'One of the most revelatory sports books of the year' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'Masterful ... i t could be the best thing to have happened to English football in years' TIME OUT 'Gloriously readable, eccentric and informative' METRO In Inverting the Pyramid , Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world's game, tracing the global history of tactics, from modern pioneers right back to the beginning when chaos reigned. Along the way, he looks at the lives of great players and thinkers who ...
Releasedatum: 2010-04-22 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 35,00 kr
‘A wonderful book. Thoughtful…fascinating’ Malcolm Gladwell Do you believe some people are born athletes? Is sporting talent innate or something that can be achieved through endurance and practise? In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about how and why humans excel. Along the way, Epstein: - Exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule ...
Releasedatum: 2013-08-29 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 129,00 kr
*Shortlisted for the 2019 William Hill Sports Book of the Year* Marathons are no longer enough. Pain is to be relished, not avoided. Hallucinations are normal. Ultra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? Adharanand Finn travelled to the heart of the sport to find out - and to see if he could become an ultra runner himself. His jo...
Releasedatum: 2019-05-14 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 95,00 kr
The 4-2-3-1 is the favored formation of many top teams in world soccer at both club and national team level. This fluid, attack minded system has come to the forefront thanks to it's success at the highest levels. Most notably, Spain utilized the 4-2-3-1 in winning both the 2008 European Championship and the 2010 World Cup. Top club sides Arsenal, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich have also had success with the system. In this book, Wayne Harrison breaks down the 4-2-3-1 and discu...
Releasedatum: 2011-10-14 75,00 kr
Originally developed by Vitór Frade, at the University of Porto, Tactical Periodization is a methodology - popularized by coaches such as José Mourinho and Andre Villas Boas - that trains soccer players through a logical process that focuses on four moments of the game. These four moments are: Offensive Organisation, the Transition from Defence to Attack, Defensive Organisation, and the Transition from Attack to Defence. Through Tactical Periodization, the aim is to develop players to rapidly ...
Releasedatum: 2015-04-16 99,00 kr
In the life of a top coach like José Mourinho there is only one possible target in their profession: win. To achieve this, the Portuguese coach knows that it is absolutely essential to form a real group. How does he do to build teams, to lead them to transcendence, to motivate them after big wins, to manage egos so big towards the same objectives? The answer to these and other questions are in this book. The book features the exclusive participation of José Mourinho, some major players led by ...
Releasedatum: 2014-04-24 79,00 kr
With a new introduction, Phil Jackson's modern classic of motivation, teamwork, and Zen insight is updated for a whole new readership "Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball." --Phil Jackson Eleven years ago, when Phil Jackson first wrote these words in Sacred Hoops , he was the triumphant head coach of the Chicago Bulls, known for his Zen approach to the game. He hadnt yet moved to the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he would bring his tot...
Releasedatum: 2012-10-09 105,00 kr
' 'If you are struggling with exams, vivers, job interviews, work presentations, with performing in a team or individual sport - or find it difficult to interact in social situations - then this is for you' - Amazon review The book on how to handle pressure from the performance coach to Francesco Molinari and Jonny Wilkinson Whether it's the stress of hitting a deadline at work, passing an exam or an upcoming job interview, pressure is everywhere. So how can we turn this into our advantage? Dr D...
Releasedatum: 2016-04-28 115,00 kr
The story of one of the most recognisable and successful players in world football. Didier Drogba is renowned for his heading ability, sharp shooting and sheer strength. He has played for his native Ivory Coast and for clubs in France, China and Turkey, but it is as a Chelsea striker that he is best known. His feats with Chelsea have made him a cult hero among supporters. In Didier Drogba's honest and revealing autobiography he will talk about life as an immigrant in Paris, the importance of his...
Releasedatum: 2015-11-19 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 49,00 kr
"Take a minute to slip into the mind of one of the world's greatest soccer players and imagine a stadium around you. Picture a performance under the lights and mentally play the perfect game." Technique, speed and tactical execution are crucial components of winning soccer, but it is mental toughness that marks out the very best players - the ability to play when pressure is highest, the opposition is strongest, and fear is greatest. Top players and coaches understand the importance of sport psy...
