Download or read book Developing Players with Rondos Using the Soccer Awareness Philosophy written by Wayne Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In part 2 of this series, Wayne Harrison's 122 page book continues to explore the use of rondos in youth soccer. Rondos are a great way to prepare players for the game situations and especially the fast decision making needed within the game. I have included as a way to work into these game situations many Rondo ideas that I feel are great foundation builders for players learning to combine and play together. I have stayed with simplistic ideas that all levels of players can try and be successful at. It is up to each coach to work out how to make it work for their players. Though the foundation of the basic rondo stays the same; we explore different ways to present it. It can be made easier or more difficult based on the number of touches players are allowed, for example, so it benefits ALL players who practice with them; also the size of area they play within can be manipulated to change the challenge. Contents: 1) Introduction to Playing 4 v 4 using rondos 2) Quick transition 2 v 2 Rondos with Players staying in their own zones: An Introduction to 4 v 4 Rondos 3) Quick transition 2 v 2 Rondos 4) Quick transition 2 v 2 Rondos: An Introduction to 4 v 4 Rondos now transitioning between zones 5) Quick transition 4 v 4 Rondos (Defending) 6) Quick transition 4 v 4 Rondos (Attacking) 7) Quick transition 6 v 6 Rondos (Attacking) 8) Quick transition 6 v 6 Rondos (Defending) 9) Quick transition 3 v 3 Rondos with Players staying in their own zones. Teach this for using a back three 10) Quick transition 3 v 3 Rondos with Players moving throughout the zones. Teach this for using a back three 11) A Game Situational Soccer Awareness Rondo 12) A Rondo Overloading players in the Zone 14 13) Soccer Awareness Rondo: Switching Play using long passes 14) Circle Awareness Rondo: Warm Up: Keep away 2 touches 15) Circle Awareness Rondo: Warm Up: Keep away 1 touch 16) Circle Rondos: Keep away game working on possession, passing and support; combination plays and rotations of players Circle keep away: Two Teams 1 v 1, 2 v 2, and 3 v 3 17) Circle keep away: Two teams add a neutral player 3 v 3 + 1 18) In Conclusion

Download or read book Developing Players with Rondos Using the Soccer Awareness Philosophy written by Wayne Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 120 page Book is part 1 of Wayne Harrison exploring the use of rondos in youth soccer. Rondos are a great way to prepare players for the game situations and especially the fast decision making needed within the game. He has included as a way to work into these game situations many Rondo ideas that he feels are great foundation builders for players learning to combine and play together. He has stayed with simplistic ideas that all levels of players can try and be successful at. It is up to each coach to work out how to make it work for their players. Though the foundation of the basic rondo stays the same; we explore different ways to present it. It can be made easier or more difficult based on the number of touches players are allowed, for example, so it benefits ALL players who practice with them; also the size of area they play within can be manipulated to change the challenge. Contents 1) Soccer Awareness 4 v 0 Rondo and unlimited touches 2) Soccer Awareness 4 v 1 Rondo (Unlimited touches) 3) Soccer Awareness 5 v 2 Rondos using (1 and 2 touches) 4) 3 v 1 Soccer Awareness Rondos using Two touches 5) Soccer Awareness Sliding Rondos using one and two touches (or more if needed) 6) No player movement off the ball 7) Soccer Awareness Sliding Rondos every player moving off the ball 8) Passing Rondos always to the central player in a diamond shape for 5 players 9) Different colored pinnies to teach the "look and think" Use cones as the starting points 10) Square passing Rondo 11) Things to consider for brain centered awareness training 12) Barcelona Rondo: Angled Passing and moving in 4s 13) Barcelona Rondo: Angled Passing and moving in 6s 14) Awareness Training Rondos emphasizing quick decision making (The Skill Factor) and Peripheral vision through brain centered development (many developments within this) 15) Soccer Awareness Double Rondos for 8 players 16) Adding Cones to force players to move into open passing lanes 17) Passing Double Diamond Introduction Rondos for 8 players 18) Soccer Awareness Double Rondos with 10 players

