The Bearded Coach’s Football Session Planner

“I have always struggled with session planners. They never include the sections I need, or the space to write and draw what I want.” Football…

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Maximise Your Training Sessions: Football Practices for Ever-Changing Numbers and Spaces

Have you ever planned the perfect football training session only to find half your players have failed to turn up?

Thrive in the Year of the Dragon: Chinese Zodiac Horoscope 2024

> The latest Chinese Zodiac Guide in the best-selling series from Chinese Horoscope expert Linda Dearsley > Maximize your 2024 Year of the Dragon with…

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City of London Churches: The Visitor’s Guide to

In this informative and concise guide to the churches of the City of London – the heart of the sprawling London metropolis known affectionately as…

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Water Street

Water Street is the outstanding historical fiction thriller, set in the US civil war, from JP Maxwell.

3v3: Inspired By Legends

3v3: Inspired By Legends is the latest in the 3v3 series, and uses footballing greats to help develop footballing skills in small-sided environments.

Making The Ball Roll: A Complete Guide to Youth Football for the Aspiring Soccer Coach

Making the Ball Roll is the ultimate complete guide to coaching youth soccer. This focused and easy-to-understand book details training practices and tactics, and goes on to-

Just a Bus Stop in Hounslow: Brentford FC’s 2021/22 Season in The Premier League

Just a Bus Stop in Hounslow follows Brentford FC’s epic season in the 2021/22 Premier League.

Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Rondo and Positional Play Football Practices

This book contains 50 well-planned, thought-out, and presented rondo-based football training practices for soccer coaches.

Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football: Goalkeeping Basics

In this full-colour book, containing 45 illustrated training exercises, goalkeepers will work on areas of their game relevant to their position – without them even knowing it – as they are made to think quickly and do what comes naturally to them.

Football’s Principles of Play

Join best-selling author and coach – Peter Prickett – as he puts football under the microscope and breaks it down into its constituent parts.

Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football: Age-Specific Goalkeeper Development

In this latest publication from goalkeeping specialist Andy Elleray, the goalkeeper’s position is looked at through an age-specific lens.

Through the Thirds: A Systematic Approach to Planning Your Football Season

Do you coach footballers and want to build a practical, possession-based soccer curriculum? You’ve come to the right place! Through The Thirds – from leading-

Coaching Youth Football: What Soccer Coaches Can Learn From The Professional Game

Coaching Youth Football is the highly-anticipated follow-up to the international, best-selling soccer coaching book, Making The Ball Roll, by Ray Power. With the help of-

Developing Skill 2: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching

3v3 football training is gaining serious momentum in the world of coaching. Indeed, at the end of 2019, the German FA stands on the brink-

Video Nasty Mayhem: The Inside Story of VIPCO

Great Britain, the 1980s. VHS is rapidly becoming popular, and the more gory and violent the movies, the better. One company has latched on to-

Blowing The Whistle: The Psychology of Football Refereeing

The football referee. Charged with controlling the players and enforcing the laws of the most popular and passionate game on the planet, they are often-

The 15-Minute Rule for Forgiveness

Forgiveness is one of the most powerful and liberating actions a person can take. Whether it is-

Togetherness: How to Build a Winning Team

Togetherness is a powerful state of connection between individuals that can lead to amazing triumphs. In sport, teams win matches, but teams with togetherness-

Pre-Season Soccer Training: A Seven Week, 50 Session Guide to Building For The New Season

The pre-season is often the time that readies a soccer team for success. Get pre-season right and a team hits the ground running; they mesh-

British Women Artists: A Biographical Dictionary of 1,000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts

This comprehensive volume presents the biographies of 1,000 women who were active in the British decorative arts over the last few centuries. Some of these-

One Football, No Nets

In September 2017, amateur British football coach Justin Walley became the “National Team” Manager of Matabeleland, an obscure international team in western Zimbabwe.

Developing Soccer Players: Forward-Specific Practices

The development path for soccer players contains many elements: from technical execution, to tactical awareness, to mental strength, and more. But as players progress, they-

Presentation Skills

This ebook series uses condensed and curated content from the author’s acclaimed title Awful Presentations: Why We Have Them and How to Put Them Right;…

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SuperTraining: Using NLP to Improve Your Training

Neuro-Linguistic Programming – commonly known as NLP – is a method of communication and engagement used widely in the world of business, sport, and personal-development…

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Soccer Tough: Books I & II

Dan Abrahams is the world-renowned sport psychologist who has helped to transform player development and the coaching of soccer. His Soccer Tough titles have become-

The Modern Soccer Coach: 3-In-1

The Modern Soccer Coach books, by renowned coach and coach educator Gary Curneen, are some of the best-selling and most acclaimed soccer coaching books of-

The Future Coach: Creating Tomorrow’s Soccer Players Today

Successful soccer coaches are constantly seeking new ways to learn, evolve, and improve. Very often, footballing success is defined by mindset, and the real winners-

Building a Successful High School Sports Program

Whatever sport you coach, building a successful sports program can be an enormous, sometimes daunting, task filled with many responsibilities and demands. Questions and decisions-

