The Soccer Scouting Guide
Author: Joe Bertuzzi
Publisher: Reedswain Inc.
Published: 1999-07
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781890946265
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Football Scouting Methods
Author: Steve Belichick
Publisher: Martino Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781578987061
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Considered the bible of scouting techniques" according to the Los Angeles Times, Football Scouting Methods explains the basic scouting strategies and insights of author Steve Belichick. He was widely viewed as the ablest football scout of his time and coached at the U.S. Naval Academy for 33 years; his son is New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, a three-time Super Bowl winner. When Steve Belichick died in November 2005, the New York Times headline cited him as "Coach Who Wrote the Book on Scouting," and quoted Houston Texans General Manager Charley Casserly calling Football Scouting Methods "the best book on scouting he had ever read." Joe Bellino, Navy's Heisman Trophy winner in 1960, told the Times that Steve Belichick "was a genius. On Monday nights, he would give us his scouting reports, and even though we were playing powerhouses, I always felt we were prepared because he found a way for us to win." In recent years Football Scouting Methods has been one of the top ten most sought out-of-print books; used copies have been quite scarce. This reissue edition makes the original 1962 text available once again in exact facsimile. The book covers how to scout opponents, recognize defenses, analyze offenses, discover "tip-offs" that reveal the opponent's plays, compose a useful report, self-scout, and conduct postgame analysis. "Steve Belichick taught many younger men how to scout and how to watch film and how to prepare their teams for the next week's game," David Halberstam noted in the Washington Post, and his best student was his own son Bill Belichick, "one of whose greatest skills as a coach to this day remains his ability to analyze other teams, figuring out both their strengths and their vulnerabilities, and shrewdly deciding how to take away from them that which they most want to do." When CBS asked Bill Belichick to name his favorite book, he replied "Well, I've got to go with my dad's. Football Scouting Methods. I'd have to go with that."
Talent Identification and Development in Sport
Author: Joseph Baker
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1136961488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdentifying talent in athletes and developing that ability to its fullest potential is a central concern of sport scientists, sports coaches and sports policy makers. This book offers a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge in talent identification and development in sport, from the biological basis of ability to the systems and processes within sport through which that ability is nurtured. Written by a team of leading international experts, the book explores key factors and issues in contemporary sport, including: genetics secondary factors such as birth date, cultural context and population size perceptual motor skill acquisition and expertise sports development policy in-depth case studies, including European soccer, East African running and US pro sports. With an emphasis throughout on practical implications and processes for all those working in sport, the book offers an authoritative evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary systems for identifying and developing talent in sport. This is important reading for any student, researcher or practitioner with an interest in skill acquisition, youth sport, elite sport, sports coaching or sports development.
300 Innovative Soccer Drills for Total Player Development
Author: Roger Wilkinson
Publisher: Reedswain Inc.
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781890946364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFull of innovative drills designed to teach players skills and tactics while building the necessary physical conditioning level required in the modern game of soccer, "Innovative Soccer Drills" is suitable for the player, parent and coach at the junior league and junior high school level.
The Nowhere Men
Author: Michael Calvin
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013-08-08
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 1448149967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of The Times British Sports Book Award 2014. A fascinating insight into the enclosed world of football scouts in the UK A teenaged boy plays football in a suburban park. His name is Raheem Sterling. The call is made: “Get down here quick. This is something special”. Another boy is 8, going on 28. His name is Jack Wilshere. The referee, an Arsenal scout, spirits him away from Luton Town. A young goalkeeper struggles on loan at Cheltenham Town in League Two. His name is Jack Butland. Within months he will be playing for England. Welcome to football’s hidden tribe. Scouts are everywhere yet nowhere, faceless and nameless, despite making the informed decisions worth millions. Award-winning sportswriter Michael Calvin opens up their hidden world, examining their disconnected lifestyles, petty betrayals and unconsidered professionalism of men who spend long, lonely hours on the road.
