Coaching the 3-4-3 [Paperback]

Massimo Lucchesi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2002

Examines the 3-4-3 through an analysis of the roles of the players and offers a coaching method and exercises to develop all phases of the system.
Includes several attacking schemes with build up options from any position on the field and defensive schemes for double teaming, forcing and covering.

Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Reedswain (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890946435
• ISBN-13: 978-1890946432
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,494,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Resouce, February 1, 2011

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What I like most about this book is it gives you great detail and leaves out the fluff. I switched to a 4-3-3 this season and while I already had a good grasp in the formation the book proved to be a great resource.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless, November 9, 2009

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I've been coaching the 3-4-3 for a U13 team this year and picked up this book thinking it would offer some good practice exercises. It was an absolute waste of money and time. It did a poor job of explaining the advantages and disadvantages of this formation. In fact, it didn't show the adv/disadvantages against other formations ~ which is key.

The offensive/defensive schemes were redundant. For example, for at least a dozen pages, it just shows different examples of how the ball can be passed around in a 3-4-3 formation ~ brilliant! Five pages detailed how a wall-pass can work between the various players, "here's a wall pass between the center-mid and forward. Now here's a wall pass between the center-mid and wing," and on and on.

The exercises were poorly detailed, simplistic and were not specific to the 3-4-3.

I've been coaching for eight years, and perhaps this book was intended for beginning coaches. But, as a beginning coach (at least where we live) you play small sided games until U-10, so this book wouldn't be applicable.

This book was so worthless that it makes me think I could write my own book and do a better job.