Releasedatum: 2012-12-01 99,00 kr
A detailed tactical overview and analysis of the popular 4-3-3 system of play. This book is your guide to implementing the 4-3-3, from selecting your players through coaching and teaching every phase of play. Main topics include tactical principles, attacking schemes, transition and counterattack, and build up and finishing. Also includes several game situation exercises to reinforce these concepts.
Releasedatum: 2011-06-10 75,00 kr
The bestselling anonymous author is back with the ultimate book to challenge conventional footballing wisdom. This is football gift with a bit of attitude. Perfect for football fans and armchair referees alike. With his trademark wit, opinion and candour, The Secret Footballer will guide the reader through: The pass - geometry and positioning and intelligence; Fitness; Skills & dribbling; Power & passion; When to listen to your gaffer and when to ignore him; Data and how it is used on th...
Releasedatum: 2014-11-04 79,00 kr
WINNER OF THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'This is a masterfully written history of the world's greatest football club. Més que un book!' - GARY LINEKER From the bestselling co-author of Soccernomics comes the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful football club in the world - and how that envied position now hangs in the balance. Barça is not just the world's most popular sports club, it is simply one of the most influential organisations on the planet. With almost 250 million fol...
Releasedatum: 2021-08-12 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 59,00 kr
A soccer player is more than the sum of his parts: endurance, speed, shooting technique, passing technique, and many more. All of these factors need to be turned into one system to create good players. Traditional training theory doesn't achieve that because each skill is trained individually. This is why the concept of Tactical Periodization has become the preferred training theory for many of the current most successful soccer coaches: Pep Guardiola, José Mourinho, Diego Simeone, André V...
Releasedatum: 2016-08-29 169,00 kr
This book examines all the tactical aspects of modern soccer. Creating space, movement off the ball, diagonal runs, blind side plays, cross-over plays, overlapping runs, changing the pace of the game, dribbling and committing defenders, and tactics in defense, are all analyzed in Wade's precise manner and easy to follow diagrams. Plus how to attack and penetrate varying defensive styles. This excellent book is a must for any coach looking to enhance his tactical knowledge.
Releasedatum: 2013-02-22 35,00 kr
Unlock the keys to happiness and freedom, fuel performance, and achieve excellence in sports and in life with the clarity of stillpower—finding the ultimate zone within. What if everything you’ve been taught about performance is wrong? When the going gets tough, stillpower—not will power—is the best response. For years, athletes, coaches, parents, and organizations have searched for the secrets to optimum mental performance. Stillpower offers a simple, revolutionary, yet dynamic, approac...
Releasedatum: 2012-06-05 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 159,00 kr
This book examines the offensive and defensive phases of the popular 3-4-1-2 and 4-2-3-1 systems of play. Starting with a discussion of the characteristics of the players at each position, it builds into a comprehensive tactical overview complete with build-up options and attacking schemes in the attack phase and marking responsibilities and zonal movements in defense. Finally, the author suggests strategies for countering specific formations out of both the 3-4-1-2 and the 4-2-3-1.
Releasedatum: 2011-11-06 75,00 kr
This book includes play diagrams, player assignments, game video (press box and end zone views), Keynote presentations, coaching points and explanations for the Pro Style Pistol Offense.
Releasedatum: 2014-07-24 269,00 kr
The global training is an integrated work of tactics, technique, fitness and psychology developed through exercises with certain characteristics, playing with space, time, number of players and the rules we impose in accordance with the objectives we want to achieve. In the global tactical training, the four dimensions that make the game cannot be seen under the same degree of concern; therefore, they need to be ranked according to their influence on the game. From the point of view of tactical ...
Releasedatum: 2013-11-02 169,00 kr
This book is packed with creative exercises and combinations to improve every aspect of your attacking game. Over 100 attacking schemes emphasizing overlapping, midfield penetration, backs exploiting the weak side, screens to prevent zonal marking, and so much more; Plus a 21 day pre-season training program; 5 strength training circuits; 9 interval training circuits; exercises to develop quickness, speed and reflexes; 27 technical drills; and a very useful chapter on communication.
