Zonal Defending the Italian Way: An In-depth Look at the Italian Flat Back Four and Total Team Defending

Michele Tossani

ISBN 10: 0979994837 / ISBN 13: 9780979994838

Published by World Class Coaching, 2008

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Paperback, 115 pages, b&w illustrations, NOT ex-library. Gentle corner creases. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. -- Is your defense conceding goals like a broken sieve? Discover how to plug the gaps through adopting the tactics, formations and soccer training drills of the best defenders around ? The Italians! For leaking defenses everywhere, your solution has arrived! Zonal Defending the Italian Way provides an in-depth look at the Italian back four and their dedication to total team defending. This comprehensive guide looks at the history, tactics and soccer training exercises used by top teams in Italy's Serie A, including AS Roma, Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan, and is packed with insights you can use to build your own team's strength from the back. The Brazilians are known for their trickery and technical skill. The Germans for their organization and discipline. But when it comes to defense, then the Italians are the best around. So if you're struggling for ideas on how to tighten your backline, how to concede fewer goals and how to win more games, then the tactics used by the best Italian coaches of the last two decades are the perfect ones to study. The book provides an in-depth look at the Italian back four and their philosophy of total team defending. This includes a look at the history of Italian's dedication to defense above all else; how it has evolved to accommodate the more attacking style of football that modern audiences crave for and the strategies used by many of Italy's leading coaches, such as Arrigo Sacchi, Marcello Lippi and Fabio Capello. In addition, the book is jam packed with soccer drills and exercises that were actually used to train the national team in Italy's 1994 and 2006 World Cup campaigns. This makes it an ideal addition to your library, whether you're a student of the game or an elite level coach, because it will enrich your understanding of the Italian defensive game and how you can apply their World Cup winning drills to improve your own team's defending.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zonal Defending the Italian Way: An In-depth Look at the Italian Flat Back Four and Total Team Defending
• Publisher: World Class Coaching
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979994837
• ISBN 13: 9780979994838
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Zonal Defending the Italian Way will give you an in-depth look at the Italian flat back four and total team defending. The book begins with an explanation of why Italian coaches prefer to play with a flat back four. It then describes how the players in the back line function together as well as how they work with the midfielders to form a solid defensive block. There is also a detailed review of how a number of modern coaches at clubs like, AS Roma, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan have applied the flat back four to the various teams they ve coached. In addition to the background and history of the Italian coach s approach to defending there are more than 130 diagrams with detailed explanations that will show you HOW some of Italy s top coaches train their teams to be so defensively strong and organized. Each has a different focus and way of organizing their team. Inside you ll find exercises from the training session of: Arrigo Sacchi, the coach of the Italian National Team during the 1994 World Cup; Marcello Lippi, the coach of the National Team in the 2006 World Cup; Fabio Capello, former coach of AC Milan and currently the England Manager as well as other Italian coaches.

About the Author

Author Michele Tossani, is a coach and student of the game. Tossani is the author of a number of books including, Zonal Defending the Italian Way, Modulo 4-3-2-1 and Analisi Tattica Champions League 2002 2003. He has also written numerous articles for the Italian soccer web site allenatore.