The TACTICIAN is excellent I have changed who takes penalties and watch games a lot differently now thanks to the way you have broken down how goals are scored.

Karen, Scotland

Hi Phil, Just an update. WE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Thanks for you help. 7 years and finally my son won. The kids played a great tactical game against a far more superior team. We dominated the game and had control of the ball for 80% of the game, even though we only won 1 -0. Thanks again for your help from the Coaching Manual and the emailed questions you replied to. I'll keep in touch.

Dennis, UK

Phil, just a word of thanks for the soccer coaching manual, I am involved with coaching a regional rep senior team in the Northern league in NZ. I coach the reserve side so as you can imagine we have had a large number of players through our sessions this season. I started the season with basic tactical awareness, measuring our performance and, as much as possible, the oppositions. At the half way mark we had 13 points on the table (of a possible 30) and had won a couple of great cup games. The second half of the season has gone slightly better. We have 34 points with 3 games to go. Increased tactical awareness has enabled our team of largely teen players to out play larger, older and technically generally better teams. I very much appreciate your input. Many thanks.

 Jerome Luiten, New Zealand

I've been coaching for 12 years, and this is the first book that I've found that actually looks at tactics in real game situations...

Paul, USA