It has been leaked via the social media post of one Tottenham player that Thomas Frank and his coaching staff are testing the Spurs squad for one important attribute in training today.
Frank now has almost a full Tottenham squad to work with at Hotspur Way after the majority of the internationals returned to training last week.
The Dane and his new-look coaching staff have their work cut out to get their tactical ideas across to the side and help the squad understand their principles of play.
Stats suggest that Thomas Frank could fix Tottenham’s set-piece shortcomings, with his Brentford side being one of the best across the Premier League when it comes to both scoring from and defending set-pieces over recent years.
Thomas Frank runs an interesting Tottenham long-throw audition
Set-pieces do not just mean corners and indirect free-kicks, with throw-ins also becoming an area where clubs are starting to get specialised coaching.
A few sides across the Premier League use a long throw as a weapon, and we might get to see Frank’s Tottenham do the same next season.
Destiny Udogie’s Snapchat story from the training ground showed Monday’s training schedule on a whiteboard, which had the words ‘long-throw audition’ written.
That means that the coaching staff would have tested the Spurs squad to see who has the longest and menacing throw.
We will find out soon who the Spurs long-throw specialist is
It would be ideal for one of the full-backs to finish near the top in the test, as they are the ones usually tasked with throw-ins for the sake of easy tactical organisation.
Frank would want the centre-backs and the strikers inside the box, and the test might just exclude them. We will find out very soon who is selected as the club’s designated long-throw specialist.
This is because we are now only just five days away from Tottenham’s first pre-season friendly of the summer against Reading.
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