The Soccer eyeQ methodology is a proven and successful coaching method to increase scanning and improve game awareness, to provide your players with the tools to make better decisions. Pep Guardiola: "Taking the right decision in the right moment. That is the most difficult thing in football." You will learn how to train scanning and game awareness through innovative training practices. Your players (and team) will take in information quicker, create a picture of what's around them, create an essential habit, and greatly enhance their decision making skills. Too many players focus intently on the ball, control it, and only then look up to see the options. The Soccer eyeQ practices use simple constraints which force players to scan more frequently and read the game situation. With the "picture" created, your players will be quicker, sharper, and make better decisions in all situations. The top players in the world scan the most and this is your chance to develop your players and improve their game awareness to scan like the best; De Bruyne, Mbappe, De Jong, Xavi, Fabregas, Iniesta, Henry, Lampard, and Gerrard. Xavi: "Think quickly, look for spaces. That's what I do: look for spaces. All day. I'm always looking. All day, all day." The Soccer eyeQ methods can be easily added into your training sessions to increase scanning, making players faster and more effective in training and matches. See More - Think Quicker - Play Better! The book includes these sections with 16 Tactical Examples + 53 Practices and Progressions: The Soccer eyeQ Methodology Level 1 - Scanning of the Playing Area (Observation) Level 2 - Reading the Game Situation (Realization) Level 3 - Predicting How Play Will Develop (Anticipation) Soccer eyeQ Training Practices Adding the Soccer eyeQ Method to Existing Practices

The ball handler who fakes and then drives past a defender for an easy score. A pass rusher who leaves a would-be blocker in his wake on the way to sacking the quarterback. A setter who manages to maneuver both body and ball in the blink of an eye to make the perfect pass for the kill and match-winning point. These are all reasons agility and quickness are such prized physical attributes in modern sport. Efforts to become markedly quicker or more agile, however, aren’t always successful. Genetic limitations, technical deficiencies, and inferior training activities are among the major obstacles. Developing Agility and Quickness helps athletes blow past those barriers thanks to the top sport conditioning authority in the world, the National Strength and Conditioning Association. NSCA hand-picked its top experts to present the best training advice, drills, and programs for optimizing athletes’ linear and lateral movements. Make Developing Agility and Quickness a key part of your conditioning program, and get a step ahead of the competition.

René Meulensteen (UEFA Pro Licence) spent 12 years at Manchester United and was Sir Alex Ferguson's First Team Coach during the most successful years in the club's history (2007- 2013). René's expertise provides coaches of all levels a great insight into the key aspects and methods behind Manchester United's success when they won 1 x UEFA Champions League (+2 Runner-up), 4 x Premier Leagues and 1 x League Cup all within 6 seasons. During this period, René was responsible for creating and coaching all of the first team training sessions. He kept a record of every single training session in organised folders, and these Technical and Tactical Practices and Sessions form the basis of this book (94 Practices included). This book provides a detailed blueprint of the successful structure and organisation of Manchester United, as well as the Management, Leadership, Principles, Tactics and Philosophy of Play of the greatest British manager in history, Sir Alex Ferguson. Find out how Manchester United produced such a High Speed of Play, created Waves of Attacks, and how they scored so many late goals using Scenario Training ("Fergie Time"). All of this content will provide you with a great understanding of the methods behind Manchester United's success, from the training pitch to match days. This is your chance to practice and apply René's exact Manchester United training sessions, enabling your team to reproduce Alex Ferguson's team's fantastic attacking style. MANCHESTER UNITED PRACTICE / SESSION TOPIC EXAMPLES: Build-up Play Switching Play Forward Passes and Runs to Break the Lines Attacking Overloads Crosses and Box Runs Attacking Combination Play Dominating 1v1 Situations and Finishing Defensive Shape, Pressing and Recovery Transition from Defence to Attack (Counter Attacks) "Fergie Time" Scenario Training As well as the first team training sessions, this book also shows you René's Development Model, Coaching Philosophy, and the importance of Specific Technical Training (1v1s and Finishing). During his time at Manchester United, René was attributed to improving the individual technique and performances of Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie, Nani, and many others. The practices he used for individual or small group training are included in this book.

High-Performance Training for Sports changes the landscape of athletic conditioning and sports performance. This groundbreaking work presents the latest and most effective philosophies, protocols and programmes for developing today’s athletes. High-Performance Training for Sports features contributions from global leaders in athletic performance training, coaching and rehabilitation. Experts share the cutting-edge knowledge and techniques they’ve used with Olympians as well as top athletes and teams from the NBA, NFL, MLB, English Premier League, Tour de France and International Rugby. Combining the latest science and research with proven training protocols, High-Performance Training for Sports will guide you in these areas: • Optimise the effectiveness of cross-training. • Translate strength into speed. • Increase aerobic capacity and generate anaerobic power. • Maintain peak conditioning throughout the season. • Minimise the interference effect. • Design energy-specific performance programmes. Whether you are working with high-performance athletes of all ages or with those recovering from injury, High-Performance Training for Sports is the definitive guide for developing all aspects of athletic performance. It is a must-own guide for any serious strength and conditioning coach, trainer, rehabilitator or athlete.

After the hugely popular Volume 1, Volume 2 gives you another rare opportunity into Pep Guardiola's Training Sessions with 85 Practices taken directly from Pep's training sessions including: Technical Circuits, Passing, Rondos, Positional and Possession Games, Small to Large Sided Games at Manchester City, Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona.

Self-awareness is the bedrock of emotional intelligence that enables you to see your talents, shortcomings, and potential. But you won't be able to achieve true self-awareness with the usual quarterly feedback and self-reflection alone. This book will teach you how to understand your thoughts and emotions, how to persuade your colleagues to share what they really think of you, and why self-awareness will spark more productive and rewarding relationships with your employees and bosses. This volume includes the work of: Daniel Goleman Robert Steven Kaplan Susan David HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.