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THE TWO-FORMATION BUNDLE

Understand the Shape. See the Game Differently.

Two fascinating formations. Two different structures. One practical guide to understanding how teams create, attack, defend and adapt.

Why would a team choose a 3-4-1-2?

Why would another choose a 4-2-2-2?

How do the roles change between the two formations?

How do both shapes create attacking combinations?

Where does the width come from?

How do the midfielders and attacking players connect?

And what happens when the team loses the ball?

This bundle brings together two practical formation guides:

The 3-4-1-2.
The 4-2-2-2.

Written by a professional football coach and coach developer, the books break down each formation through the phases of play, player profiles, practical practices and examples from the modern professional game.

Whether you’re a coach, player, analyst, football fan or football aficionado, this bundle gives you a simple framework for understanding how two different structures can be used to solve problems on the pitch.

MORE THAN JUST TWO FORMATIONS

Football formations are often presented as a set of numbers.

But the numbers only tell you where players start.

The real story is what happens within the structure.

How do players move?

How do they create space?

Where does the width come from?

How are central overloads created?

How do players support each other?

How does the team progress the ball?

How does it defend?

How does it press?

And how does the shape change throughout the game?

The 3-4-1-2 and 4-2-2-2 offer different ways of answering these questions.

The 3-4-1-2 can provide defensive security, central overloads, wing-back width and strong relationships between the number 10 and two strikers.

The 4-2-2-2 can provide central overloads, narrow attacking combinations, movement between the lines and strong connections between two attacking midfielders and two strikers.

Together, the books help you understand the principles behind both.

TWO FORMATIONS. TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES.

THE 3-4-1-2

Explore a formation built around three centre-backs, wing-backs, a central midfield pair, a number 10 and two strikers.

Understand how the team creates defensive security, central overloads, attacking combinations and width through the wing-backs.

THE 4-2-2-2

Explore a narrow and tactically intriguing formation built around a back four, double pivot, two attacking midfielders and two strikers.

Understand how the team progresses through central areas, creates overloads, uses the full-backs to provide width and allows four attacking players to combine.

INSIDE THE BUNDLE

Each book contains:

15 Tried & Tested Practices

Practical practices designed to develop the behaviours and principles required to play effectively within each formation.

Across the two books, explore practices covering build-up, moving through the pitch, creating and exploiting space, chance creation, defensive organisation, pressing and transitions.

The Formation Through the Phases of Play

Understand each formation across:

• Build-up
• Moving through the Pitch
• Creating and exploiting space
• Chance creation
• Defensive organisation
• Pressing
• Transitions

See how the shape changes throughout the game — and how players adapt their positions and movements accordingly.

Understanding Player Profiles

Different formations place different demands on players.

Explore the characteristics, qualities and behaviours required for key positions within each structure.

Compare the demands of:

• Centre-backs
• Full-backs
• Wing-backs
• Central midfielders
• Number 6s
• Number 8s
• Number 10s
• Attacking midfielders
• Strikers

Understand not just where players play, but what they need to do within the system.

Modern Football Examples

Connect the principles to the football you watch every week.

Each book links its ideas to modern examples from the professional game, helping you recognise the principles and behaviours when watching matches.

COMPARE. UNDERSTAND. SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

Putting these two formations together allows you to explore an important question:

How can different structures create similar attacking problems?

What does the 3-4-1-2 offer?

What does the 4-2-2-2 offer?

How does the 3-4-1-2 create width through its wing-backs?

How does the 4-2-2-2 use its full-backs to provide width?

How does the number 10 influence the 3-4-1-2?

How do the two attacking midfielders operate in the 4-2-2-2?

How do the two formations create central overloads?

How do the two strikers combine with the players behind them?

How do the midfield structures differ?

And how do both formations adapt when possession is lost?

The bundle helps you look beyond the numbers and understand the football principles underneath them.

TRUSTED BY PROFESSIONALS

The author’s eBooks are already being used and endorsed by professionals from the game.

Including:

Danny Röhl — Football Manager

Gaël Clichy — Former Manchester City & Arsenal player, Coach

Yohan Cabaye — Former Newcastle United & PSG player, Coach

Martin Devaney — Assistant Manager, Barnsley FC

Marlon Pack — Portsmouth Captain

Kenwyne Jones — Former Premier League player, Coach

Their use and support of the author’s work reflects the practical focus behind the books:

Football ideas that can be understood, applied and developed.

FOR THE FOOTBALL CURIOUS

You don’t need to be a professional coach to get value from this bundle.

If you’ve ever watched a team and wondered:

“Why are they playing a 3-4-1-2?”

“Why are the wing-backs so important?”

“What is the role of the number 10?”

“Why does the team play with two strikers?”

“Why would a team choose a 4-2-2-2 instead?”

“Why are the attacking midfielders positioned so narrowly?”

“How do the full-backs create width?”

“How do four attacking players combine?”

“How do both formations create central overloads?”

“What happens when the team loses the ball?”

Then this bundle is for you.

It gives you a framework for understanding what you’re seeing — without making football tactics unnecessarily complicated.

WRITTEN FROM THE PROFESSIONAL GAME

The author is a professional football coach and coach developer, bringing together practical coaching experience with a passion for helping people understand the game.

The result is a collection that sits between professional coaching resource and football education — practical enough for coaches, accessible enough for players and fans, and detailed enough for anyone who wants to explore the game at a deeper level.

TWO BOOKS. ONE COMPLETE TACTICAL COLLECTION.

Understand the 3-4-1-2.
Understand the 4-2-2-2.

Understand the roles.
Understand the relationships.
Understand the differences.
Understand the principles.
Understand the game.

THE TWO-FORMATION BUNDLE

2 formation guides.
30 tried & tested practices.
Multiple phases of play.
Clear player profiles.
Modern football examples.
Professional coaching insight.

For coaches. Players. Fans. Analysts. And football aficionados.

Get the complete bundle today.