Player Development: The Holistic Method

"Player Development: The Holistic Method provides the first holistic, evidence-based performance development method in sport. Focusing on the world's largest sport, soccer, this book weaves together the interconnected layers driving player performance development to define a novel training method. In performance sport, narratives defining success or failure are steeped with stories of chance. The reality is player performance and athlete development leading to career success is the by-product of optimizing interconnected experiences towards maximizing the likelihood of individual success. It is the application of a holistic method that reduces the influence of luck and increases the likelihood of individual and team success. This book is the pathway to understanding and facilitating individual player development leading to elite performance success. This book reveals not only a holistic method, but also, a universal method breaking down perceived and real barriers to provide a method transcending domainsand specializations - a unified approach. The book introduces an evidence-based method towards performance development in soccer. It is key reading for students of coaching, talent development, sport performance, and ancillary specializations and practicing professionals in the field of player and performance development and coaching"--