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    Concept Soccer : A Step by Step Method to Score Goals and Develop Players
    Concept Soccer : A Step by Step Method to Score Goals and Develop Players
    Concept Soccer : A Step by Step Method to Score Goals and Develop Players
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    Concept Soccer : A Step by Step Method to Score Goals and Develop Players

    By Alan Goldstein

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    The challenge of developing young players is the most significant task facing coaches around the world and particularly in the United States. Concept Soccer presents a logical sequence of tactical steps that opens defenses and creates excellent scoring chances.Training for Concept Soccer develops technical ball skills as well as the mental ability to quickly see situations and make effective decisions. Youth players exposed and trained in Concept Soccer become vastly improved players who understand how to keep possession and beat defenses. Coach Alan Goldstein (nicknamed The Soccer Yoda many years ago) has laid out an offensive soccer system, well illustrated with many color diagrams and color text, usable with any formation, that can replicate the type of soccer played by the best teams in the world,even if those playing the system are juniors. By describing the methods and reasons for Concept Soccer's ideas, he also helps casual fans to raise their level of understanding of the moves they see on the professional fields around the world. Concept Soccer is for anyone wishing to grow their knowledge of the game. Note: Due to the abundance of color illustrations and color text, ereaders that do not show color are not recommended for the ebook version of Concept Soccer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlan Goldstein
    Release dateMay 14, 2020
    ISBN9781393589433
    Concept Soccer : A Step by Step Method to Score Goals and Develop Players
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    Alan Goldstein

    Enrolled Agent Alan Goldstein has decided to share his knowledge across several industries. He is the founder of Alan Goldstein & Associates and Emunah Nes Publishing. As an Enrolled Agent he represents companies and people who have tax problems. As a publisher, he publishes tax related books and conducts seminars on different topics related to taxes. Alan Goldstein, having earned an MBA in finance and licensed to represent tax payers before the IRS, feels strongly of finding a way to break down the complex tax rules and present them in an engaging way. His purpose is to encourage tax payers to properly resolve their tax problems before they escalate. His exposure to diverse cultures and his love for all good things has inspired him to build a business based on placing the client first, protecting the interests of clients, and always dealing in a fair manner.

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      Concept Soccer - Alan Goldstein

      Why Concept Soccer?

      In 2017 the United States failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1985. This was quite a shock to the American soccer community and brought about much discussion concerning the reason for the failure. One of the most discussed reasons was the fact that the majority of US youth coaches were not teaching a technical nor tactical game, thus the number of quality players coming through the ranks of American youth programs was entirely too small considering the number of participants. This problem had already been noted by the United States Soccer Federation for decades and finally (since prodding and campaigning for a major change in youth coaching processes had not produced the desired results) the rules for youth play through to u-13 were changed to basically force coaches to emphasize ball skills and decision-making over power, speed and long-ball.

      Interestingly, Alan Goldstein, the author of Concept Soccer, had been teaching a highly tactical game back in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Although introduced to the game at a comparatively advanced age, he became a student of football and absorbed every piece of information he could. Publications (both domestic and foreign), clinics, licenses, multiple trips to Europe, they all helped him to develop a series of strategies that mirrored the game being played overseas. His high school and club teams showed the results of his work as state championships and cups were won with regularity. But it was his success with players and their advancement in the game that led to his greatest satisfaction. His successes created even more knowledge-gathering as his players introduction to the professional ranks led to tactical discussions with professional coaches and players.

      However, family and economic considerations forced a 25-year hiatus from coaching the game. In 2011 Alan returned to coaching soccer and was dismayed to discover (as the USSF already knew), that while the skills and experience level of young American players had increased during the years, the type of game they were playing had not. Eventually, discussion and encouragement from peers led to this publication. Alan is quick to note that the ideas and strategies in Concept Soccer are not original nor unique to him. He learned them from many different and well qualified soccer people. If anything is original, it would be the logical, step-by-step presentation of the progression of play that leads to quality chances to score and lessens the opposition's opportunities by maintaining possession of the ball. Experience has shown that these concepts can be learned by players of single digit ages if practiced properly and as they grow more experienced with Concept Soccer they can become very proficient at it. Meanwhile, the constant use of ball control, passing, movement and decision-making in play produces very technical and very intelligent players. Additionally, the game is just plain more fun when played using these ideas.

      It should be noted that teams with a high level of technical skill with a ball will be better at any system of play and will be a more formidable opponent due to that skill. Having players that can create their own space and time with the ball is always an advantage. However, one of the more positive characteristics of Concept Soccer is that it is designed to create goals due to team play, movement and basic passing and control skills. While advanced abilities of ball skill can make Concept Soccer more effective, it is not necessary for implementation at basic levels. Therefore, these ideas can be taught and effectively used by all ages, especially youth. Youth players who are introduced to this style of play early develop into better players later on if they continue to practice and use these ideas.

      About the Diagrams

      Concept Soccer can be applied in any formation, although some are better suited for it than others. The 4-3-3 is used to illustrate the concepts because it appears to be the most popular formation among American youth coaches and therefore would require the least change for coaches wishing to adopt these strategies to their teams.

      The diagrams were created using Tactics Manager 3.0. This is a very good piece of software that Alan recommends highly. The people at Soccer Tutor (the creators of Tactics Manager) are terrific to work with and any coaches reading this material could gain immensely through the use of this tool.

      It is well known that positions in soccer can be referred to by name or by number. The manner of position reference varies by individual user and by which method is in more common use at the time the discussion is being had, given that language fads are common in sport as well as other areas of culture. In Concept Soccer the use of position names is used as there are other numbers that appear in the diagrams and it could be confusing to see two sets of numbers which refer to different subjects. For those who prefer numbers the following is a reference to the relation between names and their respective numbers as in common use.

      The following represents a typical diagram accompanied by an explanation of the meaning of the various symbols represented:

      As in the diagram C 9 C, the explanation will typically start with the ball. In this case the offensive LM has the ball. The print color will reflect the team being referred to in order to make identification by the reader quick and to eliminate any confusion about which LM is being discussed if players on different teams but playing the same position are both shown in the diagram. Ball movement is always in black with a dotted line indicating a pass being made in the direction of the arrow. The receiving player will also have a ball at his/her feet if the pass has been completed during the move under discussion. If several movements are being discussed, a yellow number will indicate the order of those moves. In the diagram, the pass shown is move 1. After the pass was made, the defensive RB moved up to put pressure on the LW who now has possession of the ball. Since this move was made after the pass, it is designated as move 2. That run opened space behind the RB and the space is indicated by the opaque circle. The offensive CF sees the space now open and makes a diagonal run toward that space followed by the defensive RCB. Since this run occurs after the RB moves up (move 2) it is designated as move 3.

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