Coaching the Tiki Taka Style of Play

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Author: Jed C. Davies

Pages: 226

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Publication Date: November 1,2013

Category: Soccer



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Jed Davies outlines at length the Tiki-Taka football philosophy popularised simply by Barcelona and Spain and teaches you, the coach, how exactly to implement this form of play. Davies offers studied the methods utilized at FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC, Swansea Town FC, Villarreal CF and AFC Ajax who’ve all developed possession structured philosophies as a means of controlling and earning games.

 Component 1 explores the advancement theory that will require an understanding before it is possible to make the Tiki-Taka design of football, this consists of: Establishing a Soccer Philosophy, Identifying Local Skill and Purposeful Training. Component 2 talks about the Tiki-Taka philosophy and how it could be created through purpose designed workout sessions. 50 practices are given from professional clubs which includes FC Barcelona, AFC Ajax, Athletic Bilbao and Liverpool FC. It analyses positional systems, game realistic circumstances and solves tactical complications such as for example when the opposition are seated in a deep low block (‘Parking the Bus’), all using the good advice provided from professional coaches who’ve been involved in the execution of the Tiki-Taka philosophy.

 Included: • Guardiola, Cruyff and Van Gaal’s Positional Systems 
 • Ball Circulation
 • Changeover Phases
 • Collective Pressing (inc.

 Part 3 talks about the influential statistics in the evolution of Tiki-Taka with chapters on Rinus Michels (‘The Dad of Soccer’), Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola amongst others. 

 Part 4 talks about the Tactical Theory and a blueprint of how exactly to play with the Tiki-Taka make of soccer.Barca’s 6 Second Guideline) • Creating Goal Scoring Possibilities • Tactical Solutions/Variations 
 • Person Player Roles & Responsibilities