The Tactics Manual Shop
24 complete formation bundles — every age band and level for that formation in one purchase, half the price of buying editions separately — covering every recognised system in the modern and historic game: 4-4-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 3-5-2, 5-3-2, 3-4-3, 4-1-4-1, 4-4-1-1, the 4-4-2 Diamond, 4-3-2-1 Christmas Tree, 3-4-2-1, 3-4-1-2, 4-2-4, the 2-3-5 Pyramid, 4-2-2-2, 3-1-4-2 and 5-4-1 for eleven-a-side, plus 9v9, 7v7 and 5v5 bundles for the smaller formats. Every formation bundle includes the shape, each player’s role with and without the ball, example player types for every position, phases of play, and how to adjust against common opponents — plus six drills to train it, for every age and level included. Alongside them sit four tactical topics: playing out from the back, pressing and winning it back, attacking overloads and transitions, sold individually per age and level. PDF and EPUB with an online reader that can read it aloud.
Who are you training, and what do you want to work on?
Every pack teaches you the coaching too — each drill includes the coaching points to say and the common mistakes to watch for, so a parent or volunteer coach always knows what feedback to give. Built to run alongside real coaching, not replace it.
Every tactical drill is laid out the same way, with a pitch diagram showing the shape, the runs and the passes. This is a real page from Playing Out From The Back — Development, ages 12–15.
- SETUP — what to put out and where players start
- STEPS — exactly what happens, in order
- SAY THIS — the coaching points to say out loud
- WATCH FOR — the common mistakes to correct
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