Coaching Soccer Like Guardiola and Mourinho

by Timo Jankowski

Overview

Soccer player are more than the sum of their parts: endurance, speed, shooting technique, passing technique, skills, and intelligence on the pitch. The soccer coach has to take all of these factors into one system that will create good players.

The concept of Tactical Periodization has become the preferred training theory for many of the current most successful soccer coaches: Pep Guardiola, Jos? Mourinho, Diego Simeone, Andr? Villas-Boas, and many others train according to these principles.

By creating match-like situations in practice, players learn to link their technical, tactical, and athletic abilities to match intelligence. They will learn to transfer their skills to soccer matches and they can improve endurance, technique, and tactics all at the same time while enjoying the practice sessions more.

The author has evaluated and analyzed hundreds of training sessions and has tailored exercises to specific demands. All exercises are performed with a ball so that players learn to apply each skill to the game.

Anyone coaching soccer players will find numerous exercises in this book to help them create better and more efficient practice sessions so they can improve their players' and the team's performance. With Tactical Periodization, your team will become better and be successful on the next match day!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782550723
Publisher:	Meyer & Meyer Sport
Publication date:	09/01/2016
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Timo Jankowski holds the UEFA A License and is Life Kinetic and Functional Fitness trainer. Following his jobs as coach of the German Football Association as well as of the U16 of Grasshoppers Zurich, Jankowski currently trains the U16 team of FC Aarau. In addition, he runs a sports center with a hotel and soccer school. He is the author of Successful German Soccer Tactics.

Table of Contents

1 Work Hard and Work Smart-Facts, Trends, "Fans," and Tactical Periodization 10

1.1 The Concept of Tactical Periodization 16

2 The Player Who Makes the Difference-Self-Confidence, Self-Motivation, Humility, Pressure to Perform, Personal Development and Positive Pushing 22

3 Planning and Directing Training-Definitions and Fundamentals 34

3.1 Principles of training as the Basis for Athletic Success 34

3.2 Principles of Training as the Basis for Planning and Directing 37

3.3 Principles of Adaptation Reinforcement 39

3.4 Tapering-Achieving Performance at the Right Moment 39

4 Long-Term Athlete Development-The Seven Steps of Long-Term Athlete Developemnt (LTAD) 44

5 A Cross-Section Of Different Periodization Models 50

5.1 Classic Linear Periodization 51

5.1.1 Preparation Period 54

5.1.2 Competition Periods 54

5.1.3 Transition Period 56

5.1.4 Year-Round Periodization in Soccer-Double Periodization with Cyclization 56

5.1.5 Applying Classic Periodization in Soccer 57

5.2 Block Periodization 59

5.2.1 Characteristics of Block Periodization 62

5.2.2 Using Block Periodization in Soccer 63

5.3 Wave-Like Periodization 64

5.3.1 Using Wave-Like Periodization in Soccer 65

5.4 The Coerver Method 66

5.4.1 The Coerver Pyramid Method 69

5.5 Simon Clifford's Brazilian Soccer Schools Recipe for Success 76

5.6 The Horst Wein Developmental Model 80

5.6.1 Thoughts on Game Intelligence in Soccer 82

5.6.2 Game Intelligence during Competition 87

5.6.3 Digression: "I like Controlled Chaos"- Quicker Perception, Quicker Action in Soccer as a Mental Sport 89

5.6.4 Training Game Intelligence-The Horst Wein Five-Step Developmental Model in Detail 90

5.6.5 Horst Wein's Mini Soccer Concept Funino and Manchester United's U9 Study 96

5.6.6 Examples of Open Questions in Soccer 100

5.7 Dr. Raymond Verheijen's Model 101

5.7.1 The Four Fitness-Related Abilities as Per Verheuen 103

5.8 Summary of Presented Periodization Models 110

6 Dualism, Soccer Mindset, and Why Performance: Should Always Be Trained Over Competence 116

7 The Successful Tactical Periodization Concept-A Soccer-Specific, Holistic, And Tactical Approach 122

7.1 The Four Game Phases and Transition Play 127

7.2 Importance and Development of a Game Model in the Context of Tatical Periodization 130

7.2.1 Developmental Steps of a Came Model in Detail 133

7.2.2 Example of the Tactical Behavior Patterns Breakdown 137

7.3 The Eight Methodological Principles and the Ten Biggest Mistakes One Can Make With the Tactical Periodization Concept 140

7.3.1 The Eight Methodological Principles 141

7.3.2 Ten Mistakes That Should Be Avoided At All Cost 146

7.4 Mental Influencing Factors, Tatical Concentration, and the Importance of Specificity and Realistic Intensity 147

7.5 Teaching Learning Content in Tactical Periodization 149

7.5.1 The Differentiated Learning Method 149

7.5.2 Implicit Learning 152

7.6 Microcycle-Detailed Weekly Structuring of Tactical Periodization 154

7.6.1 Weekly Schedule in Detail 155

7.7 Tactical Periodization of Training Content and the Great Advantages of Positional Play 158

7.8 Conclusion and the Superiority of Tactical Periodization 166

8 More Than 60 Practical Examples From Top Coaches and Top Youth Academies 170

9 Last But Not Least-Contentment Vs. Gratitude 242

Photo Credits 244