Coaching the Tiki Taka style of play
By: written by Jed C. Davies
Publisher: Soccertutor.com
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [England?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780957670549
Subjects: Soccer; Handbooks, manuals; Coaching; Training; Philosophy
Description: "Jed Davies outlines in detail the Tiki-Taka football philosophy popularized by Barcelona and Spain and shows you, the coach, how to implement this style of play. Davies has studied the methods used at FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC, Swansea City FC, Villarreal CF and AFC Ajax who have all developed possession based philosophies as a way of controlling and winning games."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: PART. 1 THE TIKI TAKA DEVELOPMENT THEORY; title: 1. The Importance Of Small Sided Games For Technical Development; title: Research and Studies; title: The English FA's Plan for Changes; title: Futsal; title: Conclusion; title: 2. Lack Of Central Philosophy; title: A Critical Analysis of the Long Ball Approach; title: 3.A Global Football Philosophy; title: Barcelona; title: Ajax; title: 4. Establishing A Central Philosophy; title: Liverpool FC; title: 5.A Local Talent Identification Programme; title: 6. Player Potential And Development; title: `Geniuses Are Made Not Born': The Polgar Sisters Chess Experiment; title: 7. FC Barcelona Case Study; title: Approach to Purposeful Training Hours at La Masia; title: 8. Purposeful Training; title: 9. Growth Mindset: Carol Dweck's Experiment; title: `Always Praise Effort and Not Talent'; title: 10. Training At `The Edge Of Your Ability'; title: 11. Cognitive Training; title: 12. The Powers Of Training The Mental Aspects Of A Player; title: The Power of Imagination: Effective Visualisation; title: Eliminating Doubt; title: Mental Toughness; title: 13. Purposeful Training, A Summary And Conclusion PART. 2 50 PRACTICES TO COACH THE TIKI TAKA STYLE OF PLAY; title: Training Methods; title: Practice Format; title: 1. FC Barcelona: The Rondo; title: 2. FC Barcelona: The Double Rondo; title: 3. FC Barcelona: The Adjacent Passing Square Exercise; title: 4. FC Barcelona: The Laureano Ruiz Simplified Triangulation Exercise; title: 5. AFC AJAX: 4 v 4 (+2) End to End Possession Game; title: 6. AFC AJAX: 4 v 4 (+1) Corner To Corner Possession Exercise; title: 7. FC Barcelona: Shielding the Ball and Waiting for Support with 3 v 1 Play; title: 8. AFC AJAX: Directional 6 v 6'3 Goals Game'; title: 9. FC Barcelona: 5 v 4 Breaking Out of the Middle Third; title: 10. Liverpool FC: Position Specific 8 v 8 (+1) Possession Exercise; title: 11. Villarreal CF: The Gridded 4 Goal Game; title: 12. Villarreal CF: Match Realistic Overloads in a 3 Zone Small Sided Game; title: 13. Liverpool FC: Playing through the Lines in a 4 Zone Passing Exercise; title: 14. FC Barcelona: Playing through the Thirds with 1 v 1 Duels; title: 15. AFC AJAX: 10 v 4 Playing through the Middle Third (Zone); title: 16. AFC AJAX: 7 v 7 Three Zone Small Sided Game; title: 17. AFC AJAX: Passing in Behind the Defensive Line in a 4 v 4 (+2) SSG with 2 End Zones; title: 18. FC Barcelona: Using Width in Your Own Half SSG; title: 19. FC Barcelona: Playing Out from the Back 3 Zone SSG; title: 20. FC Barcelona: 8 v 9 Phase of Play; title: Playing against the Deep Block; title: 21. Swansea City FC: Position Specific Pattern Play; title: 22. Swansea City FC: 8 v 6 Phase of Play; title: Playing Out from the Back; title: 23. Athletic Bilbao: Finding Space within the Block (Pattern Play); title: 24. Athletic Bilbao: Finding Space within a Compact Block (Pattern Play); title: 25. FC Barcelona: Team Positioning When Playing Out from the Back (Pattern Play); title: 26. FC Barcelona: Team Positioning When Playing Out from the Back From a Throw-in (Pattern Play); title: 27. Liverpool FC: Shooting Practice with Quick Passing; title: 28. FC Barcelona: Feeding the Ball into the Front 3 (3 v 3 (+GK) Attacking Practice); title: 29. Wigan Athletic FC: Finding the Centre Forward in the Box 3 v 3 (+GK) Practice; title: 30. Feyenoord FC: Raymond Verheijen's Sprinting & Finishing Under Pressure; title: 31. AFC AJAX: 3 Man 1 v 1 Duel `Moves to Beat' Dribbling Exercise; title: 32. FC Barcelona: The 3 Station Interchanges Exercise (Losing Your Man); title: 33. Villarreal CF: 4 v 4 Pressing Patterns; title: 34. Villarreal CF: 3 v 3 High Intensity Transition Game; title: 35. FC Barcelona: Switching Play through a Central Zone Transition Game; title: 36. FC Barcelona: 5 v 2/5 v 8 Quick Transition Game with Central Square; title: 37. AFC AJAX: 7 v 7 Transition Game with Blocking Zone; title: 38. FC Barcelona: Pressing Organisation Position Specific Pattern Play; title: 39. Liverpool FC: The Defensive Block Scoring Zone Game; title: 40. AFC AJAX: Defensive Shape Transition Game; title: 41. FC