Football’s Principles of Play
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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.
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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
Download
Create and use space
Overloads and sub-phases
The Principles of Play
Penetration (or go forward
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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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Training
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Pre-Season Soccer Training: A Seven Week, 50 Session Guide to Building For The New Season
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Soccer Training Blueprints: 15 Ready-to-Run Sessions for Outstanding Attacking Play
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Deliberate Practice
Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Small-Sided Football Games to Improve Decision-Making
Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Attacking Football Exercises to Improve Decision-Making
Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Defending Football Exercises to Improve Decision-Making
Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Passing & Possession Football Exercises to Improve Decision-Making
Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Rondo and Positional Play Football Practices
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The Modern Soccer Coach
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The Modern Soccer Coach: A Four Dimensional Approach
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Soccer Psychology
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Soccer Tough 2: Advanced Psychology Techniques for Footballers
Coaching Psychological Skills in Youth Football: Developing The 5Cs
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Paul Webb Academy: Strength Training Books for Footballers and Goalkeepers
Soccer Tactics 2014: What The World Cup Taught Us
Universality | The Blueprint for Soccer's New Era: How Germany and Pep Guardiola are showing us the Future Football Game
The Footballer's Journey: real-world advice on becoming and remaining a professional footballer
The Way Forward: Solutions to England’s Football Failings
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Website
See all our football books at: www.BennionKearny.com/soccer
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