WORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - Exercises 1 By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE Introduction Goalkeeper Distribution PART TWO Distribution Along the Flanks PART THREE Switching Play From Flank to Flank PART FOUR The La Volpe Exit Possession Rondos and Position Games Introduction This is the second volume of the building
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - Exercises 1 By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO Distribution Along the Flanks Distribution Along the Flanks The creation of numerical advantage on the flanks or how to manage a duel with equal numbers of players are the main objectives for a team to progress
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - Exercises 1 By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE Switching Play From Flank to Flank Switching Play From Flank to Flank These might be the main reasons why a team plays out from the back: • The team does not have particularly tall players, lacking
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - Exercises 1 By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR The La Volpe Exit Possession Rondos and Position Games The La Volpe Exit All the following exercises are designed to coach the timing of movements of the key players who are involved in this famous building up
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - A Tactical Analysis By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE Build Up From the Back and Building Up Play The Early Years of Building Up From the Back PART TWO The Player Techniques and Tactical Skills Needed to Build Up From the Back PART THREE Player
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - A Tactical Analysis By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO The Player Techniques and Tactical Skills Needed to Build Up From the Back The Player Techniques and Tactical Skills Needed to Build Up From the Back The available time for players of the team in
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - A Tactical Analysis By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE Player and Team Positions (Inc GK) to Best Build From the Back The La Volpe Exit Player and Team Positions (Inc GK) to Best Build From the Back 1-4-3-3 The team shape is basically structured with
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Build Up From the Back - A Tactical Analysis By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR How the Top Coaches Have Success Building From the Back How the Top Coaches Have Success Building From the Back Maurizio Sarri's Sss Napoli (2015-2018) Napoli always started with a very fluid 1-4-3-3 formation with the
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE Introduction 2016/17 Defensive Failures PART TWO Transition to Defending and Counter-Pressing PART THREE 2017/18 Team, Data and Key Players PART FOUR Guardiola's Defensive Principles INTRODUCTION - A Difficult Week 04/04/18 - Liverpool 3:0 Manchester City (Champions League Round of 8 - 1st
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO Transition to Defending and Counter-Pressing Transition to defend and counter-pressing These are the main principles of play in transition that Guardiola always tried to carry out on the field since Barcelona and Bayern Munich seasons and they deserve a particular focus,
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE 2017/18 Team, Data and Key Players The 2017/2018 team, data, defense principles of play, key players "It is important that the tackle belongs in your team as a skill, but the tackle is the last choice; I don’t train tackles. I
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR Guardiola's Defensive Principles General Pep Guardiola's defense principles of play It is very remarkable to understand how Pep Guardiola has always based his defense phase on some main principles of play and he realized them on the field with all the teams
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE Introduction Manchester City's 2017/18 Team and Key Players PART TWO Formations and Attacking Shapes PART THREE Formations and Attacking Shapes Continued PART FOUR Counter-Attacking Set Plays INTRODUCTION "I'd rather my players to thank me for improving them, rather than for the titles."
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO Formations and Attacking Shapes Formations and attacking shapes on the field This is the basic starting line up with the back four (1-4-3-3): Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Aguero, Sané. In the second season with Guardiola as
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE Formations and Attacking Shapes Continued Formations and Attacking Shapes Continued When the opposition decides not to press the start of the moves and to defend the width, leaving the center players as defenders of the depth, the offensive phase is usually poor,
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Pep Guardiola Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR Counter-Attacking Set Plays Counter-Attacks Manchester City scored 28 times (18% of all goals) after a counter attack during this last 2017/2018 season. This following scheme sums up the average percentages of each match; 3% of counter attacks ended with a goal. We
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Pep Guardiola By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE Introduction Manchester City's Possession Phase Stats PART TWO Guardiola's New Way of Attacking and Possession on the Flanks The Development of Positional Play Games The Importance of Half Spaces PART THREE A Complete Possession Phase Transition to Defend PART FOUR Defending
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Pep Guardiola By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO Guardiola's New Way of Attacking and Possession on the Flanks The Development of Positional Play Games The Importance of Half Spaces A new concept of width in Guardiola's possession and attacking phases We see great differences regarding exploitation of the
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Pep Guardiola By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE A Complete Possession Phase Transition to Defend A complete possession phase and the developments of a move The following footages sequence is taken from different matches of the last season to sum up all the principles of play we presented
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Tactical Series Pep Guardiola By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR Defending Phase Transition to Attack and Counter Attacks Defensive Phase These are some Guardiola statements about the defense phase organization: "It is important that the tackle belongs in your team as a skill, but the tackle is the last choice; I
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