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Soccer Strategies: Defensive and Attacking Tactics Kindle Edition

by Robyn Jones (Author), Tom Tranter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
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Aimed primarily at intermediate and advanced coaches, this book examines the principle formations used in modern soccer and the need to fully understand them all if one is to adapt to game situations using counter-active tactics. The authors discuss such offensive topics as support, width, penetration, mobility and improvisation. Defensively, they provide insight into depth, delay, concentration, team balance, cover and restraint. Chapters include: Three Man Defense, Four Man Defense, One Forward System, Two Forward System and Three Forward System. Well organized and clearly written.
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    92 pages
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    December 14, 2011
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    8247 KB
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Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006MIWU70
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Reedswain (December 14, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 14, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8247 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 92 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 103 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Keith Rhodes
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as advertised
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021
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Helps my understanding of the game
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TechGuru101
4.0 out of 5 stars Best intermediate level Soccer Strategy book so far
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013
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I'm been playing and coaching soccer for about 4 years now and my son is now playing U12 competitive soccer. I was suprised that many people said they "knew" about soccer, but when I tried to get any strategies from them, they really didn't know. When I started assisting as a coach, often the coach woukd send the kids out on to the field with confusing orders and no real strategy (and later yell at them for not following his orders...poor kids). Anyways, When I started looking for a clear book on strategy, it was not easy, my first book "Fundamental Soccer Tactics" by Dewazien, was a great beginners book, but this book is the next step up.

Overall this book has given me much more insight as to the rationale, pros and cons of different formations/line-ups, and some great offensive and defensive strategies. I gave it 4 stars because I think it could have been illustrated better, and also written in a clearer fashion, but if you read it patiently, the information is there. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who wants to take their knowledge of soccer to the next level.
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Arsenal...Arsenal
5.0 out of 5 stars Great soccer book
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2018
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Covers differentdefensive and attacking formations' advantages and disadvantages, including back 3, back 4, 2 up top, 3 up top.
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Brian Battle
3.0 out of 5 stars Good For Coaching, in 1997
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2014
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This is partly my fault, but the book is now badly dated.

It is still extremely helpful in developing soccer tactics at the basic level, and will remain a resource because of how they approach strategy and counter strategies. That said, since its publication, tactics have shifted and the book does not address the increasingly common Central Defensive Midfielder (or "Pivot") formations which has become a very key position in the modern game.
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Denis
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good!
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2010
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This is the first book I bought on the subject and I love it. It has some pretty good drills divided by player skill level, and I would say it is a great book for a beginner or more advanced coach. It is a helpful reference if you are a player as well.
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cnorthup
4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly What I Wanted
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2022
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I was looking for a book that helped me understand soccer tactics and different formations. This book was perfect and everything I could have asked for. I have already recommended it to two other people
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B. Shawn
5.0 out of 5 stars Soccer Theory for Coaches and Players
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2012
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Must read for players looking to up their game and raise their soccer IQ. It emphasizes what a player needs to contribute to his/her team and how that team works together to win matches.
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J.E.T.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Quick Read
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2011
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I played scholarship college soccer and coach high school and semi-professionally. There are a lot of systems I never played and wanted more info about them. This certainly doesn't go into immense detail about how to make one of these systems work, but there were definitely things that I learned. They do a good job of talking about the pros and cons of different strategies without being too prescriptive (i.e. should you force another team to the center or out wide, or as a back should you shade inside shoulder vs outside shoulder).
Good read. Worth the price. Wont' make you Anson Dorrance. Will help you be better than you were.
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Canada customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for all soccer coaches wanting to get a deeper understanding of tactics and strategies to use for variations of shape being deployed by the attacking and defending teams !
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2018
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Great read for all soccer coaches wanting to get a deeper understanding of tactics and strategies to use for variations of shape being deployed by the attacking and defending teams !
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MR MICHAEL P LEYLAND
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly excellent book for managers and players wishing to gain more ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2014
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A truly excellent book for managers and players wishing to gain more of an understanding of how to play different formations. Extremely well written and concise,
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Alireza
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in Canada on July 5, 2019
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I personally think the book format is not good but the content is amazing. I recommend it ✌
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george
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice little book on football strategy.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2012
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It's hard to find books like this, that discuss football tactics and strategy in reasonable depth. The books in the football section of most shops, and newspaper journalists, are all focused on player's personalities etc. This short book explains much of what you see watching a football game from the stands - how the team is formed up on the pitch, how defenders cover each other, etc.

You can also find some of this covered in coaching books, but here it is nicely laid out for the spectator, rather than the coach (and not interspersed with training drills, etc.) I wish there were more books of this 'cerebral' kind.
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Yusuf
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2015
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An Excellent purchase! I loved it!
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