Releasedatum: 2012-04-05 65,00 kr
"I know that I'll be evaluated in Seattle with wins and losses, as that is the nature of my profession for the last thirty-five years. But our record will not be what motivates me. Years ago I was asked, 'Pete, which is better: winning or competing?' My response was instantaneous: 'Competing. . . because it lasts longer.'" Pete Carroll is one of the most successful coaches in football today. As the head coach at USC, he brought the Trojans back to national prominence, amassing a 97-19 record ove...
Releasedatum: 2010-07-13 95,00 kr
This second book of a 2 part series on the art of defending in soccer covers tactical defense for the full 11v11 game. Defending concepts covered include pressure and support, zone and man marking, recovery, the guiding triangle, cover/balance, double and triple teaming, tracking and compactness. Using phase plays in which specific thirds are coached at a time, Harrison teaches the concepts clearly and stresses the importance of defense at every position, including the strikers.
Releasedatum: 2011-05-07 75,00 kr
The art of good defending takes a disciplined mind and body and all players should be taught how to do it properly. This book takes you progressively through the techniques and tactics of defending from 1v1 through to 8v8 small sided situations.
Releasedatum: 2011-05-06 65,00 kr
WHAT SETS MODERN GERMAN COACHING APART? Germany has a reputation for being one of the best places for young footballers of all nationalities to develop, but what about those in the dugout? Speaking to different coaches and members of staff across the country, Mensch outlines attributes that modern German coaching embraces to succeed. From the practical aspects on the training ground to the collective strength of the coaching community, some of the smartest minds in the game take you closer to un...
Releasedatum: 2019-06-08 69,00 kr
The complete official guide to the Rules of golf and their interpretations, from the R&A. Following seven years of consultations, on 1st January 2019 the governing bodies of the Rules of golf will implement the most comprehensive Rules changes seen in the game for 37 years. In a bid to make the Rules more accessible and straightforward The R&A and USGA have reworded every Rule and made alterations that will affect the way every golfer in the world plays the game - some 60 million people....
Releasedatum: 2018-11-01 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 35,00 kr
Since the outstanding success of his New Zealand athletes Snell, Halberg and Magee at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Arthur Lydiard's name has been synonymous with the best training methods used by the world's top middle- and long-distance runners. His schedules precipitated an athletic revolution, stressing as they did physiological conditioning as a prerequisite to sporting effort, and long-duration even-pace running at a strong speed as the means of achieving this. While instructing runners ...
Releasedatum: 2017-10-01 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 129,00 kr
When it comes to building successful soccer teams, pre-season is a critical time. It’s the perfect time for the coach to create a team identity, set standards, develop effective training habits, and reinforce winning behaviors. Get it right and you can set the foundation required to catapult your team towards an excellent season. Get it wrong, however, and your season might never recover. This book looks at how pre-season has changed over the past 10 years, and offers ways for coaches to adapt...
Releasedatum: 2016-06-27 99,00 kr
The 3-3-1-3 is not an entirely new concept, though it has become more popular in recent years due to its dynamic attacking nature. In particular, former Chile National Team coach Marcelo Bielsa and former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola have implemented this system with great success. This book explores, in detail, the strengths and weaknesses of the system, the roles and responsibilities of each player in both attack and defense and the permutations of the team shape against diff...
Releasedatum: 2016-01-08 105,00 kr
The identification and development of talented young players has become a central concern of football clubs at all levels of the professional game, as well as for national and international governing bodies. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey and assessment of youth development programmes in football around the world, to highlight best practice, and to offer clear recommendations for improvement. The book draws on original, in-depth research at eight elite professional footba...
Releasedatum: 2014-11-13 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 339,00 kr
Edition1 had 7300+ readers. Edition 2 has been re-designed with more detailed information for soccer coaches, analysts and students. It focuses on the individual analysis of a player and the contribution that analysis can play within a purposeful coaching programme. Performance analysis has made the authors better coaches and we expect it will do the same for you. Produced by coaches for coaches it has been designed to allow the reader to interact with 35 videos, 22 illustrations and diagrams, 1...