Download or read book Soccer Rondos Book 1 written by Chris King and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drills in this book are explained step by step and include diagrams. If you're a new coach, or you're simply a coach that hasn't had the time to work on your sessions, this book will improve you immensely. The drills are aimed at senior players (but they can be adjusted for juniors aged approximately 13 years and up). I've completed coaching courses and coached senior mens teams, ladies, youth and junior teams for over 30 years. The advice and drills in this book are extremely useful and will get you up and running straight away. Here's a bit about what a Rondo is and what you should be aiming to achieve and points to coach. Make sure to read this and then jump into the Rondos and start implementing them at the start of all your sessions!Rondo's are small sided drills that improve players technique, touch, movement and awareness in tight areas. This book will show you the importance of the rondo and give you 13 rondos that you can implement straight away into your sessions. They should be incorporated into EVERY training session that you run. After the warm up, get the players straight into a rondo. You will see their enjoyment and engagement improve almost instantly and it sets the standard for the rest of the session.Rondos will help: Improves technique in tight areasEncourages intelligent movementImprove players passing in trianglesImprove the players press with maximum efficiencyHelp players close passing lanesImprove the players enjoyment at trainingImprove payers ability to read the intentions of the oppositionImprove the intensity of the training sessionA player can touch the ball twenty to forty times in a 5 minute rondo. Plus they are meaningful touches that require players to adjust and pass the ball in a game scenario.Compared to if it was a basic, static passing drill, players may only touch the ball 5-10 times and it wouldn't be in a realistic, pressure environment

Download or read book Soccer Awareness written by Wayne Harrison and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play the Barcelona Way! This follow up to Harrison's hugely popular Recognizing the Moment to Play is 400+ pages of unique insight into training players to think and make decisions quickly both on and off the ball. Chock full of exercises with clear illustrations, coaching points and progressions, this is a very "usable" coaching book. Also includes Wayne's revolutionary Continuums of Development Model of player assessment, which will help you identify your players' strengths and weaknesses and target problem areas in your training sessions.

Download or read book Rondo Soccer Drills written by Chest Dugger and published by Abiprod Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you wondered how Pep Guardiola's teams have dominated European leagues for the last two decades?Not only is the answer simple; it's something that you can use to take your game and your team's game leagues above your opposition... The key to Pep's success at Barcelona and Manchester City is the Rondo. Rondos have transformed modern football. Not only have Rondos helped Pep dominate European football, they've helped turn the Spanish national team into the best in the world. The system behind Rondos was the beating heart of the brilliant Barcelona teams, which dominated Europe for a decade from 2005. They made soccer even more exciting to watch, improving players' technical ability and creating a proper, total football (in the European sense) game. Their approach was reminiscent of the fantastic Ajax team of the 1970s and the great Dutch teams of that era. They led to the excitement of the high press and the thrilling soccer, which follows when the press is defeated. They proved the benefit of technique over physical prowess. So, what is this miracle of the training pitch which has so transformed the game of soccer? The beauty of the rondo is its simplicity. It is a drill where the objective is to retain possession. As rondo drills become more complex, this aim might develop. It might be about keeping possession in transition or maintaining possession to create a goal-scoring opportunity. However, at its heart is the objective of one side keeping hold of the ball. A second key element of a rondo is that the sides are uneven. One team has extra players. It can take a form as exaggerated as 10 v 1, or as close as 5 v 4. However, the point is that some pressure is applied, but not so much as to make the drill difficult to perfect. Thus, confidence grows, and in turn, touch and vision. A rondo is usually a drill that takes place in a limited space; typically a circle, square or rectangular grid. Thus first and second touches are perfected because there is not much time to take many touches. Finally, and crucially, rondos are drills that are fast and fun. They involve lots of touches for the players in possession and a real sense of achievement on the rare occasions that the smaller side actually wins back the ball. So simple. Yet so effective. This coaching book celebrates the rondo and offers drills, tactics, and coaching techniques to help soccer players at any level, from the unbounded enthusiasm of Under 6s to the worldly view of veteran teams. From the pub side who turn out on a Sunday morning, cooked breakfast weighing heavily on their hangover-infused stomachs to the champion youth team of the region. We can all improve as coaches and players. The rondo is the system that enables progress to happen more quickly and efficiently than any other soccer coaching strategy. Even if you haven't heard of Rondos before, you'll gain a lot from this book. Order Now......