10.4 Interactions: How to Develop a Sales Touch System, Guide the Customer Conversation, and Sell with Credibility in B2B Sales

In 2011, Google published research that brought a new term – “Zero Moment of Truth” – to the world’s attention. It derived from a study…

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Awful Presentations: Why We Have Them and How to Put Them Right

How many awful presentations have you attended? How many have you given? Awful presentations are too often the norm, with swathes of text on-

Write From The Start: The Beginner’s Guide to Writing Professional Non-Fiction

Do you want to become a writer? Would you like to earn money from writing? Do you know where to begin? Help is at hand-

The Savvy Traveller Survival Guide

World Travel Guide Travel is one of our favourite activities. From the hustle of bustle of the mega-cities to sleepy mountain towns to the tranquillity…

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From Dinner Date to Soulmate – Cynthia Spillman’s Guide to Mature Dating

Are you reaching a more mature stage in life and looking for a new relationship? Are you tentatively returning to the dating arena following the-

The GoodFather: Becoming a Dad For the First Time Without Losing Your Mind, Changing Your Identity, or Emigrating

Part-diary, part-guide, part-warning – The GoodFather is a light-hearted but invaluable look into the world of first-time fatherhood. Detailing the author’s eye-opening path of discovery-

65 Goalkeeper Training Exercises: Modern Games-Based Soccer Drills for Shot Stopping, Footwork, Distribution, and More

In 65 Goalkeeper Training Exercises, goalkeeping coach and educator, Andy Elleray, offers fellow football coaches a way of training that takes keepers from the confines of-

The Hidden Motor: The Psychology of Cycling

Cycling is one of the world’s great sports. From The Tour de France to the Paris-Roubaix to velodromes across the globe, it encompasses many disciplines-

20 Minute Golf Tune-Up Book Series

There are six titles in the 20 Minute Golf Tune-Up series: 20 Minute Golf Tune-Up: Range Practice Many golfers practise poorly on the range/putting green.…

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Play Like Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona: A Soccer Coach’s Guide

The four seasons that Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola spent in charge of the first team at FC Barcelona saw a period of extraordinary football supremacy delivered–

Wolfram Wars: Exposing The Secret Battle in Portugal

Wolfram – also known as Tungsten – is about more than electric light bulbs. Its more deadly claim-to-fame rests in its armour-piercing qualities. During WWII-

You Will Thrive: The Life-Affirming Way to Work and Become What You Really Desire

Have you lost your spark or the passion for what you do? Is your heart no longer in your work or (like so many people) are you simply disillusioned by the frantic race to-

Winning Your Players through Trust, Loyalty, and Respect: A Soccer Coach’s Guide

In order to develop the best soccer players, who can achieve their very best in the game, a coach needs to instill three central qualities-

Soccer Roy: First Touch

Please let me introduce you, To a joyful baby boy, With big blue eyes and a welcoming smile, He goes by the name of Roy.…

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What Business Can Learn From Sport Psychology: Ten Lessons for Peak Professional Performance

How are the best athletes in the world able to function under the immense pressure of competition? By harnessing the potential of their minds-

FIFA Football: The Story Behind The Video Game Sensation

EA’s most beautiful game – the FIFA series – has proved a global success. It has sold a record-breaking number of copies, garnered numerous plaudits and awards, and established-

Paul Webb Academy | Strength Training Books for Footballers and Goalkeepers

In this Strength Training Book Series, ex-professional footballer and renowned strength coach Paul Webb distils over 20 years of knowledge–

Soccer Tough 2: Advanced Psychology Techniques for Footballers

Global soccer psychologist Dan Abrahams is back with a follow up to his groundbreaking, international bestseller Soccer Tough. In Soccer Tough 2: Advanced Psychology Techniques for Footballers Dan introduces soccer players to more cutting edge tools and techniques-

How The Klopp Ticks: An Unofficial Biography of Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp’s arrival at Liverpool was met with such frenzy that it would only be slightly lazy journalism to compare it to Beatlemania – certainly, Britain was enthralled by the charismatic-

How to Help Your Teenager Achieve Exam Success: A Parent’s Guide

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”  Margaret Mead Achievement in any sphere does not happen accidentally, it usually requires hard…

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Voices from the Explosion: RAF Fauld, the World’s Largest Accidental Blast, 1944

The story, told for the first time from eyewitness accounts, of the world’s largest manmade pre-nuclear explosion. It happened at R.A.F. Fauld bomb store-

Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Passing & Possession Football Exercises to Improve Decision-Making

Soccer is in transition. There is now a growing trend away from ‘drills’, towards sessions that are more variable and which involve more decision making. But coaches have-

The Modern Soccer Coach: Position-Specific Training

In recent years, player development has been a hot topic in the soccer world. With more pressure on coaches to win than ever before, the modern game seems to be less about actual players and more about-

Tipping The Balance: The Mental Skills Handbook For Athletes [Sport Psychology Training Series]

Tipping The Balance offers contemporary evidence-based and highly practical mental strategies that help an athlete to develop the crucial mental skills that enable them to thrive under pressure-

