• Play through high presses using structured box midfield rotations
• Create overloads in key areas to break pressure and progress play
• Exploit space with coordinated movements and passing combinations
• Build from the goalkeeper into the final third with control and intent

Whether you coach youth or elite players, this book gives you a proven, match-relevant framework to play out under pressure, beat any press, and dominate possession with confidence.

• Tactical solutions for building up play against different pressing and defending styles
• Proven models for both 3-at-the-back and 2-at-the-back box midfield build-up systems
• 47 detailed training practices with progressions to simulate match-day pressure
• Step-by-step coaching points and progressions to build team intelligence in possession
• Position-specific detail to improve player decision making and timing

• Positional Rotations to Play Out from the Goalkeeper
• Breaking Lines Against High Press Zonal Defending
• Goalkeeper’s Passing Over Pressing Lines
• Build Up Against a High Press with Zonal Defending
• Build Up Against a High Press with Man Marking
• Build Up Against Ultra-Aggressive High Pressing
• Build Up Against Full Pitch Man Marking

• Combination: Passing Decisions to Break Lines Depending on Opposition Pressing
• Functional: Goalkeeper’s Passing Over Pressing Lines and Decisions to Play in Behind
• Beating a Full Pitch Man Marking Press with a Long Pass and Support Runs Functional Combinations
• Possession Game: Exploiting Numerical Advantage to Find the Free Player Continuous Possession Game
• Small Sided Game: Exploiting 4v3 Numerical Advantage 3-Team Small Sided Game
• Large Game: Box Midfield Build Up with Equal Numbers and Switch Play in a Dynamic 3-Team Game