Download or read book The Big Book of Soccer by Mundial written by Mundial and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the world of soccer with this mega book of everything to do with the beautiful game. Learn all the lingo from the essential phrases to the bizarre jargon. Meet the greatest players, managers and teams of all time from both the men's and women's games. There are masterclasses from the pros; learn to take a slide tackle like Nesta, bicycle-kick like Zlatan and shoot like Ji So-Yun. Wander through the haircut hall of fame and learn the most iconic goal celebrations. This is an essential guide to the wonderful world of soccer. The Basics and the Lingo History of Soccer The Game Through Time The Greatest Teams of All Time Soccer Boots past to Present The Evolution of the Ball The GREAT Players Legendary Coaches and How They Did It The Key Positions Managers and Formations The Big Cups Amazing Stadiums Coolest Jerseys How to... Take the Perfect Shot... Like Ji So-yun Make the Perfect Slide Tackle… Like Alessandro Nesta Take the Perfect Set Piece… Like David Beckham Play the Perfect Long Ball... Like Xabi Alonso Take Penalties... Like Matt Le Tissier Do Nutmegs... Like Luis Suarez Have the Perfect First Touch... Like Dennis Bergkamp Play the Perfect Through Ball... Like Xavi Beat the Offside Trap... Like Fernando Torres Do the Perfect Attacking Header... Like Didier Drogba Do the Perfect Defensive Header... Like Kalidou Koulibaly Weird and Wonderful Haircuts Celebrations The Big and the Small Soccer Lingo from Around the World: A Stir Fried Aeroplane More than the Game Respect the Referee Who’s Who? The Match Day Crowds and Chants

Download or read book Using The Rondo Effectively written by Thefootball Coach and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decade the use of the rondo has spiraled in football throughout the world. However, has the rondo been effectively understood and used by coaches? We will look to provide detail on how the rondo can be used and how coaches might not be getting the most out of their rondo practices? How many coaches observe players playing in a circle format around a ball, just aimlessly passing the ball for hours? Could the rondo be better linked to our game model and playing philosophy. Could we teach our players position specific information whilst they are exposed to the technical demands that a rondo puts on to our players. This book will look to provide that information with the inclusion of many position specific and formation specific rondos. This will give coaches individual coaching information to players, dependent on their formation. This will help create more specific and meaningful training for players, where they are actually training their game model and they will then be able to transfer the training task into games with confidence.

Download or read book The Science of Rondo written by Marcus A. Dibernardo and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rondos develop a player's speed of thought, speed of play, individual and collective ball retention capabilities, footwork, agility, soccer problem solving skills, team work and ability to create a rhythm or tempo of play. These are essential and critical skills in the game of soccer. Watch a full 11v11 game and see how many touches each player gets. Research indicates players will touch the ball 20-40 times in the course of a 90 minute game. Rondo can increase a player's skill level quickly because they are put in realistic game-like situations over and over again in a small time frame. A player can touch the ball twenty to forty times in a 5 minute period playing rondo. The touches in rondo are meaning full touches as well; they require players to find solutions to high pressure defending situations that are game related and virtually non-stop. “The Science of Rondo” is the ultimate book for coaches who want their teams to develop by using rondo training. The book includes my personal rondo-training curriculum that I use with my team. It contains rondo variations, progressions and transitions. I show you how to combine rondos with passing patterns, fitness exercises and game related possession drills. If you want to understand rondo and rondo training methods, than this book is for you. Enjoy.

