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Soccer By Arpad Csanadi

It’s a technical and practical breakdown of the body mechanics used in football. It’s an old book (early 60’s) and some parts can seem a bit dated, it uses reference pictures of the great Hungarian players Puskas, Hideguti etc.
But I think it’s a mistake to be fooled by it’s age, its analyses of the proper techniques used in playing football are timeless. Laureano Ruiz, the coach who invented the Rondo, called it the single most useful coaches book ever.
I have to say I agree.
For good footballers, (which should be what we’re trying to develop), the fundamentals of technique must come before philosophy, choreography or tactical systems can be properly implemented.
Anyhow I think this is a really practical reference book for coaches, especially ones who may not have had a vast experience of actually playing the game. It deals in depth with the basics of good football technique : kicking, heading, control etc and breaks them down them down into how-to’s.

[Michael Caton-JonesParticipant]

I think that paying attention to a players ‘body shape to receive’ is more important than whether the touch is ‘dead or ‘live’.

• This reply was modified 10 years, 10 months ago by  Michael Caton-Jones. Reason: Jeez, that looked ugly

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