by Stevie Grieve
Find out how to improve your formation's flexibility, dynamism and attacking creativity with a formation used by today's elite coaches to counter more traditional formations in Coaching the 4-2-3-1. This book shows you why the formation is becoming one of the most dominant styles of play in modern soccer. Now you can discover how to train your players to use this highly-flexible and attack-oriented formation. Packed with soccer drills, diagrams on setting up your team, and guidance on the formation's philosophy and playing mindset, this book provides you with everything you need to know about playing the 4-2-3-1.This book focuses on developing your team's understanding of how to play this fast-paced formation effectively. Soccer is a game that is constantly changing, with new formations and philosophies evolving to challenge the status quo. The 4-2-3-1 is a formation that is now used by many of the world's elite coaches, like Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, and Sir Alex Ferguson to counter the 4-4-2 and other more static formations.Coaching the 4-2-3-1 shows you how coaches at the top level implement the formation, both in defense and attack. Packed with more than 30 training sessions and 150 diagrams, this book will show you how to train your team to play the ball wide, how to look for overlaps, when to penetrate the forward line, and all the other aspects of playing this highly flexible formation successfully.The reason so many coaches have switched from 4-4-2 and 4-3-3 to the 4-2-3-1 is because it is far more flexible and can enable teams to quickly change formation to both confuse and counter opponents. Wingers, for example, can drop deep to create a 4-4-1-1 or move forwards to create a 4-3-3. This range of options makes it very difficult to defend against as opposition coaches never know what you're going to do.Coaching the 4-2-3-1 shows you how to train your team in all of the key principles of playing this creative formation. It will both enrich your coaching knowledge and train your players to use this dynamic and highly creative formation to exploit the rigid playing style of teams living in the past.What's covered in Coaching the 4-2-3-1
Building from the back to attackThe 4-2-3-1 creates four lines of players across the field. So there are always passing options, all the way from the goalkeeper to attack. In most formations there can be a tendency to 'dump it in the channel for the striker to chase'. In the 4-2-3-1, however, long balls are replaced with smooth accurate passing.This chapter shows you how to build from the goalkeeper through the midfield and all the way to the front attacking line, using short passes and finding players in space. From working through the drills and exercises, your players will develop an understanding of how to find the right positions, when to move, and where to make runs to receive the ball.AttackingThe final chapter features 14 sessions that focus on the important aspects of attacking when playing the 4-2-3-1. The chapter also looks at ways of building better attacking units, with dual themed sessions such as using penetration to enhance counter attacking play.The 4-2-3-1 provides arguably more attacking options than any other formation. Grieve shows you how to harness these options and to train your players to be more dynamic and fluid around the box and to swamp opposition defenses.
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