Download or read book Soccer Rondos Volumes 1 and 2 written by Chris King and published by Coaching Soccer. This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 Selling Soccer Coach Author Chris King Review: "Easy to understand - great for new coaches" Paul - UK - (Verified Purchase) Book Description: This book is for all levels of grassroots soccer coaches, parents and volunteers. It Includes "Soccer Rondos Volumes 1 & 2". What are soccer Rondos? Rondo's are small sided drills that improve players technique, touch, movement and awareness in tight areas. This book will show you the importance of the rondo and gives you rondos that you can implement straight away into your sessions. They should be incorporated into EVERY training session that you run. A player can touch the ball twenty to forty times in a 5 minute rondo. Plus they are meaningful touches that require players to adjust and pass the ball as if they were in a game scenario. Compared to if it was a basic, static passing drill, players may only touch the ball 5-10 times and it isn't a realistic, pressure environment. After the warm up, get the players straight into a rondo. You will see their enjoyment and engagement improve almost instantly and it sets the standard for the rest of the session. Rondos will help: Improves technique in tight areas Encourages intelligent movement Improve players passing in triangles Improve the players press with maximum efficiency Help players close passing lanes Improve the players enjoyment at training Improve payers ability to read the intentions of the opposition Improve the intensity of the training session With drill descriptions, tips and diagrams throughout, THIS BOOK WILL IMPROVE YOUR PLAYERS PASSING AND DECISION MAKING WHILE ENJOYING THEMSELVES (PLUS GETTING FIT)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A bit more about Chris Kings' soccer coaching books... If you're an amateur, grassroots or beginner soccer coach looking to learn or improve your soccer coaching then these books are for you. These soccer coaching books are aimed at football coaches that are: learning soccer coaching; wanting to know how to run a soccer practice; wanting to know how to get better at football coaching. These books are for grassroot, volunteer soccer coaches, parents and volunteers and include lots of soccer coaching drills. Many people want to know if they need to have played soccer to be a good soccer coach? Or how to become a soccer coach with no experience? If you are willing to put some time in reading soccer books and taking in advice from those that have coached, you can improve your soccer knowledge greatly and become a soccer coach. Chris King has played soccer for over 30 years and coached soccer for 10 years so brings a wealth of knowledge in his books. They are easy to understand and include diagrams for every soccer drill with explanations and coaching points to use at football training.

Download or read book A Four Dimensional Approach to Developing Youth Players to Gain Elite Status written by Philip Phillipou and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Sport - Kinematics and Training Theory, grade: 9.0/10.0, Universidad Europea de Madrid (Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid), course: Master in Talent Identification and Development in Soccer, language: English, abstract: This paper will demonstrate a long term athlete development programme based on a four dimensional approach (tactical, technical, physical and psycho-social). A one dimensional approach in isolation would be unrealistic and detrimental to football development. The modern game is rich in intensity, is multi-skilled, a contact sport and requires a quick thought-process. Therefore, a four dimensional approach will be used to combat these main pillars. The information will be based upon a situation of an Academy Manager to develop elite players for the first team. The goal will be to develop at least 3 youth players for the first team every 2 seasons. The club which this paper is based on will follow the philosophy of developing players for the first team as opposed to a club that is willing to spend money on players who are already established or buying already talented young players from other clubs rather than developing their own. Extensive research will be taken from books, academic papers, lectures, my own experiences and other reliable sources to gain maximal knowledge. Furthermore, each age group will be throughly discussed by analysing the potential benefits and fragilities of each age group, and also looking on how best to deal with these issues to obtain the maximal potential of each player. Finally, the curriculum advances in an age appropriate manner to show a clear progression through the age groups into adulthood.

