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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 andclubs, 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.

What if tactical success in football isn’t aboutfinding the “right” system but seeing the game differently?In Coaching Through Superiorities, leadingcoach educator Ray Power unlocks a fresh framework for modern coaching, builtaround five key pillars: Numerical, Qualitative, Positional, Cooperative, andDynamic Superiority. Rather than prescribing formations or rigid playbooks,this book invites you to explore football as a fluid, problem-solving game –one driven by players, shaped by context, and always in motion. Inside, you’ll discover how to:Spotand create overloads in every area of the pitchDesigntactics that adapt to your players, not the other way aroundCoachwith clarity in moments of chaos, transition, and momentumBlendprinciples like La Pausa, Positional Play, and Relationism into your own gamemodelDevelopyour tactical eye through reflective “lightbulb” tasks and scenario planningWhether you're a grassroots coach or chasing elitestandards, Coaching Through Superiorities arms you with themindset, models, and questions that lead to smarter decisions, and draws onexamples from innovative modern coaches like Pep Guardiola, Roberto De Zerbi,Fernando Diniz, and Thiago Motta. It’s not about knowing all the answers – it'sabout asking the right questions before the whistle blows.About Ray Power: With almost two decades of experience working in soccer andeducation, coaching players from non-league to Premier League levels, andinternationally, he is the author of Making The Ball Roll, Coaching Youth Football,and the five-book DeliberateSoccer Practice series.Asa coach developer and educator, Ray has worked for, and consulted with,numerous national FAs, as well as governing bodies from other sports, includingthe NBA. He also works as a consultant – mentor – educator on a freelancebasis, working with grassroots coaches all the way to professional teams.