Systems Of Play

Rating:
Summary: A Soccer DVD on Tactics Superior to Any Book
Review: This is one of the best introductory DVDs on systems of play I have seen. I would guess about 65% of the DVD uses 3D computer graphics to explain the basic ideas behind the modern systems of play. The DVD uses the 10 guiding principles of modern soccer as the basis and then explains how the 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 3-4-3 and 3-5-2 are related to these principles.

If you have tried to learn modern systems of play by reading books and just can't get your arms around them, this is a fantastic alternative. For example, the 4-4-2 is the most examined system, but you get to see how the system is used to attach and to defend from many angles as they rotate the computer graphics so you can see it from the attacking and defensive perspective. This is what was so fantastic. The DVD then uses footage from real games to show the principles being used.

The DVD does not say any system is better than the other. If you need to really break down a single system in great deal, or are hoping to figure out how your teams 4-3-3 system will beat your crosstown rival's 3-5-2, then this is beyond the scope of the DVD, at least on the surface. But you will learn what the purpose of the 3-5-2 is and how your system is similar and different.

The final segment of the DVD shows how to use a practice to begin to teach systems of play. Its not expansive, but good enough to get you started. The DVD also goes over what a coach must consider when determining what system of play to use for the types of players they have.