Download or read book SCANNING How to Train it and Develop Game Awareness written by Kevin McGreskin and published by Soccertutor.com Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soccer eyeQ methodology is a proven and successful coaching method to increase scanning and improve game awareness, to provide your players with the tools to make better decisions. Pep Guardiola: "Taking the right decision in the right moment. That is the most difficult thing in football." You will learn how to train scanning and game awareness through innovative training practices. Your players (and team) will take in information quicker, create a picture of what's around them, create an essential habit, and greatly enhance their decision making skills. Too many players focus intently on the ball, control it, and only then look up to see the options. The Soccer eyeQ practices use simple constraints which force players to scan more frequently and read the game situation. With the "picture" created, your players will be quicker, sharper, and make better decisions in all situations. The top players in the world scan the most and this is your chance to develop your players and improve their game awareness to scan like the best; De Bruyne, Mbappe, De Jong, Xavi, Fabregas, Iniesta, Henry, Lampard, and Gerrard. Xavi: "Think quickly, look for spaces. That's what I do: look for spaces. All day. I'm always looking. All day, all day." The Soccer eyeQ methods can be easily added into your training sessions to increase scanning, making players faster and more effective in training and matches. See More - Think Quicker - Play Better! The book includes these sections with 16 Tactical Examples + 53 Practices and Progressions: The Soccer eyeQ Methodology Level 1 - Scanning of the Playing Area (Observation) Level 2 - Reading the Game Situation (Realization) Level 3 - Predicting How Play Will Develop (Anticipation) Soccer eyeQ Training Practices Adding the Soccer eyeQ Method to Existing Practices

Download or read book Deliberate Soccer Practice written by Ray Power and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Rondo and Positional Play Practices is the fifth title in the bestselling practice series by coach and author Ray Power. Rondos are a football training methodology in constrained spaces, where one team has an overload over another and attempts to keep the ball away from the opposition. It is a practical training approach that has been championed by legendary coaches Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola, and clubs like Ajax and Barcelona, amongst others. To these coaches and clubs, rondos are not just fun warm-up exercises, they are fundamental to the development of players and teams. This book contains 50 well-planned, thought-out, and presented rondo-based football training practices for soccer coaches. They take the coach on a journey through the training methodology from basic to complex, with an eye on pitch shapes, the number of players available, and different scoring systems. Whether you employ the rondo methodology with your players already, or are looking to increase your practical knowledge and use of this world-leading training approach, Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Rondo and Positional Play Practices will help grow and develop your coaching and your football teams. About Ray Power. Ray Power is one of the bestselling football authors in the world. With over a decade of experience working in football and education, coaching players from non-league to Premier League levels, and internationally, he is the author of Making the Ball Roll, Coaching Youth Football: What Soccer Coaches Can Learn From The Professional Game, and five titles in the Deliberate Soccer Practice series. As a coach developer and educator, Ray has worked for, and consulted with, numerous national FAs, as well as governing bodies from other sports, including the NBA. He also works as a consultant - mentor - educator on a freelance basis, working with grassroots coaches all the way to professional teams.

Download or read book Conditioning for Soccer written by Raymond Verheijen and published by Reedswain Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to developing every aspect of conditioning for soccer players. Europe's top soccer conditioning experts contributed the following chapters: Soccer Strength Training, Soccer Specific Endurance Training, Speed Training for Soccer, Pre-Season Conditioning, Goalkeeper Training, Fitness Testing and Injury Prevention.

