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A superb read and ideas from a Legendary coach

Bielsa may not have the fame of a Pep or Alex Ferguson, but I'd much rather study this fella than any other coach in existence. Always thinking outside the box and as more and more teams are doing the high press, here we have a very useful book to counter this. Although I use 4-3-3 and it's variations, I was able to adjust the content to my needs. I would highly recommend choosing this book.

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A superb read and ideas from a Legendary coach

Bielsa may not have the fame of a Pep or Alex Ferguson, but I'd much rather study this fella than any other coach in existence. Always thinking outside the box and as more and more teams are doing the high press, here we have a very useful book to counter this. Although I use 4-3-3 and it's variations, I was able to adjust the content to my needs. I would highly recommend choosing this book.

Marcelo Bielsa - Coaching Build Up Play Against High Pressing Teams

MARCELO BIELSA

Coaching Build Up Play
Against High Pressing Teams

Learn to Coach "The Bielsa Way" - Building Up Play Against High Pressing Teams with 9 Full Sessions (35 Practices) based on 9 Game Situations from the Tactics of Marcelo Bielsa

This fantastic book helps coaches improve improve their training sessions to build up play against high pressing teams, using the tactics of Marcelo Bielsa.

Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence Coach and has produced extensive analysis of Marcelo Bielsa in 9 different tactical situations, supported with 9 full training sessions (35 practices). Athanasios is the author of some of the best-selling Football Coaching books, most notably 'Jurgen Klopp's Attacking and Defending Tactics', 'Coaching the Juventus 3-5-2' and 'FC Barcelona Training Sessions', which won the Italian FA Award for “Best Coaching Book" in 2014.

The book includes Marcelo Bielsa's tactics (and playing philosophy) for:

Building up play from the back against high pressing teams
Full analysis of his 4-2-3-1, 3-3-3-1 and 3-4-3 formations

Marcelo Bielsa's attacking philosophy includes a mix of:

Short and long passing
Moving the ball to the free player through 'link players'
Creating numerical advantages
Dragging opposition players out of position and exploiting the gaps created

Marcelo Bielsa is a highly respected coach and is famous for his innovative playing style, tactics and formations. He has had a massive influence on football across the world and on other top coaches, such as Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino, Jorge Sampaoli and Gerardo Martino.

The aim of the book is to use the innovative tactics of Marcelo Bielsa to provide a complete guide of how to build up play effectively against high pressing teams.

Learn to Coach "The Bielsa Way" - Building Up Play Against High Pressing Teams

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124 Pages

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9 Game Situations

U14-Pro Level

35 Practices and 9 Sessions

To successfully build up from the back, the team in possession has to follow four steps:

Step 1: Provide a free passing option for the goalkeeper
Step 2: Move the ball to the target or free player
Step 3: Create a numerical advantage in specific areas of the pitch
Step 4: Take advantage (exploit) the numerical advantage

Each chapter has extensive analysis for a tactical situation based on Marcelo Bielsa's tactics and is then followed by a full session to help all coaches adapt the tactics into training sessions for their team.

Chapter 1: Building Up Play from the Back Against 2 Forwards
Chapter 2: Moving the Ball to the Target Player on the Weak Side
Chapter 3: Building Up Play from the Back Against 1 Forward
Chapter 4: Creating and Exploiting 3 v 2 Situations Near the Sideline
Chapter 5: Attacking Solutions with a 3 v 3 Situation Near the Sideline
Chapter 6: Creating and Exploiting Space in a 4 v 3 (or 4 v 4) Situation Around the Ball Area
Chapter 7: Building Up Play Against Ultra-Offensive Pressing

Marcelo Bielsa - Coaching Build Up Play Against High Pressing Teams Full Book Contents

Marcelo Bielsa's Influence on Top Coaches and what they Say...

Pep Guardiola

"My admiration for Marcelo Bielsa is huge because he makes the players much, much better."

"Still, I didn't meet one guy, a former player from Marcelo Bielsa who speaks badly about him. They are grateful for his influence on their careers in football."

"He helped me a lot with his advice. Whenever I speak with him, I always feel like he wants to help me."

"It is important for me to say this about Marcelo because it doesn't matter how many titles he had in his career. We are judged by that – how much success we have, how many titles we have won. But that is much less influential than how he has influenced football and his football players."

"That is why, for me, he is the best coach in the world. I am looking forward to seeing him in Lille next season. I am pretty sure his influence on their team, their club and their players will be huge – amazing."

Mauricio Pochettino

"He is one of the best managers in the world."

"There is no doubt that he had an effect on me. He helped me to mature when I was starting my career at Newell's, he helped me in the national team, and he's continued to help me in my coaching career. "

Jorge Sampaoli

"We’re followers of Bielsa and of the way he plays the game, but comparisons are unfair, because we’re talking about one of the best. "

"People always think that by hiring one of us, they’re getting a Bielsa clone, but Marcelo is one of a kind. "

Gerardo Martino

"I’ve always been a fan of Bielsa, who was just starting out as a coach as my playing career was drawing to a close. "

"Straight away I warmed to his personality and I take great pride in being compared to him. "

Meet the Author and UEFA 'A' Licence Coach:

Athanasios Terzis is a UEFA 'A' Licence coach and football tactics expert who is regularly invited as an instructor to many coaching seminars and workshops around the world.

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He is a successful author of many best selling coaching books in multiple languages.

Credentials

UEFA ‘A’ Coaching Licence
M.S.C. in Coaching and Conditioning
Former Coach of several Semi-Pro Teams in Greece
Former Technical Director of DOXA Dramas Academy (Greek 2nd division)
Former Professional Football Player

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A superb read and ideas from a Legendary coach

Bielsa may not have the fame of a Pep or Alex Ferguson, but I'd much rather study this fella than any other coach in existence. Always thinking outside the box and as more and more teams are doing the high press, here we have a very useful book to counter this. Although I use 4-3-3 and it's variations, I was able to adjust the content to my needs. I would highly recommend choosing this book.

Mastermind

I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it provided insights into the tactical mind of El Loco.

Inspirational book!

Practical exercises and games for training!

Creative ideas

This book helps provides creative ideas and solutions for moving the ball up the field.

Interesting book

Bielsa is revered throughout the world of football for his managerial style and is often a reference of inspiration from the world's greatest coaches so this is an interesting book - SGH

Really good

This is actually a very interesting book.

Very good book

I find it very useful! The build up can also be to systems with 3 at the back

Goed boek

Top coach

High pressure

A very interesting and useful book. I have always been most interested in the issue of build-up. Bielsa was able to describe it in great detail! Thank you