Releasedatum: 2014-07-01 15,00 kr
The book that finally open the doors of the tunnel, lurking intimacy of their teams and shows the backstage of wins as we had never seen before. As explained José Mourinho : “This book is true to reality because it includes those who truly know me: my players.” Sir Alex Ferguson added: “José, my words for your book are OK with you.” Includes the exclusive participation of Mourinho and more than 40 figures in world football who crossed with him over the years, such as Sir Alex Ferguson,...
Releasedatum: 2014-04-24 79,00 kr
Making the Ball Roll is the ultimate complete guide to coaching youth soccer. This focused and easy-to-understand book details training practices and tactics, and goes on to show you how to help young players achieve peak performance through tactical preparation, communication, psychology, and age-specific considerations. Each chapter covers, in detail, a separate aspect of coaching to give you, the football coach, a broad understanding of youth soccer development. Each topic is brought to life ...
Releasedatum: 2014-05-21 99,00 kr
Coaching soccer is demanding. Impossible to perfect, it requires a broad knowledge of many performance areas including technique, tactics, psychology and the social aspects of human development. The first two components are covered in detail in many texts – but Soccer Brain uniquely offers a comprehensive guide to developing the latter two – player mindsets and winning teams. The environment that a coach creates, and the relationships formed with players, is the bedrock of performance and ac...
Releasedatum: 2013-09-11 99,00 kr
R-4 System will radically change your understanding of pass play design, simplify quarterback decision-making structures, and reduce installation confusion
Releasedatum: 2013-02-11 259,00 kr
A comprehensive overview of one of the most widely used collective defensive tactics in modern soccer: PRESSING. Minimizing the space and time available to an opponent in possession is the goal of the pressing game and if successful will undoubtedly lead to counterattack opportunities and more goals! This book explains the tactical concepts and offers a number of exercises to work on the pressing game in both the attacking and defensive zones.
Releasedatum: 2011-08-11 75,00 kr
It started with a question, “What are the fundamentals of football?” Whilst there are hundreds of books that look into the specific principles of coaches like Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, and Marco Bielsa, there is no core, distilled text on the key principles of the game. Until now. Join best-selling author and coach – Peter Prickett – as he puts football under the microscope and breaks it down into its constituent parts. By addressing the two primary phases – in-possession and out-of...
Releasedatum: 2021-06-10 89,00 kr
'P***a Grange has something to teach all of us when it comes to letting go of perfectionism and anxiety, and living with open hearts rather than clenched fists. Fear Less is a total game-changer.' Brené Brown If we were truly free from fear, what could we achieve? We strive for success, but we are rarely happy. The more we try to win - putting on a brave face for work or family - the more we risk losing ourselves. And even reaching our goals can feel strangely hollow. The culprit? Fear. It make...
Releasedatum: 2020-07-23 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 115,00 kr
Discover the next frontier in sports training—improving your mental game, no matter your age or experience—and how to become the Playmaker, both in your professional and personal life. Coaches search for it. Parents dream of it. Fans love it. Athletes want it. The playmaker on any sports team possesses it: an elusive, intangible quality combining anticipation, perception, and decision-making skills. This quality raises their game above the competition and allows them to pass when no one else...
Releasedatum: 2018-06-12 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 169,00 kr
Small-sided games are the epicentre of soccer improvement. Done right, they can play a huge role in the development of players. The environment created through these games makes it possible not just to ‘let the game be the teacher,’ but also to improve specific skills and tactics - all in the context of the real game. We do this by manipulating the secondary rules of the game, by either adding elements or constraining players in various ways. The ultimate alternative to the ‘drill,’ smal...
Releasedatum: 2017-04-06 99,00 kr
What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform? And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning? Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport. How d...
Releasedatum: 2017-02-23 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 59,00 kr
The instant New York Times bestseller Remarkable lessons in leadership and team building from one of the greatest football coaches of our time. Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite in the annals of his sport, having lead his players to three national championships. In Above the Line , he offers readers his unparalleled insights into leadership, team building, and the keys to empowering people to achieve things they might never have thought possible. Meyer shares hi...
