Dan Blank
Autore di Soccer IQ: Things That Smart Players Do, Vol. 1
Opere di Dan Blank
Be the Gateway: A Practical Guide to Sharing Your Creative Work and Engaging an Audience (2017) 7 copie
Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl: and other truths about winning (2014) 4 copie
Opere correlate
Author in Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published (2016) — Collaboratore — 62 copie
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- Opere
- 10
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 96
- Popolarità
- #196,089
- Voto
- 4.4
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 11
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- 1
Soccer IQ volumes 1 and 2 are the first books I have found that actually explain what you should do to become better at soccer. Both are thin books with about 50 tips each. Each tip is described in one or two pages, sometimes with a diagram. Each tip applies to a specific situation in a game, for example certain passes to avoid when you are a defender.
Initially I was a bit sceptical of this approach – I had expected more of a unified story of how to play. But as it turns out, I really enjoyed this approach. First of all, it is probably easier to write about specific situations. Secondly, it is easier to adopt and apply the tips when they are presented like this. When taken together, all these tips will make you a substantially better player or coach.
Many of the tips were not news to me – I have learnt them myself when playing. Nevertheless, it is nice to see them described. However, I was really happy to see how many tips taught me things I didn’t already know. The ones I liked the most were: 5 Play Behind the Fence, 6 Skip a Layer, 7 The Higher of Two Options and 21 Swim Upstream (the “table with marbles” is a great metaphor). I am looking forward to trying to apply these and more the next time I play.
Apart from the content of the tips, I really enjoyed Dan Blank’s informal writing style. I also appreciate that all these lessons come from many years of coaching experience. Most of the tips end with a “Note for coaches”-paragraph, and these are also very good. All in all, this book and its predecessor are both fantastic books for getting better at soccer. Highly recommended!… (altro)