An in-depth approach to small-sided games — checked and provided by five elite coaches.
"Unlocking the potential of small-sided games."
How do you coach within a small-sided game without stopping the practice constantly? How do you use constraints to manipulate outcomes and serve your game model? This book answers those questions — with a rich bank of sessions, each with a different intention, individual coaching points, progressions, and adaptations.
📖 215 pages
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Coaching Within SSGs
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Using Constraints to Manage & Manipulate Outcomes
The book develops a deep understanding of how to coach within a small-sided game without stopping the practice constantly — using constraints intelligently to shape player behaviour and align outcomes with the game model.
Session Bank
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Many Different Games — Many Different Intentions
A rich collection of small-sided games, each with a different desired outcome paired with specific individual coaching points — ensuring the information players receive is always relevant and purposeful to the session in question.
Every session includes progressions and adaptations so coaches arrive on the grass fully prepared — all sessions checked and provided by five different elite coaches, ensuring a fantastic level of detail throughout.
Who this is for
Coaches who want to get more from their SSG sessions
Those who want to align small-sided games to their game model
Coaches working with players aged 12 and above
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215
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Age
12+ Years
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Ebook + Paperback
Author
TheFootballCoach
Release Date
Early 2021
Version
Second Edition
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Unlock the full potential of your small-sided games.
215 pages of elite-checked sessions — every game with a purpose, every coach fully prepared.
Recommendation: I highly recommend this book for candidates UEFA C football coaches, regardless of experience level.
Developing Effective Small Sided Games is an excellent book that provides coaches with a comprehensive guide to planning and implementing effective small-sided games (SSGs). The book covers a wide range of topics, including:
The benefits of SSGs
How to design SSGs to meet specific learning objectives
How to progress SSGs to make them more challenging
How to use SSGs to develop different technical, tactical, physical, and psychological skills
How to manage SSGs to ensure that they are safe and enjoyable for all players
The book is written in a clear and concise style, and it is packed with practical advice and examples. It is also well-organized and easy to navigate.
One of the things that I liked most about the book is that it takes a holistic approach to SSGs. The author does not just provide coaches with a list of SSGs to run. Instead, he helps coaches to understand the purpose of SSGs and how to design them to meet specific learning objectives. This makes the book valuable for coaches of all experience levels, from beginners to seasoned professionals.
This is a great book and insight into game module, principles of play and creating your own philosophy. This is a brilliant book for new and experienced coaches. I have been doubting myself as a coach recently and after reading this I have a clear vision and philosophy which I have introduced and the team have really taken to it.
The perfect read for me. I've been wanting to try and develop some sort of philosophy or way of working, but i'v struggled to find a method to create it. This has given me a real clear and logical process in which to do it.
Great book with excellent content explaining the periodisation breakdown for session planning. Highly recommended among all the books The Football Coach has in its library.
A Brilliant book for any coach. Not only did it provide me with loads of games to play with my teams but provided me with more knowledge of how to coach SSG
