Find out how to improve your formation's flexibility, dynamism and attacking creativity with a formation used by today’s elite coaches to counter dated, static formations in Coaching the 4-2-3-1.
Now released for forward thinking coaches! NEW BOOK - Coaching the 4-2-3-1 shows you why the formation is becoming one of the most dominant styles of play in modern soccer. Now you can discover how to train your players to utilize this highly flexible and attacking formation in Coaching the 4-2-3-1. Packed with soccer drills, diagrams on setting up your team and guidance on the formation's philosophy and playing mindset, this book provides you with everything you need to know about playing the 4-2-3-1.
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Is your team stuck playing a predictable, rigid style of soccer your opponent's find easy to counter? Do you yearn to play an expansive attacking style of soccer, like Real Madrid, Manchester United or Brazil? The 4-2-3-1 is an innovative and highly flexible formation used by many elite teams over the last decade to devastating effect. Whether you coach players in top divisions or recreational sides, playing the 4-2-3-1 can enable you to adopt a more dynamic and creative style of soccer that can take your team to the next level.
Coaching the 4-2-3-1 is a book focused on developing both your team's understanding of how to play this fast paced formation effectively. Soccer is a game that is constantly changing, with new formations and philosophies evolving to challenge the status quo. The 4-2-3-1 is a formation that is now used by many of the world's elite coaches, like Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson, to counter the 4-4-2 and other more static formations.
Coaching the 4-2-3-1 shows you how coaches at the top level implement the formation, both in defense and attack. Packed with more than 30 training sessions and 150 diagrams, this book will show you how to train your team to play the ball wide, how to look for overlaps, when to penetrate the forward line and all the other aspects of playing this highly flexible formation successfully.