Soccer Systems and Strategies

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Human Kinetics, 2000 - Fiction - 127 pages


Build a successful team around the strengths of your players! In Soccer Systems and Strategies, two coaches of the Danish national team provide a practical guide to implementing the world's top styles of play into your game plan. They present soccer's four primary systems of play--defined by the number of players at each position and their alignment on the field--and then break down the different strategies, tactics, and styles of play that can be used within these systems.

First, learn the basics of the four primary systems of play: the 4-3-3, the 4-4-2, the 3-5-2, and the 3-4-3. Second, choose a style of play that can be used within some or all of these systems. These include different attacking styles, various defensive styles, and styles that are characteristic of international soccer powers, including the Latin, British, Norwegian, South American, and African styles of play.

After you determine the optimal system and style for your team, you learn how to counter opponents' tactics and how to teach your system, style, and tactics through practice instruction and drills. Detailed diagrams and plans of action for implementing the systems are included, along with insights on how to make adjustments during the game.

Top coaches throughout the world have proven that adapting your system to match your players' strengths and your opponents' weaknesses is the key to developing teams that are competitive year in and year out. With Soccer Systems and Strategies, you have all the information you need to implement the ideal system for your team.

 

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Contents

Styles of Play
39
Determination
49
Tactical Training
57
Coaching
75
DeadBall Situations
87
About the Authors 127
Copyright

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Bibliographic information

TitleSoccer Systems and Strategies
AuthorsJens Bangsbo, Birger Peitersen
Editionillustrated
PublisherHuman Kinetics, 2000
ISBN0736003002, 9780736003001
Length127 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / General
Sports & Recreation / Coaching / Soccer
Sports & Recreation / Soccer
  
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