An example application / Your existing provision
I create:
Who did the run help?
A coach or educator could use the example as a conversation starter within a session they already lead. These are possible prompts, not a lesson plan or an offer to facilitate.
- Notice
- Use the interactive example to explore the runner, defender and space together.
- Discuss
- Ask who benefited from the run and what other movements might work. Listen to different readings.
- Adapt
- If it suits your existing provision, consider a space-creation prompt within an activity you already use.
- Reflect
- Invite players to describe what they noticed, changed or helped — in their own words.
The professional decides whether and how this fits the players, setting and current activity, including any physical use on the pitch.
Questions for your own practice
What might be worth noticing?
Could naming less visible contributions offer another way into football for girls and young women? We do not claim demonstrated effects on confidence, belonging or participation.
- Which contributions do players notice — and which do they miss?
- Whose reading of the game is being heard?
- Does this prompt suit your players and existing objectives?
- What feedback would inform your own decision to use it again?
Organisations choose their own approaches to feedback or evaluation. These questions are not a validated assessment, a research result or an evaluation service.
Interactive ideas / Professional judgement
Your programme.
Your expertise.
Coaches, teachers, clubs and community organisations can consider these ideas within their current activities. What’s available is here: the interactive example and six themes.
Ball Physics does not provide coaching or operate programmes. Organisations remain responsible for their own delivery, supervision, safeguarding and suitability decisions.
Try the interactive exampleAn idea we're exploring
How the World Reads the Game
One game. Different ways of seeing it.
Sporting traditions, playing conditions and ways of thinking can shape what people notice on a football pitch. We’re curious about those different readings — and what listening to them might reveal about the game.