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Soccer Modern Tactics: Italy's Top Coaches Analyze Game Formations Through 180 Situations

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If you are a coach, this book is for you. Its concepts are complex and the book assumes an already detailed knowledge of the game. There are several attacking patterns that I guarantee will help your team, as well as concepts and drills to improve individual and group attacking play. For someone who played defense in college and specializes in defense at the collegiate coaching level, the book is helpful if one-sided. The Italians focus on a zonal defense, and in general flat-back defense is detailed. There is some very good stuff in here to help build a defense. Additionally, almost any formation you can imagine is given a quick glance by a professional coach who uses it and notes its advantages and disadvantages. The one criticism I have is the clumsy writing--these guys are definitely not American.

Really an excellent book...A little bit "pro"...Actually I bought it to improve my game tactics on WE8/PS2 but it also helped my soccer fundamental knowledge to improve as well... I recommend this book to everyone who wants to improve his football fundamentals, especially on game strategies. As written by Italians,strength is on the defence side, but satisfactory anyway.

I am a soccer junkie, so i get into books on strategy. However, with this book, it seemed like the book had been translated from Italian. The English was awkward and I had to go back and re-read sections because they just weren't clear or the phrasing was awkward. Also, I kept having to refer back to the symbol guide to understand the formation diagrams (does that squiggly line mean he passed the ball, or he ran the ball or he ran without the ball?)

So, in summary... interesting content, but the text wasn't user friendly. The author needs a good, English journalist to clean it up.

Good info BUT... VERY DISAPPOINTED it was not better rendered for English speaking audience (What? The English don't play futball??). Comic and sometimes confusing trans-literations abound in this book making it appear that I am listening to an Italian possessing only a moderate command of English language -- There is some really good stuff here but you have to work at it to figure out what the author is getting at....Clearly, this book was poorly "proofed" (at best) and most diagrams simply mislabeled. This sloppy editing is sure sign educational books are not a high priority for the author. Feels more like a series of lengthy magazine interviews w/ Zauli and some diagrams tossed in but just expanded into a book. Again, good info but don't buy it expecting everything to be laid out in front of you.

Overall, good information but could have...SHOULD have been much better.

just started to read it and like it. Great introduction to the zonal play ... explained with diagrams ... every coach should exploe it and learn great deal about zonal-marking and zonal-playing. It's all in there ....

This book has a conversional style and is like watching a TV interview. Several coaches give insight to formations and tactics in an interview style. The diagrams are confusing, some of which may be due to the translation. For example, keepers are designated with a "P". If you want a better understanding of the strategy of Serie "A", this book is for you.

This is a very good look at different formations and strategies by Italian coaches including World cup winning manager Marcello Lippi , Arrigo sacchi and Carlo Ancelotti .Principles of attack and defensive systems are easily explained and well illustrated.
Best off all , in the interviews questions are put to the various coaches on their choices. Very interesting well worth getting.
Soccer Modern Tactics: Italy's Top Coaches Analyze Game Formations Through 180 Situations

Excellent read. Perfect book for the developing coach. Concise and to the point and chock full of developmental practice exercises.

Somewhat interesting, maybe a translation that lacks something.

Anyway, this is focused on soccer from the Italian point of view, so a bit more emphasis on defense, and the defensive situations and formations that they are long acquainted with.

Could be better...
Soccer tactics needs good graphics to better explain the formations.
Just in 4-4-2 we have a universe of possibilities that coud be explored in the book.
It's a good book but could be better.