How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

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Having read a few brilliant football books such as Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics, Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football and The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines, I found myself learning almost nothing new. We often took breaks together, and during these breaks, he would immerse himself in a book about the sport. From career summaries of football's greatest contributors, brief explanations of xG, various tactic principles, but bam, then its a short trip to winter breaks and why teams fly into Middle East for pre-season, then a chapter on climate change, then explaining the offside rule, followed by a bit on merchandise income. I really liked the short chapters and format and I really hope they bring vol 2 with really advanced learning of the game ! He manages to convey the sense that football is really quite simple if you're a genius like him, but without actually being annoying.

I ended up having to google a few things, and that inconvenience could've been easily saved by putting even the basic definitions in the glossary - which would have covered a wider assortment of those of us with spotty knowledge in some areas. This book is a sports book, and the plot of the book is Pat Kirwan talks about different ways players play and different ways fans can interact with the game so that it makes them seem like they are in the game. As a non-football watcher with some basic understanding, I couldn't really connect the concepts in the book to what I was watching on screen, or maybe I wasn't sure what to look out for - so it's not really a book for newbies.It didn't really bring up much that wasn't obvious already and wasn't as cohesive with the rest of the book. Did learn about some new tactical concepts like pressing triggers and half spaces which I found interesting.

However, there's quite a bit of fluff and many references to people that are dated and not explained. A neatly illustrated compendium of football’s major present discussion topics, providing the basic tools needed to follow the discourse around the sport. In fact we have the highest level of security certificates (128 bit secure server) for our checkout process so your details remain encrypted from beginning to end. Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U. Voor hen lijkt het mij een fijne en toegankelijke manier om bij te leren over alle aspecten van het spelletje: tactiek, historische anekdotes, trainingsmethodes, het financiële en economische aspect, enz.

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But, since the book has a glossary, there's no reason why those kinds of things couldn't have been included in the glossary.I particularly enjoyed reading about the history of football and the philosophies of different influential managers and their effect on the game today as well as the intricacies of the transfer market and contracts. If you are looking for a bit of light reading, however, you will likely be disappointed by all the technical jargon and strategy-speak. For the uninitiated football fan, who wishes not only to understand some of the things they're seeing on the field, just before the snap, but also the responsibilities each position needs fulfilled for a player to be successful, this book offers the complete package, and more. It shares visual design with Tifo's Youtube channel and is very nicely packed in format where every topic takes 2 pages and has very meaningful and insightful visuals. Bristol Bears will face the newly crowned 2023 Super Rugby Pacific champions and one of the leading club sides on the planet on Friday, February 9th, 2024, when the New Zealand side the Crusaders visit Ashton Gate for a historic exhibition match.

The 4 star rating reflects a blend of a 5 star rating for someone who is not very engaged in soccer but would like to be, and a 3 star rating for someone who follows the game. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author". No more jumpers for goalposts, our spacious changing facilities are designed for that Premier League experience. For the most part, chapters are separated by explaining basic offensive and defensive strategies, broken down by the needs for each position.The only criticism I have for this book is the garish artwork and layout (this isn't necessarily a criticism of the book in isolation, but of the design language used by the entire Tifo organisation). We can help everyone without a season ticket to go and watch their favourite team live in the best football stadiums. Which made it a bit hard when he doesn't go into explanations of some of the basic stuff - like a screen pass, or a play-action - and sure, those are things that I'm sure a lot of people do know.