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    Football’s Principles of Play
    Football’s Principles of Play
    Football’s Principles of Play
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    Football’s Principles of Play

    By Peter Prickett

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    It started with a question, “What are the fundamentals of football?”

    Whilst there are hundreds of books that look into the specific principles of coaches like Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, and Marco Bielsa, there is no core, distilled text on the key principles of the game.

    Until now.

    Join best-selling author and coach – Peter Prickett – as he puts football under the microscope and breaks it down into its constituent parts. By addressing the two primary phases – in-possession and out-of-possession – the book examines the five attacking and five defending principles, plus the transitions between each phase, to reveal the underlying heart of the beautiful game.

    These principles have underpinned coach education for decades and largely been unchallenged. When examining them, other deeper values emerge to support the one true principle – to score.

    Designed for coaches and football fans interested in the theory of football, this handbook is a must-read for anyone looking to understand the foundations that football is built on.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBennion Kearny
    Release dateJun 10, 2021
    ISBN9781914066092
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    Football’s Principles of Play - Peter Prickett

    Football's Principles of Play

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    Peter Prickett

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    Table of Contents

    Title Page

    Copyright

    Other Top Coaching Books

    Acknowledgements

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    Create and use space

    Overloads and sub-phases

    The Principles of Play

    Penetration (or go forward)

    Support

    Width

    Mobility/Movement

    Improvisation/Creativity

    Delay

    Depth

    Concentration (Compaction)

    Balance

    Discipline/Patience

    Positive Transition

    Negative transition

    Possession/Own the ball/Want to have and keep possession of the ball

    Defend By Retaining Possession of the Ball

    Strong Position Play

    Finding Space to Receive the Ball

    Playing in the Spaces

    Using the Width and Depth of the Pitch

    Play in The Opponent’s Half as Much as Possible

    Play Forward Early and Consolidate Possession

    Fast Counter-Attacking

    High Pressure When the Ball is Lost (5-Second Rule)

    Winning the Ball Back Quickly in High and Middle Areas With an Aggressive Pressing Game (5-6 Seconds of Aggressive Pressing, Especially When The Ball is Lost in Middle Areas)

    Show Opponents Outside as Much as You Can

    Deception Principle

    Surprise Principle

    Mobility Principle

    Opportunity Principle

    Cohesion Principle

    Reserve Principle

    Economy Principle

    Pressure/Pressing

    Battle to exploit and protect space

    One versus one domination

    Diamonds and triangles

    Overloads and numerical advantage

    How The Principles Impact Practice

    Penetration

    Penetration II

    Support

    Support II

    Width

    Mobility/Movement

    Improvisation/Creativity

    Delay

    Depth

    Compactness

    Balance

    Discipline/Patience

    Counter-Attack

    Counter-Press

    Possession and building out from the back

    Half-Spaces

    Showing Outside

    Deception/Surprise

    Deception/Surprise II

    Mobility

    Economy

    Reserve

    Counter-Press II

    Exploit and find space

    One versus one domination

    One versus one domination II

    Diamonds and triangles

    Diamonds and triangles II

    Create Overloads

    Selected Sources

    Copyright

    Published in 2021 by Hawksmoor Publishing, an imprint of Bennion Kearny.

    ISBN: 978-1-914066-09-2

    Copyright © Hawksmoor Publishing 2021

    All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

    This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that it which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

    Hawksmoor Publishing has endeavoured to provide trademark information about all the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Hawksmoor Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.

    Published by Hawksmoor Publishing, an imprint of Bennion Kearny Limited, 6 Woodside, Churnet View Road, Oakamoor, Staffordshire, ST10 3AE

    www.BennionKearny.com

    Many thanks to Garth Smith for his fantastic cover design.

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    Website

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    Acknowledgements

    Thank you to the people who have helped me write this book.

    It started with a question I was asked by a Twitter user; they may not even remember asking the question. Why Mladen Jovanovic chose to ask me the question, I do not know, but if he hadn’t this book wouldn’t exist. He asked if there were any fundamentals of football he should be aware of. After some thinking, my answer was the Principles of Play.

    He then asked, Is there a book you can recommend?

    I couldn’t. I could not think of a single book that focused on the general principles of football, rather than the specific principles of certain coaches. That was the birth of this book. Thank you, Mladen.

    Thank you Garth Smith, for your excellent work on the cover, the

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