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Coaching The Bielsa Way Thefootballcoach

Marcelo Bielsa has been known by the footballing world for many years, but his stock has grown and grown in past years. This books looks to examine his coaching philosophy and better understand the components needed to be successful playing the Bielsa way. The book includes over 65 different coaching sessions from playing out of the back to the world famous Murderball. With over 150 pages it can provide any coach or football fanatic with an understand of one of football greatest every coaches. Through the book there are Six clear principles that define the way Bielsa works these are Work-Rate, Verticality, Creating the +1, Rotation, Pressing and The Partial-Libero. These are clear structures that Bielsa uses to coach both his individuals and his teams. The principles can be used within your own coaching to try and develop more athletic players who have a greater understanding of the game in and out of possession. The sessions vary from attacking sessions, looking at how to exploit the opponent, to defensive sessions looking at individual defending and how to behave in 1v1 moments. There are also sessions on attacking play and how these practices can influence your own coaching and your own players