The Road to Finals Playbook: A Season Guide for Young Footballers (Player Guide, PDF)

Champions are made when no one's watching. This is what it takes.

The Road to Finals Playbook is written by Alex, a rep-team attacker and referee. It follows a real football season, from trials and pre-season to the last game, with what to do at every stage.

Inside:

• 29 cards in four parts: Build (pre-season and fitness), Team (teamwork and set pieces), The Season (good starts, bad runs and confidence) and The Run Home (finals, big games and finishing strong)
• Each card gives you what's going on, what to do on the pitch, a drill to train it, and what to say
• Tactics boards for the overlap, the third-man run, corners, defending set pieces and pressing

Plus your own Player Card:

• Tick what you do each week, earn points and build your ATT, DEF, FIT, TEAM and MIND stats
• Pick a target that suits your season length, and unlock the Finals Card when you hit it
• Season pages: tick sheets, points road, set-piece card, season ladder, best moments and season review

Suits players roughly 11-17. Instant PDF download, 64 pages, printable.

Also in the series: The Bad Game Playbook, for players, The Sideline Coach Playbook, for parents, and The Cheat Codes Playbook, for players. Or get all four in the Complete Next Ball Set for A$49 (save A$15).

Written by a player, not a coach or physio. The drills are general, and your coach's plan always comes first.