Barcelona: 7 v 7 `Triggers' Pressing Game; title: 42. FC Barcelona: 7 v 7 `6 Second Rule' Pressing Game; title: 43. FC Barcelona: Pressing Attacking Zone Game; title: 44. AFC AJAX: 3 v 3/6 v 3 Quick Phases Transition Game; title: 45. Swansea City FC: Attacking in the Final Third (2 v 2s); title: 46. FC Barcelona: 2 v 1/2 v 3 Quick Transition Game; title: 47. FC Barcelona: Playing through the False 9 in a SSG; title: 48. FC Barcelona: 3 Team Vision & Awareness Practice; title: 49. FC Barcelona: 3 v 1/2 v 2 Awareness Game; title: 50. FC Barcelona: 4 Corner Zone Dynamic Transition Game PART 3 INFLUENTIAL FIGURES: THE EVOLUTION OF TIKI TAKA; title: 1. The Tiki Taka Football Philosophy; title: 2. The Evolution Of Tiki Taka Football; title: The 12 Men Who Changed Football the Most; title: 3. Archie McLean; title: From Paisley To Sao Paolo; title: 4. Uruguay 1930; title: John Harvey And Alberto Horacio Suppici; title: 5. Matthias Sindelar; title: The World's First Great `False 9'; title: 6. La Maquina And Evolution's Path; title: Renato Cesarini & Jose Maria Minella; title: 7. The Magnificent Magyars; title: Gusztav Sebes; title: 8. Maslov's Pressing Approach; title: 9. Rinus Michels; title: The Architect of Total Football; title: 10. Valeriy Lobanovskyi; title: The Science of His Pressing Approach; title: 11. Johan Cruyff; title: The Father or Son of Total Football?; title: 12. Louis Van Gaal; title: 13. Frank Rijkaard; title: 14. Pep Guardiola; title: The Great Exhibition; title: Guardiola's Transitional Diagram (4-3-3 or the W-W with Full Backs further Forward Turning into a 2-1 -4-3 or the M-M); title: Guardiola's In Possession System Diagram (2-1 -4-3, 3-4-3 or the M-M); title: Guardiola's Team Formation: Players Roles and Responsibilities; title: Lionel Messi; title: The Foundations Of Guardiola's Playing Style: Barcelona's Youth Development System & the Club; title: Life After Pep Guardiola: Tito Vilanova; title: pt. 4 TIKI TAKA TACTICAL THEORY; title: Making Sense Of Tiki Taka And The Basic Principles; title: What Are the Variables of Tiki Taka Football?; title: What Are the "Non-Variables" of Tiki Taka Football?; title: Creating Goal Scoring Opportunities; title: Themes of the Development History of Tiki Taka; title: 1. The Spatial Positional System And Concept Of `Formation'; title: Template for Coaches to Plot Out Their Formation; title: Positional Systems; title: The Tiki Taka Positional System Template; title: Ajax's Positional System under Van Gaal; title: Barcelona's Positional System under Guardiola; title: Summary of Ajax and Barcelona's Positional System; title: Brendan Rodgers and the Positional System of Play; title: Marcelo Bielsa's Positional Play; title: The Importance of Positioning to Tiki Taka; title: 2. The Transition Differentials; title: Regaining Possession, a FC Barcelona Case Study; title: Liverpool F.C. Coach Interview: Regaining Possession; title: 3. The Art Of Collective Pressing; title: The 6 Second Rule; title: Liverpool F.C. Coach Interview: Pressing; title: FC Barcelona: Preparing for the Negative Transition while in Possession High Up the Pitch; title: FC Barcelona: Effective 6 Second Pressing High Up the Pitch; title: How 3 Players Can Successfully Press 5; title: 4.; title: Ball Circulation; title: Barcelona USA: A Youth Development Success Story; title: Training to Create Habits; title: 5. The Attacking Attitudes; title: Premier League Analysis: Location of Goals Scored 2011/12 (%) Diagram; title: Premier League Analysis: Location of the Assists 2011/12 (%) Diagram; title: Assessing the Statistics; title: Villarreal: A Case Study; title: Comparing Swansea City and FC Barcelona's Possession Based Philosophies; title: 6. Defensive Organisation: The Block; title: The 3 Types of `Block'; title: 7. The Conclusion Of The Footballing States And Their Relationships; title: 8. The Individual Basic Tasks; title: Case Study: A Typical 4-3-3 into a 3-4-3; title: (1). The Sweeper Goalkeeper; title: (2 & 3) The Wing Backs; title: (4 & 5) The Central Defenders; title: The Midfield Trio (6, 8, 10): (6) The Controller (Defensive Midfielder); title: (8). The Second Controller or Central Midfield Playmaker; title: (10). The Box to Box or Advanced Central Midfielder; title: The Attacking Trio (7, 11 & 9): (7 & 11) The Inside Forwards; title: Tactical Problem 5 You find that your defensive line is too slow to play with the high line necessary for the theoretical system of play and is suffering under the pressure of quicker strikers; title: 10. Wigan Athletic FC Case Study; title: Developing a Possession Game; title: 1. Through the Coach; title: 2. Through the Player; title: The Process of Possession (Ball Circulation); title: The Attacking Transition; title: The Defensive Transition; title: The Process of Being Out of Possession (Defensive Block); title: Conclusion.