What is the secret of Dutch Soccer? How can a nation of about 16 million inhabitants regularly produce world-class players like Cruyff, Haan, van Basten, Rijkaard, van Nistelrooy, van der Sar, van Bommel, Robben and van Persie and world-class coaches like Michels, Cruyff, Beenakker, Advocaat, Stevens and van Marwijk? What lies behind the ......
The 1990 World Cup in Italy was infamous for generating the lowest-ever goals per game average. Since then, tactical thought has focused heavily and consistently on flexible attacking designed to break down and defeat defending in depth.
Soccer player are more than the sum of their parts: endurance, speed, shooting technique, passing technique, skills, and intelligence on the pitch. The soccer coach has to take all of these factors into one system that will create good players. The concept of Tactical Periodization has become the preferred training theory for many of the current ......
Coaching Positional Soccer provides complete soccer coaching education and is perfect for the beginner or volunteer coach who wants to understand how to best teach soccer to players. This book is also ideal for the advanced coach looking for new ideas to lift the team to higher playing levels.
A Soccer Coaches' Companion to All Challenges of a Year
Coaches are always looking for tools and resources to improve their craft, from training programs to team management. Coaching a Season of Significance was written by an experienced youth and high school soccer coach for other soccer coaches. However, many of the thoughts and ideas can be transferred to other forms of sport and in business.
How does a team and a coach, who were nearly forgotten a year ago, achieve the impossible? How do they rise to the top and conquer the Premier League, the toughest league in the world? Everyone is entitled to dream big after Claudio Ranieris miracle with Leicester City. Sports reporter Aris Gatas has followed Ranieris course over the last two ......
Published in time for the Christmas Truce 1914 - Football Remembers commemoration featuring an historic re-enactment of the Christmas match at Saint-Yvon.
This Chelsea Scrapbook is packed with rare photographs and on the page facsimile memorabilia and provides an insight into the journey of one of the most famous football club's in the world Chelsea FC.