FIFA Endorsed Books

** Book No 1: So, You Want To Be a Coach **

By Les Murray AM and Richard Alagich

"...FIFA... are delighted to see a quality publication such as So, you want to be a Coach dedicated to helping nurture the technical and tactical skills of young players around the world...that requires the best coaches and the best training structures to help keep it on course.. So, you want to be a Coach will no doubt be of great assistance for the novice and experienced coaches alike"
from the Foreword by Dr.Urs Linsi FIFA General Secretary


"...In this book Richard Alagich suggests many routines and drills designed to build ball technique in young players. You should try and follow them for they will make you a better coach and your players better players. At the centre of his curriculum, and its mantra, is the reality that in football technique is everything. This is what makes football the 'beautiful game'..."
from the Introduction by Les Murray AM Editorial Supervisor SBS Sport

** Book No 2: Soccer Winning Through Techniques and Tactics **

By Richard Alagich

Reviews

"...FIFA... has no doubt that this well-thought out and illustrated handbook will prove to be a great help for the theoretical and practical training. We have to congratulate him for the service he has rendered football... We warmly recommend (this book) to every football fan..."
 From the Foreword by JS Blatter, FIFA

"...We have studied this publication with great interest. (It) can be recommended especially to active youth coaches, be they professionals or amateurs. We would like to congratulate Richard Alagich on ... this project ..."
 Walter Gagg, Head of Technical Department, FIFA 

"... This book is the one most coaches ought to be looking for. It tells you in a simple and easy-to-follow yet analytical way how a footballer is fashioned-from a raw minor who has never kicked a ball in his life to a young adult, fully equipped and ready to play at the highest professional level ..." 
 Les Murray, SBS Television

** Book No 3: Soccer Winning Through Planning and Testing **

By Richard Alagich

Reviews

"This teaching manual by Richard Alagich, is an excellent working tool for use in the practical side of football training. All age groups of youth football are taken into account making the reader immediately aware that the author is fully conversant with the most modern training methods. A whole series of tests are described and instructions are given, not only on how to carry them out, but even more importantly, on how to evaluate the results.
This book gives valuable guidance and constitutes an ideal working tool for every ambitious youth coach. Our heartiest congratulations go to the author.."
 Jurg Nepfer Head of the Development Department and Director of the Goal Project, FIFA

"With typical astuteness and awareness of the needs of the modern game, Richard Alagich not only argues that the broad versatility of today's footballers means a requirement to test them for a wide variety of qualities at an early age, but he has devised a detailed and scientific, though easy to read, guide to how to test them.
This work re-nominates Richard Alagich as one of the most perceptive and judicious development coaches in our midst. Any coach of young players, with an earnest desire to fashion winning teams, cannot be without this book."
 From the foreword by Les Murray, Director of Sport, SBS Television