This book provides a full tactical analysis of Diego Simeone's 4-4-2 Defending Tactics (123 Tactical Situations) for you the coach to learn from one of the best defensive coaches in the world. Learn to how to Defend "from one of the best coaches in the world" with 47 Practices & Variations based on 123 Tactical Situations from Atlético Madrid's 4-4-2 Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has used this analysis of Atlético Madrid's tactics to produce 47 Practices and Variations. You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Diego Simeone's defending tactics and implement them into your training sessions. Tactical organisation is the key to Atlético Madrid's success during Diego Simeone's reign. He has built a winning culture of commitment, passion, aggressiveness and commitment, and a winning game plan based on excellent defensive organisation. They are extremely difficult to break down, even by the top attacking sides, like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Liverpool, and have consistently been one of the toughest teams to play against in the whole of Europe. Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid have used these defending tactics to achieve great success when competing against teams with far greater resources. These are some examples of their incredible success against all odds: La Liga Winners (2014) UEFA Champions League Runners-up (2014 + 2016) UEFA Europa League Winners (2012 + 2014) UEFA Super Cup Winners (2012 + 2018) Copa Del Rey (2013) Fewest Goals Conceded in La Liga (2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019) Most Clean Sheets in La Liga (2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019) Tactical Analysis and Session/Practice Topic Examples: How the Centre Backs Defend the Forwards' Movements Rear Block's Positioning and Movements to Control Wide Areas Pressing High Up the Pitch (from the Goalkeeper) Positioning of the Forwards to Prepare for Counter Attacks Counter-Pressing After Losing Possession During Combination Play Practice Examples: Defensive Line Controlling Gaps Between Centre Backs and Full Backs Rear Block's Defensive Reactions After Wide Players Receive Controlling Wide Areas with the Rear Block in a Functional Practice Compact Midfield Line Blocking Through Passes in a Functional Game Negative Transition After Losing Possession in a Conditioned Game

This book provides a full tactical analysis of Diego Simeone's 4-4-2 Attacking Tactics (73 Tactical Situations) for you the coach to learn from one of the best coaches in the world. Learn how to Attack and Counter-Attack "from one of the best coaches in the world" with 64 Practices & Variations based on 73 Tactical Situations from Atlético Madrid's 4-4-2 Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has used this analysis of Atlético Madrid's tactics to produce 64 Practices and Variations. You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Diego Simeone's attacking tactics and implement them into your training sessions. Atlético Madrid's success during Diego Simeone's reign has been built with a winning culture of commitment, passion, aggressiveness and commitment, and a winning game plan based on excellent tactical organisation. With a fraction of the budget of their rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona, they have consistently been one of the toughest teams to play against in the whole of Europe. Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid era has produced extremely efficient attacking play and they have had great success in scoring goals with intelligent attacking patterns of play and a counter attacking style. Diego Simeone's Atlético Madrid have used these attacking tactics to achieve great success when competing against teams with far greater resources. These are some examples of their incredible success against all odds: La Liga Winners (2014) UEFA Champions League Runners-up (2014 + 2016) UEFA Europa League Winners (2012 + 2014) UEFA Super Cup Winners (2012 + 2018) Copa Del Rey (2013) Tactical Analysis and Session/Practice Topic Examples: Dragging the Centre Back Out of Position to Create and Exploit Space Synchronised Movements of the Full Back and Wide Midfielder Creating an Overload and Attacking Through the Centre Making a Run on Blind Side of Defender to Receive a Long Pass in Behind Counter Attack After Winning the Ball in the Centre (Direct Threat) Practice Examples: Forward Exploits Space Behind Full Back in a Technical Practice with Finish Options for Full Back Receiving High Up the Pitch in a Functional Practice Forward Drops Back to Receive or Create Space in Behind in a Small Sided Game Counter Attack with a Closed Ball Situation in a Dynamic Conditioned Game Exploiting Width During a Counter Attack in a Dynamic Conditioned Game

This book provides analysis of Simeone, Guardiola, Klopp, Mourinho and Ranieri's tactics. Michail Tsokaktsidis is a UEFA 'A' licence coach and has used this analysis to produce 23 full sessions (98 practices) including transition games, game situations and small sided games.

This book is a comprehensive resource for coaching the 3-5-2 formation at all levels. The level of detail and tactical solutions included will help you emulate how top coaches, such as Antonio Conte (Inter) and Nuno Espírito Santo (Wolverhampton Wanderers), use the 3-5-2 to great success. This book goes into great detail to show the movement of all players within the 3-5-2 system of play in various tactical situations and against different formations, in the attacking and defensive phase. This will enable you to optimise your team's tactical awareness and performance. Tactical solutions are provided for all game situations, in relation to how to counteract the opponent's positioning, organisation and decision making. This book will teach you to coordinate and solve specific game situations in a flexible way with many different options and tactical solutions. As a coach, you can train these patterns of play repetitively, so that the players' reading of the game becomes automatic and the team is quickly able to recognise and find the best solutions to solve every conceivable tactical situation. This book includes: Tactical Strengths and Weaknesses of the 3-5-2 Formation 3-5-2 Tactics Against Different Formations (4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, 4-3-1-2, 3-5-2 and 3-4-3) Overcoming the First Line of Pressing (Build-up Play from the Back) Moving the Ball in Between the Opposition's Midfield and Defensive Lines Playing in Behind the Opposition's Defensive Line Defensive Organisation and Pressing Organisation of the Defensive Line 41 Practices and Variations to Apply Tactical Solutions with the 3-5-2 Renato Montagnolo has a UEFA 'B' Coaching Licence and a Patentino Match Analyst Licence. He has been working as a First Team Assistant Manager and Match Analyst for the past few years in Serie C in Italy. With experience of writing books and articles, speaking and teaching, Renato is a respected football tactics expert.

This book provides a tactical analysis of Pep Guardiola's 4-3-3 Attacking Tactics (56 Tactical Situations) which has been used to produce 12 Full Training Sessions (70 Practices and Variations). You can use these ready-made sessions to practice Pep Guardiola's attacking tactics and implement them into your training sessions.

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).

In this book, you'll learn how to use Tactical Periodization to train your players at the correct intensity for each day of the week, making sure they are always prepared tactically, mentally and physically for competitive matches. Your players (and team) will react quicker, be sharper, and make better decisions in all tactical situations.