Download or read book Pep Guardiola s Positional Grid written by Marcus DiBernardo and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The positional grid is like a cognitive road map for players when in possession. Depending on where the ball is located, players are responsible to fill a specific a location in the positional grid. The end result is that a team shape or structure will develop in possession, resulting in a positional soccer style of play. However, the game of soccer has unlimited ever changing situations and variables, so there will always be freedom within the provided positional structure to make adaptions. The positional soccer grid divides the training pitch into 20 sections, basically five vertical rows and four cross-field sections. The widest channels are referred to as the low option areas, because there are limited passing opportunities that can made from out wide. The widest areas are utilized often to draw the defense out, moving them from side to side to open up spaced in between the defenders or on the far side. The next space that borders the wide channel is called a "half space". The half space is a dangerous area because penetrating balls and shots on goal can be taken from this position. Guardiola often liked his most dangerous players like Robben or Messi to receive the ball in the half spaces. How many goals have we seen those two players create by cutting inside and shooting to the far post! The next space is the large space on top of the 18-yard box, this space is considered the most dangerous area on the soccer field. This large box is so dangerous because more goals are created from this area than anywhere else. However, quick 1-touch play is critical in this area to be effective, with the largest concentration of defenders located in this space. Of course players like Messi are invaluable in areas like this, as they can make the impossible happen, changing the game.The positional grid offers a structure and provides cues for players, letting them know to adjust their position depending in which zone the ball is in, they must know when to fill an empty zone when it has been vacated, or to move into a zone to create superiority of numbers. A general rule of thumb is that no more than three players will be in a horizontal line, and not more than two in a vertical line, this helps give the player on the ball two-three passing options. The entire game can be taught using the grid, from build-up play to the attacking third. When using the grid to teach positional soccer there are many ways to utilize it. One way is to set-up trainings that require players to operate inside the positional grid, adhering to specific conditions, but still allowing a degree tactical freedom while encouraging problem solving. An example of this would be requiring five shorter passes on one side of the field before a long pass can be made, switching the field to the far wide player. The next type of training can use the grid as more of specific road map that must be strictly adhered to. An example of this would be working on playing the ball out of the back. Each player will be assigned a specific part of the grid to be in, as a standard way of operating out of the back is established. The other beneficial aspect of using the positional grid is that it organizes space on the field in a realistic way for players. When players train tactics in specific game realistic spaces, their soccer awareness, tactical sense and soccer IQ benefit. Training in the positional grid helps players better judge distance, space and time in relationship to carrying out the desired tactics. I recommend training with the grid and then removing the grid at the end, so that spatial relationship is further reinforced.

Download or read book Coaching Transition Play Full Sessions from the Tactics of Simeone Guardiola Klopp Mourinho Ranieri written by Michail Tsokaktsidis and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides analysis of Simeone, Guardiola, Klopp, Mourinho and Ranieri's tactics. Michail Tsokaktsidis is a UEFA 'A' licence coach and has used this analysis to produce 23 full sessions (98 practices) including transition games, game situations and small sided games.

Download or read book Our Competition is the World written by Stan Baker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides ideas for implementing the recently unveiled United States Soccer Curriculum by Claudio Reyna and Dr. Javier Perez. The information comes directly from some of the world's most prominent figures in youth soccer development. It focuses mainly on the 11-14 age groups and touches on topics such as philosophy of coaching, winning now vs long term development, communication with parents, appropriate age level progressions, better understanding our players, maximizing potential, how talent is developed, creativity, the training session, style of play, and training outside the regular practice sessions. The book provides many diagrams and photos which are designed to help support the running of training sessions. The activities provided help players develop game intelligence and perception while establishing a possession oriented and attacking style of play. Also included are thoughts on player development by prominent coaches throughout the United States.

Download or read book Teaching Tactical Creativity in Sport written by Daniel Memmert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity is an essential component of sport performance. The player who can make decisions that are both unexpected – and therefore less easily predicted by his/her opponent – and appropriate is the player who is likely to be successful. In this ground-breaking new book Daniel Memmert explores the concept of tactical creativity, introducing a new theoretical framework based on extensive empirical research. He argues for the importance of encouraging divergent thinking abilities at an early age, and explains how tactical creativity sits alongside conventional approaches to 'teaching games for understanding'. The book outlines essential rules for environmental and training conditions, and suggests a wide range of game forms for teaching and coaching tactical creativity to children and young people. This is important to all students, researchers, coaches and teachers working in physical education, sports coaching, sport psychology or skill acquisition.