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There are many quality football coaches in the game at every level
who feel that defending is more about mentality than tactics, that
defending topics do not need to be part of every training session.
With its more than 190 defending drills to train players, this book
seeks to reestablish balance in tactical planning and in training
design by examining every aspect of individual and team defending,
making it easy for the coach to incorporate tackling, defending
roles, pressing, defending set-pieces, and many more topics into
team training. It is the complete guide to mastering defending in
football. The 1990 World Cup in Italy was infamous for generating
the lowest-ever goals per game average, and since then, tactical
thought has focused heavily and consistently on flexible attacking
designed to break down and defeat defending in depth. This book
argues that the next tactical revolution belongs to the defending
side of the ball, and it features complex, layered defending,
blending postures and pressures designed to keep an attacking team
off balance throughout the match.
The World Cup 2018 saw a record 66 goals scored from set-piece
situations (42% of the 155 total goals scored), a remarkable and
emphatic statement regarding the influence of set-pieces on the
modern game. Yet very little, if any, attention is paid to the
influence of set-pieces in coaching literature, coaching courses,
or symposiums. The Ultimate Book of Soccer Set-Pieces is the most
comprehensive examination of set-piece planning on both the
attacking and defending sides of the ball. It carefully and
thoroughly examines the potential of all manner of restarts in
soccer, from throw-ins to corner kicks and free kicks. From simple
organizational considerations to complex plays featuring many
variations, this book is the tool coaches at every level need to
prepare their teams to win the set-piece battle.
In Soccer Goalkeeper Training the authors explain and show through
detailed photos and coaching points the physical and technical
skills required for novice goalkeepers to improve their current
level with easy to follow progressions. Another topic is how to
make decisions in tactical situations on the soccer field, for
example using communication as a tool for organizing the field
player of one's team. The authors also delve into the more advanced
and scientific areas of periodization and mental preparation used
by the most accomplished goalkeepers in Major League Soccer and the
US National Team to achieve ultimate success at the highest levels
of the game. Hereby, some psychological aspects covered by the book
are the relationship between goalkeepers and their coaches and
giving feedback. Also, readers will find a training guide which is
divided into exercises by various themes. Whether you are an
aspiring young goalkeeper or a more advanced collegiate player,
regardless of the level of goalkeeper you currently coach, Soccer
Goalkeeper Training will have something to help bring out the best
in you and your most important player.
The 2018 soccer World Cup highlighted the increasing emphasis on
transitional awareness and tactics. From elite domestic leagues
worldwide to local youth coaching clinics, there is a pronounced
effort to help coaches and players recognize and seize the
advantages gleaned through controlling transitional moments. Pep
Guardiola (Manchester City), Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), and Mauricio
Pochettino (Tottenham Hotspurs), among many others, have climbed to
forefront of the coaching ranks in recent years, espousing various
pressing, counter-pressing, and counterattacking schemes that have
made their teams so difficult to play against. Though coaches
worldwide have focused on transitional moments as the next tactical
revolution in soccer, there has been a remarkable lack of written
coaching material on the subject. Transition in Soccer is the first
complete study of critical transition moments in the beautiful
game. This book offers everything coaches at any level need to help
their teams dominate in transition, including: detailed,
ground-breaking analysis of the phases of transition and
terminology, including pressing, counter-pressing, and
counterattacking; comprehensive examination of defending and
attacking transition, emphasizing tactical considerations and
opportunities; 100 distinctive exercises and dozens of additional
progressions and variations to assure that coaches of every level
have all the tools needed to train their teams to control
transitional situations; and additional material which includes
coaching instruction on how to condition teams for situations not
always considered in transition discussions--from set-pieces to
movement through time phases in the match. Written by two leading
soccer educators with decades of experience coaching at the highest
levels from youth to professional, Transition in Soccer is the book
that soccer coaches have been waiting for, both as a discussion of
the nature of transition in the ever-evolving game and as a
teaching tool to help their teams dominate on both sides of the
ball!
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