Skye, Mull and Iona Visitor’s Guide 2015

Off Scotland’s western mainland exists some of the most picturesque, interesting, and unique islands in the world. The Skye, Mull and Iona Visitor’s Guide 2015…

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The Successful Golfer: Practical Fixes for the Mental Game of Golf

You do not have to play many rounds of golf to understand how much of the game is played in the mind. Different courses, conditions, and shot requirements all present unique challenges that-

A Multitude of Fins: A Recent History of Fly Fishing for Trout

Question: What's the pastime that has similarities with sex and religion, needs crafty plans and downright cunning, reeks of desperation and death, turns grown men…

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Martians, Morlocks and Moon Landings: How British Science Fiction Conquered The World

Science Fiction has long been a part of popular culture. From the colour co-ordinated adventures of Captain Kirk and crew to the city chomping of…

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Finding Your Way Back to YOU: A self-help book for women who want to regain their Mojo and realise their dreams!

Are you at a crossroads in life, lacking in motivation, looking for a new direction or just plain ‘stuck’? Finding your Way back to YOU is a focused and concise resource written specifically for women who have found themselves in any of the positions above.

The Modern Soccer Coach: Pre-Season Training

When it comes to building successful soccer teams, pre-season is a critical time. It’s the perfect time for the coach to create a team identity, set standards, develop effective-

Bryan Adams: A Fretted Biography – The First Six Albums

Bryan Adams is a one man rock’n’roll success story: he went from washing dishes for $2.50 per hour to becoming a multi-millionaire by making music that people liked.

Universality | The Blueprint for Soccer’s New Era: How Germany and Pep Guardiola are showing us the Future Football Game

The game of soccer is constantly in flux; new ideas, philosophies and tactics mould the present and shape the future. Since the turn of the century we have witnessed-

Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football: A practical perspective on the most unique position in sport

Do you coach goalkeepers and want to help them realise their fullest potential? Are you a goalkeeper looking to reach the top of your game?

Churchill versus Hitler: War of Words

Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill clashed for years in public as their opinions of each other and feuding helped determine the course of the Second World War. As diplomatic and military episodes unfolded-

North Korea: On the Inside, Looking In

North Korea remains one of the last bastions of old-style communism: a military dictatorship, ruled with an iron grip for the last sixty years by the Kim dynasty. Every aspect of society-

Definitions

No one believes that a young woman has been kidnapped, except for her estranged sister. Fighting past mistakes and present dangers, Charley must use her sister Gina’s dictionary of custom definitions-

The Psychology of Cricket: Developing Mental Toughness [Cricket Academy Series]

The mental side of cricket is what separates the best players from the rest. Technical, tactical, and physical preparation are important for top class performances but it is often what happens inside a player’s mind that is the difference between success and failure-

Soccer Tactics 2014: What The World Cup Taught Us

World Cups throw up unique tactical variations. Countries and football cultures from around the globe converge, in one place, to battle it out for world soccer supremacy. The 2014 World Cup in Brazil-

Colin Oates Judo: Groundwork

Whether your sport is Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling or MMA, the skill and art of Newaza (Groundwork) should be studied in depth. “Colin Oates Judo: Groundwork” highlights the basic drills required-

Beatrix Potter: An Illustrated Travel Guide to Her Lakeland World

Beatrix Potter is one of the world’s most beloved authors. Famous for her tales of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck and Jeremy Fisher – Beatrix…

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The Way Forward: Solutions to England’s Football Failings

In The Way Forward, football coach Matthew Whitehouse examines the causes of English football’s decline and offers a number of areas where change and improvement need to be implemented immediately. With a keen focus and passion for youth development-

We Want The World: Jim Morrison, The Living Theatre and the FBI

“I’ve always been attracted to ideas that were about revolt against authority… I like ideas about breaking away or overthrowing of established order. It seems to be the road toward freedom.”

Alison Nicholas: Walking Tall

Alison Nicholas, MBE, is one of Great Britain’s most successful golfers. In a professional career spanning more than 20 years, she claimed 18 tournament wins including the British Open-

Ace the Sale! a Practical Methodology for Selling B2B Enterprise Software, Hardware or Services

Fed up with wading through the mass of sales training books out there? Ace the Sale! is a no nonsense guide, uniquely written for the busy sales rep.

Soccer Training Blueprints: 15 Ready-to-Run Sessions for Outstanding Attacking Play

Are you a busy coach and time is tight? Would you like to get hands on with ready-to-use session templates quickly? Then this book is for you!

I’ve Got a Stat For You: My Life With Autism

At the age of four, Andrew Edwards was diagnosed with autism. “Go home and watch Rain Man,” the specialist told his mother. “In all probability your son will be institutionalised.”

Soccer Tough: Simple Football Psychology Techniques to Improve Your Game

Technique, speed and tactical execution are crucial components of winning soccer, but it is mental toughness (soccer psychology) that marks out the very best players – the ability to play when pressure is highest, the opposition is strongest, and fear is greatest.

The Academic Weight Room: Strengthen Your Academic Skill Set

The Academic Weight Room is a new book for college-level students, as well as older and returning students, which offers a clear set of strategies and routines for overcoming classroom challenges.