An excerpt from: Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Small-Sided Football Games to Improve Decision-Making 15: Set to Shoot RELATION TO GAME: Around 80% of goals come from finishes that are one or two touch. Many of these require a ‘set’ pass from the player making the assist. A ‘set’ allows the…
Barcelona Rondo Drills
An excerpt from Click on the cover to learn more “The purpose of the rondo should be for the players in the middle not to get the ball, not for the ones outside not to lose it. I talk about solidarity, about creating spaces. Positional play. The purpose must be…
Deliberate Practice Golf
An excerpt from: Click on the cover to learn more Intensity and Interest – Roads into Motorways The third rule of learning (which is a close relative of the first rule) – boredom prevents connections. The intensity of your practice begins with a choice. You can choose to become captivated…
High Performing Teams
An excerpt from: Click on the cover to learn more Chapter 2: Introducing the 3Rs. Reflect, Represent, Realise The 3R model So far, we have learnt about the importance of togetherness for high performance and how this is underpinned by scientific evidence and powerful stories of high-performing sports teams. Now,…
Football Passing Drills
An excerpt from: Click on the cover for more information Session #3: Pass and Move to Create Space This session is designed to introduce your players to the fundamental attacking concept of passing and moving to create space. Again, this session is appropriate for any level of player and can…
Italian-American Life – No Sporcaccione!
An excerpt from: Click on the cover for more information III: YOU COULD EAT OFF THE FLOOR: HOW MY GRANDPARENTS CREATED A WORLD, AND HOW THEY TOOK THAT WORLD WITH THEM, WHEREVER THEY WENT Unless you somehow had inside access to this culture, you could never fully know what it…
Long Term Soccer Player Development
An excerpt from: Click on the cover for more information The long-term development of your players is reliant on appropriate work being completed at certain times in the young soccer player’s journey from age five through to adulthood. Clearly, in school, at home, or in any other environment, we do…
Football Tactics and Development
An excerpt from: Click on the Cover to Learn more Understanding the Tactical Development of Football Players “It is not a question of 4-4-2 or 4-2-1-3, it is a question of having a team which is ordered, in which the players are connected to one another, which moves together, as…
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Director: Lucio Fulci Writers: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti, Chuck Smith Stars: Tisa Farrow (Anne), Ian McCulloch (Peter), Al Cliver (Brian), Richard Johnson (Dr. Menard) VIPCO Release: 1980 Also Known As: See below VIPCO Plot Synopsis: In Hudson Bay a sailing boat that has a neglected appearance is drifting slowly out…
Become a Referee | Soccer | Football
Why does someone want to become a referee? An excerpt from: Motivation – Why Would Anyone Want To Be a Referee? The pathway (above) from grassroots refereeing to the Premier League and Football League is not easy and requires time, dedication, learning, and practice. In other words, an individual must…