Coaching The Bielsa Way

Marcelo Bielsa has been known by the footballing world for many years, but his stock has grown and grown in past years. This books looks to examine his coaching philosophy and better understand the components needed to be successful playing the Bielsa way.The book includes over 65 different coaching sessions from playing out of the back to the world famous Murderball. With over 150 pages it can provide any coach or football fanatic with an understand of one of football greatest every coaches. Through the book there are Six clear principles that define the way Bielsa works these are Work-Rate, Verticality, Creating the +1, Rotation, Pressing and The Partial-Libero. These are clear structures that Bielsa uses to coach both his individuals and his teams. The principles can be used within your own coaching to try and develop more athletic players who have a greater understanding of the game in and out of possession. The sessions vary from attacking sessions, looking at how to exploit the opponent, to defensive sessions looking at individual defending and how to behave in 1v1 moments. There are also sessions on attacking play and how these practices can influence your own coaching and your own players

The book includes Marcelo Bielsa's tactics (and playing philosophy) for building up play from the back against high pressing teams with a full analysis of his 4-2-3-1, 3-3-3-1 and 3-4-3 formations with extensive analysis of Marcelo Bielsa in 9 different tactical situations, supported with 9 full training sessions (35 practices).

Since its release, this really has become one of the most popular coaching books in the world. The book looks to provide insight into the work of Pep Guardiola, the book looks through a six-week mesocycle and how the sessions might be delivered, and what might be delivered within this specific block. The amount of detail within these sessions will provide coaches with a 6-week opportunity to train players to play a more positional based practice, with a much greater understanding of how to keep possession, and how to attack through positional dominance. The book does however provide great detail in how to successfully defend whilst using a Guardiola-like game model. It also shows how the positional dominance of Guardiola's teams actually allows them to be successful both with and without the ball. The sessions should provide more detail than any book has ever provided before, as well as expose some myths as to how positional play can be developed.

UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2021/22 SEASON THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER The behind-the-scenes story of the Marcelo Bielsa revolution at Leeds United and their first season back in the Premier League after sixteen years of hurt. FEATURING FRESH PERSONAL INSIGHT FROM MARCELO BIELSA On 27th February 2022, after 170 matches in charge, promotion to the Premier League and some of the most exhilarating football the English game has ever seen, Leeds United parted company with their most beloved and successful manager in a generation: Marcelo Bielsa. His parting gift was to embrace the crowds of adoring fans who turned up to say thank you as he left the club's training ground for the final time. In And it was Beautiful, The Athletic's Phil Hay chronicles Leeds United's glorious first season back in the top flight - which saw them finish ninth - after a chaotic sixteen-year absence. Phil pulls back the curtain on the hallmarks that now define the Marcelo Bielsa era, from his gruelling training schedule - including his infamous 'murderball' sessions - to innovative tactical methods that elevated Championship regulars into Premier League stars. Bielsa performed miracles, turning football into high art and making an extraordinary cultural impact on the city of Leeds. The result is a unique and fitting tribute to a Leeds United icon.

Over the last fifteen years, pressing has become an extremely important part of the professional game. This book looks through the journey of pressing through the last forty years and how different coaches have influenced pressing for the next generation. The book also includes lots of sessions on how to develop pressing with multiple age groups and abilities. The sessions include tactical detail, as well and technical and physical information. These sessions combined with the tactical analysis implemented in this book will allow for the development of any coaches understanding and confidence in delivering pressing sessions

A detailed book showing a modern approach to developing strikers and attacking players. For coaches of an standard or level, this will revolutionise your approach to working with attacking players

In June 2018 Leeds United made an appointment that shocked the footballing world. Despite being stuck in the second tier of English football and tagged the Championship's perennial chokers, they attracted one of the most revered coaches in world football. What followed captivated the hearts and minds of Leeds United's legion of passionate supporters worldwide. Marcelo Bielsa has crafted a team in his image, a team that plays in an almost bewildering attacking style with fluidity across the pitch. Leeds have become synonymous with exciting, attacking, vertical football and this style has seen them promoted back to the Premier League. Professional football analyst Lee Scott explains how, breaking down the tactics that have made Leeds so successful during Bielsa's time. He shows just how they occupy spaces and overload defences; how they press and cut off passing lanes to deny the opposition space to attack in the defensive phase; and more than that, he delves into Bielsa's mindset, to explain what makes the Argentine mastermind tick.