Handbook of Soccer Match Analysis
Author: Christopher Carling
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-01-24
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1134302010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAppealing to a wide audience, this ground-breaking handbook takes an in-depth look at soccer match analysis, highlighting the latest in match analysis research and the innovative technologies now being used by professional soccer clubs around the world. Bridging the gap between research, theory and practice, these methods can be used by coaches, sport scientists and fitness coaches to assess and improve: styles of play, technical ability and physical fitness objective performance feedback to players the development of specific training routines use of available notation software, video analysis and manual systems understanding of current academic research in soccer notational analysis. This is the first book to focus exclusively on football, and is based on the authors' extensive experience in academic and professional match analysis.
The Expected Goals Philosophy
Author: James Tippett
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-08
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781089883180
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Expected Goals method is football's best-kept secret. The metric gives unparalleled insight into which teams and players are performing at the highest level. Professional gamblers have used Expected Goals to make millions through football betting. Club scouts have used Expected Goals to identify hidden gems in the transfer market. And the media have recently started using Expected Goals to offer more profound insight in their broadcasts. Despite this, most ordinary fans still don't understand what the Expected Goals method is - or appreciate the significant impact that it is set to have on the sport in coming years. Expected Goals (otherwise known as xG) was originally conjured up by a small corner of the online football analytics community. It didn't take long for professional gamblers to begin using xG to predict match outcomes. These bettors utilised the Expected Goals method to turn over hundreds of millions of pounds from the bookmakers. Before long, football clubs had caught on to the ground-breaking insight given by xG. Brentford FC were leaders in this field, managing to assemble a Play-Off-reaching squad on a shoe-string budget. In the last five years, the small West London side have turned over more than £100m in transfer revenue from their use of the Expected Goals method in player recruitment. More recently, the Expected Goals method has been adopted by the media as a form of insight. Fans are finally catching on to the pioneering means of football analysis. Soon enough, anyone who doesn't understand the Expected Goals philosophy will be left behind. "This book will make you watch football differently" - Tobias Pedersen "Possibly the most ground-breaking football book ever written" - Football Impact "A brilliant account of the history and future of Expected Goals" - StatShot
Goalkeeping Drills, Volume One
Author: Gerd Thissen
Publisher: Reedswain Inc.
Published: 2003-09
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781890946401
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoccer goalkeeping requires good tactical understanding and good physical fitness. This book contains drills intended to improve these individual key aspects of goalkeeping. Each drill is accompanied by a detailed description, a list of the main aspects being trained, and a series of diagrams showing each phase of the exercise. Topics covered in Volume One include: Handling the Ball; Warming Up; General Exercises; Catching Technique; Agility; Endurance; Take-Off Strength; Reaction Speed.
The Football Shirts Book
Author: Neal Heard
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2017-09-07
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 147355179X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThey think it’s all over...it is now, with this comprehensive guide to football shirts through the years. From the obscure to the ubiquitous, The Football Shirts Book is packed with over 150 original and super rare shirts from the greatest game on earth. Covering everything from the iconic to the unusual, even the most hard-core fans will find out something new about the kit of their favourite team. Including full-colour photography, as well as interviews with football shirt design teams, musicians, and fashion designers, this guide offers a full exploration of the brands, design, and sponsorship history behind the world’s best-loved football shirts. It is a must-have for those crazy about football shirts, as well as those whose interest is piqued by history, design, and pop-culture.
Defensive Drills & Tactics: 350 Exercises for Individual & Team Play
Author: Santiago Vazquez Folgueira
Publisher: Reedswain Inc.
Published: 2000-11
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781890946548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis excellent book is at once a defensive drill book & a detailed tactical discussion. Loaded with outstanding drills for both individual & group defense, the book provides countless ideas for practice sessions & game-like situations to prepare your defense to counter modern attacking schemes. The tactical side covers both man & zone philosophies & the advantages & disadvantages of specific systems.
