Learn how a nation of about 16 million inhabitants can regularly produce world-class players or coaches like Johan Cruyff, Arjen Robben or Dick Advocaat and Louis van Gaal.

This third volume in the best-selling "Dutch Soccer School Drills" series focuses on individual skill development, conditioning, and match situation training. These drills will improve your players in every facet of their games and make your practice sessions both stimulating and effective. Each drill features a clear diagram and description, an objective, coaching points, and possible variations.

Once again the best coaches of Europe have contributed drills to elevate your players to their highest ability. Focusing on combination plays and small sided games, this book is designed to channel individual skills into game situations. Each drill features an objective, clear instructions, easy-to-follow organizational factors, a diagram, possible variations, and coaching points--everything coaches need to refresh their practices and keep players motivated. Dutch Soccer Drill, Volume II is a must-have reference for coaches who want to help players make the transition from practice field to playing field. About the Author Richard Kentwell is a licensed English F.A. Coach with over 25 years of coaching experience. The author of five books and numerous articles, Kentwell earned his masters degree in education from Boston University with a specialization in human movements. He is a director of the British American School of Soccer and president of Reedswain, the coaching video and book specialists.

The FIFA coach of the Century presents his thoughts and observations on the art of Team Building in the world of soccer and beyond. All the facets of the team building process, including team tactics and psychology, are included down to the minutest detail. Also included is how youth talent, per age group category, should be developed. And finally, how to set up training sessions to achieve the best results. All the chapters are interspersed with examples from Rinus Michels` personal experiences as a trainer. At the same time he gives a reference framework for everyone who is, on a daily basis, involved with the team building process: from youth and professional coaches to managers in the business world. Because of these unique examples, most of which were never published, this will be a fascinating book for anyone involved in a team building process.

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This is the second book in the Professional Academy Soccer Training Series. This edition focuses on the top 20 soccer finishing exercises that Coach DiBernardo personally uses with his own teams. The exercises can be adapted to fit a wide variety of age groups and ability levels. These are the same modern trainings that top clubs like FC Barcelona use.