Soccer iQ Presents POSSESSION - Teaching Your Team to Keep the Darn Ball

by Dan Blank

POSSESSION is a book for coaches of all levels who want their teams to pass the ball and pass it well. It combines a thorough explanation of possession concepts with 30 practical possession exercises to help your team develop its ability to keep the ball. Easy-to-understand diagrams help you understand the layout and design of these exercises. More importantly, the exercises include explanations about the critical coaching points AND the most common mistakes the players will make when playing these exercises. These insightful tips give coaches a head start by showing you what to expect once an exercise begins, the mistakes to look for and the proper corrections to make. BEFORE YOU The first section of this book is devoted to the concept of possession. Fourteen of the chapters in this section have been pulled directly from Soccer iQ Volumes 1 & 2. If you have read either/both of these books, you've read a lot of the material in Section 1. The overlap in material is reflected in POSSESSION's low price point.

Genres: Soccer, Football, Sports

161 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 10, 2015

Reviews

[Henrik Warne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Similar to the other Soccer IQ books. The first half has 20 short chapters on the basics of possession soccer. The second half consists of drills. Everything is very well described and easy to understand. It's a short and quick read, but the material is great!

[Joseph Ulm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book - recommended

I learned a lot, just thought there were a larger balance of exercises and drills over information in comparison to Mr. Blanks other books. Information was definitely worth the price, though.

[Zaiden Espe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of all the stuff I was taught as a player. Good selection of drills (most of these I practiced as a player) but I really like the explanation of the key points of each drill.

[Brian Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for coaches at any level.

Like the Soccer IQ books I loved this book. I am a possession style coach and I am always looking for ways to open my players minds to what that means.

This book really condenses everything necessary for good possession play into one place and provides good drills and progressions for developing your teams ability to hold onto the ball.

The descriptions and diagrams are clear and well organized with coaching points highlighted for each.

Whether you have been doing this a long time and are looking for new ideas or a rookie coach just looking for any idea at all this book will serve you well.

[Mike Smart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another helpful book. I like the author's style of blending drills with philosophy. A good chunk of this book overlaps with Soccer IQ, but I found both of these books helpful in their own way. This book has more drills and exercises geared toward helping a team improve their ability to possess the ball, while Soccer IQ is a wider collection of tips and observations on the game.

Thumbs up!

[Chase Dougherty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Verbatim

Decent book, it gave exactly what I expected. I haven't read a large multitude of soccer strategy books, but I think this one was great.