Winning Futsal II: Basics of the 3-1

Don’t be deceived - Futsal II packs a knockout punch in its slim 60 pages. It reveals serious and practical tactical team futsal for youth teams – offensive and defensive formations and motion, set formations and plays for most common situations (kickoffs, clearances, kick-ins at different locations, corners, free kicks), and more. If your team masters Futsal II, it will play at a level well beyond the average “good” or even “great” team.I searched for a book like this years ago when I started coaching futsal. I didn’t know much back then, either about technical or tactical futsal. Rob Bell’s “Futsal I” (which did exist) raised my coaching game on the tactical, and brought my teams from “competitive” to “hard to beat.” But they were missing know-how on systems of play, set plays, and more. It helped that nearly all other teams were in the same boat – playing simple “square” or “diamond” formations without rotation and few set plays - but that didn’t give me much satisfaction when I knew we could do more. I researched and studied other futsal books and the Internet, but all I got was an unfiltered boatload of information and long explanations of many systems and plays that a team can try to do. I was still scratching my head trying to choose what would actually work. We all have limited time!Futsal II separates wheat from chaff. Rob Bell walked my walk years before me, travelling the futsal world to uncover best practices and discover what actually works in the best futsal clubs in the world. After distilling it, he put only the essentials of elevated tactical futsal in Fustal II.On the one hand, Futsal II can be either a comprehensive tactical approach for your team to implement over a season or two (it will take time) or instead a resource to improve one or two things you want your team to do better right now (examples: corner kicks or 3-1 offensive motion).If your team already knows the essentials and is technically strong but lacks tactical know-how, Futsal II will take it to the next level.John