2013 - Coaching the Tiki Taka Style of Play

This exceptional book in FULL COLOUR contains a complete coaching resource on the Tiki Taka philosophy, development, training methods, tactical insight and of course practices from FC Barcelona, Ajax, Liverpool and more.

This book covers some of the following:

Learn the Tiki-Taka coaching philosophy

How to develop the Tiki Taka method through purpose designed training sessions

How to implement the Tiki Taka style of play

Practices from FC Barcelona, AFC Ajax, Villarreal, Liverpool FC and more

Blueprint of how to play with the Tiki-Taka brand of football

Tactical Analysis of Guardiola, Cruyff and Van Gaal’s Positional Systems

This Gives You An Exclusive Guide On How You Can Coach Your Team The Tiki Taka Style Of Play, Just Like FC Barcelona And Ajax!

Tiki Taka

224 Pages

50 Practices

30 Tactical

U11-Pro Level

Jed Davies outlines in detail the Tiki-Taka football philosophy popularised by Barcelona and Spain and shows you, the coach, how to implement this style of play. Davies has studied the methods used at FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC, Swansea City FC, Villarreal CF and AFC Ajax who have all developed possession based philosophies as a way of controlling and winning games.

Part 1 explores the development theory that requires an understanding before you are able to produce the Tiki-Taka style of football, this includes: Establishing a Football Philosophy, Identifying Local Talent and Purposeful Training.

Part 2 looks at the Tiki-Taka philosophy and how it can be developed through purpose designed training sessions. 50 practices are provided from professional clubs including FC Barcelona, AFC Ajax, Athletic Bilbao and Liverpool FC.

Part 3 looks at the influential figures in the evolution of Tiki-Taka with chapters on Rinus Michels (‘The Father of Football’), Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola among others.

Part 4 looks at the Tactical Theory and provides a blueprint of how to play with the Tiki-Taka brand of football. It analyses positional systems, game realistic situations and solves tactical problems such as when the opposition are sitting in a deep low block (‘Parking the Bus’), all using the advice provided from professional coaches who have been involved in the implementation of the Tiki-Taka philosophy.

Practice Topic Samples:

AFC AJAX: 4 v 4 (+2) End to End Possession Game

FC BARCELONA: 5 v 4 Breaking Out of the Middle Third

VILLARREAL CF: The Gridded 4 Goal Game

ATHLETIC BILBAO: Finding Space within the Block (Pattern Play)

LIVERPOOL FC: The Defensive Block Scoring Zone Game

FC BARCELONA: Switching Play through a Central Zone Transition Game

AFC AJAX: 3 v 3 / 6 v 3 Quick Phases Transition Game