Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Rondo and Positional Play Practices is the fifth title in the bestselling practice series by coach and author Ray Power.


Rondos are a football training methodology in constrained spaces,
where one team has an overload over another and attempts to keep the
ball away from the opposition. It is a practical training approach that
has been championed by legendary coaches Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola,
and clubs like Ajax and Barcelona, amongst others. To these coaches and
clubs, rondos are not just fun warm-up exercises, they are fundamental
to the development of players and teams.


This book contains 50 well-planned, thought-out, and presented
rondo-based football training practices for soccer coaches. They take
the coach on a journey through the training methodology from basic to
complex, with an eye on pitch shapes, the number of players available,
and different scoring systems.


Whether you employ the rondo methodology with your players already,
or are looking to increase your practical knowledge and use of this
world-leading training approach, Deliberate Soccer Practice: 50 Rondo and Positional Play Practices will help grow and develop your coaching and your football teams.


About Ray Power. Ray Power is one of the bestselling
football authors in the world. With over a decade of experience working
in football and education, coaching players from non-league to Premier
League levels, and internationally, he is the author of Making the Ball Roll, Coaching Youth Football: What Soccer Coaches Can Learn From The Professional Game, and five titles in the Deliberate Soccer Practice series.


As a coach developer and educator, Ray has worked for, and consulted
with, numerous national FAs, as well as governing bodies from other
sports, including the NBA. He also works as a consultant – mentor –
educator on a freelance basis, working with grassroots coaches all the
way to professional teams.