Coaching Football
The Coaching the 4-3-3 series

The books

Three published books, one for each opposing formation, and a fourth on the way. All three are listed together on one Amazon series page. Each one is a complete session library for coaching the 4-3-3 against that system.

Book cover: Coaching the 4-3-3, Playing Against the 3-5-2, by Michael Stauber

Coaching the 4-3-3 Playing Against the 3-5-2

  • 42 sessions
  • 168 exercises
  • First published May 2023

Your team plays the 4-3-3. The opponent plays the 3-5-2. This book gives you complete training sessions for that matchup in all four phases of play (attacking, transition to defend, defending and transition to attack) and in each third of the field, built around the matchups the 3-5-2 creates in each area.

Every session opens with its purpose, how it is structured, where on the field it happens and the key messages for your players, followed by four exercises with a diagram, setup, objectives, key coaching points and possible variations. A QR code on each session and exercise opens its printable plan.

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Book cover: Coaching the 4-3-3, Playing Against the 4-4-2, by Michael Stauber

Coaching the 4-3-3 Playing Against the 4-4-2

  • 42 sessions
  • 168 exercises
  • First published October 2023

Your team plays the 4-3-3. The opponent plays the 4-4-2. This book gives you complete training sessions for that matchup in all four phases of play (attacking, transition to defend, defending and transition to attack) and in each third of the field, built around the matchups the 4-4-2 creates in each area.

Every session opens with its purpose, how it is structured, where on the field it happens and the key messages for your players, followed by four exercises with a diagram, setup, objectives, key coaching points and possible variations. A QR code on each session and exercise opens its printable plan.

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Book cover: Coaching the 4-3-3, Playing Against the 4-2-3-1, by Michael Stauber

Coaching the 4-3-3 Playing Against the 4-2-3-1

  • 42 sessions
  • 168 exercises
  • First published April 2024

Your team plays the 4-3-3. The opponent plays the 4-2-3-1. This book gives you complete training sessions for that matchup in all four phases of play (attacking, transition to defend, defending and transition to attack) and in each third of the field, built around the matchups the 4-2-3-1 creates in each area.

Every session opens with its purpose, how it is structured, where on the field it happens and the key messages for your players, followed by four exercises with a diagram, setup, objectives, key coaching points and possible variations. A QR code on each session and exercise opens its printable plan.

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Coaching the 4-3-3 Playing Against the 3-4-3

  • Coming soon

The fourth book in the series takes on the 3-4-3, with the same structure of 42 sessions across four phases and three zones.

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Inside every book

The same structure in every book, so you always know where to look.

4

Phases of play

Attacking (12 sessions), transition to defend (9), defending (12) and transition to attack (9).

3

Zones

Zone 1 is your defensive third, zone 2 the middle third and zone 3 the attacking third. Each zone opens with the matchups that happen there.

5

Pages per session

A session overview page and four exercise pages, each with a tactical diagram and a QR code for the printable plan.

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