Coaching the 4-3-3: Playing against the 3-5-2

Book Synopsis: Have you ever stared at that blank piece of paper thinking of what to do for practice? Have you ever finished a game and thought, “We really need to fix that”? Have you ever wanted new and fresh ideas for how to structure your sessions in a way that will naturally allow the topics you need your team to learn to naturally come out? Then THIS is the book you have been looking for! Coaching the 4-3-3: Playing Against the 3-5-2 is the definitive book to assist coaches of every level in the planning of practice sessions while coaching the popular 4-3-3 formation.

This book will give you:

• 42 easy to understand practice sessions that follow a clear and logical progression
• 168 exercises that don’t use ladders, hurdles, excessive grids and lines and mannequins. Just game-like exercises that allow the players to grasp the concepts easily
• Coaching points, Progressions, goals for both the team you are focusing on as well as the opposing team, and much more...
• The exact dimensions of the spaces needed, timings for each exercise, and equipment needed every single time
• QR Codes for every single exercise and session so that the coach can immediately print up their own copy, rather than hand-write each one

To make the book as easy to use as possible for coaches, the book is broken into the 4 phases of play:

Attacking
Transition to Defend
Defending
Transition to Attack

Then, those sections are further broken down in the zones of the field they happen in:

• Zone 1 (third of the field closest to your goal)
• Zone 2 (third of the field that is in the middle)
• Zone 3 (third of the field where the opponents’ goal is located)

This way, coaches can immediately identify the problem their team is having, or what they want to work on at practice, and immediately go straight to that section. Does your team have trouble:

• Building Out with Press Forcing Inside (Attacking – Zone 1)
• Pressing the Center Backs to Prevent Direct Play (Defending – Zone 2)
• Finding the 9 Early (Transition to Attack – Zone 1)
• Balance in Possession to Prevent Early Counters (Transition to Defend – Zone 2)

Author Michael Stauber (USSF A License, US Youth National Scout, College coach, High School coach…) has 25 plus years coaching at all levels and the highest coaching license possible in the United States to give him the extensive knowledge and experience to put together this book.

Don’t spend another day not knowing what to do at training! Order the book today and give your team the confidence to know what to do in all situations during the game! Read more