The Coaching Philosophies Of Louis Van Gaal And The Ajax Coaches

The methods and philosophies of the coaches at one of the most successful Clubs in the history of European soccer. The current Manchester United manager made a name for himself in the world of football while at dutch super club Ajax Amsterdam. This book chronicles his time in charge there with unprecedented inside access to the methods and philosophies that produced not only championship teams but also world class players.

A collection defensive and offensive soccer strategies.

From Cruyff's "Total Football" to the epic rivalry between Guardiola and Mourinho, a gripping chronicle of the rise and fall of Barcelona's dominance in world soccer. Barcelona's style of play--pressing and possessing--is the single biggest influence on modern soccer. In The Barcelona Inheritance, Jonathan Wilson reveals how and why this came to pass, offering a deep analysis of the evolution of soccer tactics and style. In the late 1990s, Johan Cruyff's Dream Team was disintegrating and the revolutionary manager had departed, but his style gave birth to a new generation of thinkers, including Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho. Today, their teams are first and second in the Premier League, marking the latest installment in a rivalry that can be traced back twenty-five years. The Barcelona Inheritance is a book about the tactics, the personalities, the friendships, and, in one case, an apocalyptic falling-out that continue to shape the game today.

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, as well as world-class coaches like Michels, Cruyff, Beenakker, Advocaat, Stevens and van Marwijk? What lies behind the successes of Ajax Amsterdam, of Louis van Gaal and of Dutch soccer manager Guus Hiddink? This book is a first attempt to present expert knowledge of internationally proven useful and effective Dutch soccer coaching in theory and practice, based on qualitative data collection. The authors outline the theory and practice of the "typical" and sometimes unique Dutch content, methods, organization forms and elements of educational knowledge, including the training philosophy of the KNVB (Royal Dutch Soccer Federation), selected Eredivisie and internationally renowned Dutch soccer coaches; unique technique training content and methods (Coerver, Meulensteen and Frans Hoek Methods) and tactics training (position play and pressing forward); innovative forms of play and testing for soccer-specific conditioning training; the new Ajax coaching model "Heroes of the Future" and interviews.

From one of Italy's foremost youth soccer experts, this book offers suggestions for planning appropriate practice sessions for players of 6-10 years old.

This book focuses on teaching & implementing the 5-3-2 pattern of play which uses the sweeper as a fundamental part of its defense. The authors teach the need to be flexible, versatile & to change schemes according to the opponent, the match, the individual players & ever-changing situations, never sticking obstinately to one vision of play. Play systems should not be rigid schemes on paper, they must come to life on the soccer field. Fascetti explains the tactics & teaches how to implement the 5-3-2 pattern through a detailed coaching program, with a sequence of exercises & drills designed to develop in the players the necessary automatic movements. Excellent.