Publisher's Synopsis
Welcome to The Schools Boys Art of Football Book. Let your story and journey begin, starting as a junior in non league football, then learning the technical aspects of the game. Starts with the right habits and advice, to reach the aspiring heights of professional football.
The School Boys Art of Football is a book written to understand the technical and tactical aspects of the game of Football. The book covers player development, and covers both technical, and physical attributes required, to aspire to become a professional footballer in this competitive international sport.
The club sport game in recent years in Britain has dropped off considerably perhaps this is a result of other interests in relation to technology, but football is a fun and healthy way of life and develops good communication skills and partnerships in youth development.
The book takes you through the technical aspects of the game, and very importantly explains the logic and approach behind such methods, especially regarding set plays in the game from free kicks to corners.
Any professional player will tell you when recovering from injury, or not fully fit, they are always "a yard short." The book covers training techniques to gain maximum fitness, including the importance of warming up, and warming down, to prevent injury, or lactic acid build up in a players body.
This book teaches how to understand the game in it's technical art form and how players create space on the football pitch by working in unison with team colleagues. All the great sides in the World at club and international football level only succeed by creating a technically adept defence, midfield and front line.
The technical aspects of football is like a game of chess, but where all 22 pieces are constantly moving. The days of kicking a ball are long gone. Today the game of football starts with aptitude and technical understanding.
Are you ready to begin your journey as a junior in non league to professional football. Or are you currently a player and wanting to gain that extra edge, to taking your skills and ability to a whole new level.
The book is easy to follow with many great tips on improving your football skills and approaching the game as a professional, in your training and play.