Releasedatum: 2015-10-27 119,00 kr
The ITTF Advanced Coaching Manual is the logical continuation of the ITTF Level 1 Manual and has been designed to be “user friendly” with pictures, images and charts. The following three courses and syllabus are included in this manual: ITTF Level 2 Coaching Course - 36 hours (See sections 1-12 syllabus, p. 10) ITTF Level 3 Coaching Course - 48 hours (See sections 1-16 syllabus, p. 10) ITTF High Performance Coaching Course - 3 stages = 144 hours (See sections 1-24 syllabus, pp. 11-12) ...
Releasedatum: 2008-09-30 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 189,00 kr
The football coach designs drills to promote to the maximum the tactical principles of game and simultaneously to be able to train psychologically the team and that the physical actions that more are going to take place in the game are those who prevail (for example drafts, jumps, falls ...), simultaneously that of implicit form works the technique. In this book, we will try to explain since there are created complete drills that are employed at quality and specificity the game model of the team...
Releasedatum: 2013-02-14 169,00 kr
Football (Soccer) poses a tremendous challenge to coaches because it is a game of constant motion where instant decisions have to be made in ever-changing situations. Therefore, the coaching system has to be carefully structured to create a learning environment that enables all players to reach their full potential. This book makes the case that small-sided games, which promote whole brain thinking, are the best way to achieve this. Young players must be given the freedom to play, experiment, ta...
Releasedatum: 2013-02-05 75,00 kr
Personal Training: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, draws together in one unique volume the personal, practical and business skills central to becoming a successful personal trainer. This accessible book introduces you to the fundamentals of applied exercise prescription and programme design, as well as advanced concepts including nutritional intervention, postural analysis and the psychology of behaviour change. Key Features - updated to reflect advances in training methodology and techniqu...
Releasedatum: 2013-01-22 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 439,00 kr
An easily downloadable version of what has been described as the World's most innovative fly tying instruction manual". This eBook version provides instant access to an exceptional array of fly tying techniques. Supported by text, detailed full colour diagrams and links to video clips illustrating both the techiques and the complete flies discussed. By providing only links instead of embedded video content as in the CD verson this book is available for instant download to anyone anywhere in the ...
Releasedatum: 2012-03-17 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 139,00 kr
Bielsa desde todos los ángulos posibles, que es lo mismo que decir que lo retrata desde el único flanco que realmente lo desvive: la locura por el fútbol. Nunca se puede abandonar una competencia de esta magnitud sin tristeza, frustración o decepción. Es muy difícil asumir que esto ya no nos pertenece. Las palabras las pronunció cuando Chile se quedó afuera del Mundial Sudáfrica 2010, pero sirven para demostrar cómo es de complejo y de frontal Marcelo Bielsa. Un tipo que vive, juega y ...
Releasedatum: 2012-02-01 85,00 kr
Tim Rolston, Fly-Fishing Guide, World Championship Competitor, Casting Instructor and author uses unique methods to both describe and teach fly casting. Originally published and sold out in print this book has now been updated and modified into eBook format bringing this pragmatic approach to fly casting to a wider audience. With an estimated 80% of fly fishermen unhappy with their casting technique and many limited by it to the point of fishing less effectively than they might, this book provid...
Releasedatum: 2012-02-14 Genre:Sport och friluftsliv 75,00 kr
This book from Italy covers every aspect of coaching the 4:4:2 in great detail. Clear, precise diagrams take you through every step. The Flat Back Four, Zonal Defense, Double Teaming, Developing and Maintaining Shape, Attacking as a Compact Unit, Pattern Play, Overlapping, Use of Width, and Pressing are just a few of the topics covered. Plus 19 Attacking Schemes.
Releasedatum: 2011-10-19 75,00 kr
Overload Games The practices are designed to inspire and motivate players in real game situations that give them freedom of choice and movement both in and out of possession. The basic techniques of passing, dribbling, shooting, tackling and heading will all be used but with the aim of solving a match problem rather than simply constant repetition. The sessions have objectives for both the attacking and defending players in order to aid the tempo, competition and enjoyment of the practice. Finis...
Releasedatum: 2011-06-01 75,00 kr