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Playing Like Mbappé

Like Duolingo, but for Playing Like Mbappé. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

24 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Kiki the Kangaroo
Playing Like Mbappé
with Kiki the Kangaroo
24
Levels
3
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Playing Like Mbappé

  • A slow jog lulls defenders into a static, flat-footed stance
  • The sudden shift to a sprint exploits the defender's reaction time
  • How Mbappé uses a change of pace to manipulate a defender's positioning
  • The move begins with a deceptive, low-speed approach
  • The burst must happen before the defender can adjust their hips
  • The sequence of a successful 'burst' to create space
  • Timing the burst to coincide with a defender's step is more effective than pure speed
  • Top speed is useless if the defender has already dropped back to cover the space
  • The Art of the Burst
  • Frequent touches keep the ball within reach at every step
  • Long touches create a window of time where the attacker has no contact with the ball
  • Keeping the ball close allows for immediate changes in direction
  • Defenders can intercept the ball more easily when it is far from the attacker's body
  • The relationship between touch frequency and reaction time at high speed
  • The risk of long touches during a high-speed break
  • The ball must be settled close to the body before the final burst
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Playing Like Mbappé the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

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Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

The Trap of the Jog

Picture the scene: Mbappé is jogging, then suddenly explodes into a sprint. What is he primarily exploiting in that moment?

Get it right to open this lesson and 23 more in the app.

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Where Playing Like Mbappé takes you

Learn the secrets behind the world's most explosive striker. Discover how Kylian Mbappé uses pure speed and clever mind games to dominate the pitch.

  1. 1

    Master the Speed Game

    • The Art of the Burst
    • Dribbling at Full Tilt
    • Beating Defenders One-on-One
    • The Signature Goal Celebration
  2. 2

    Think Like a World Champion

    • Finding Space in the Box
    • Keeping Your Cool Under Pressure
    • Reading the Goalkeeper's Move
    • Playing for the Team
    • Handling the Big Stage
  3. 3

    The Making of a Legend

    • Growing Up in Bondy
    • The Breakout at Monaco
    • Winning the World Cup at Nineteen

3 sections · 12 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

This course
The Storyteller

Playing Like Mbappé is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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