 
ABOUT BOOK MODERN
SOCCER
“Modern Soccer” is an expert book
intended for all ages and levels of involvement
in soccer, from children on amateur teams to professional
play and the job of trainer.
The relationship between trainer and players
is described and depicted at top level, teamwork
is crystallized through professionalism and ethics
nurtured by all top world clubs and national teams.
High-quality treatment and explanation of the
most complex elements of technique and situational
tactics gives a clear picture not only of those
who have dedicated the larger part of their lives
to soccer – professionals and trainers – but also
amateurs and even children.
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REVIEWS
Preface
In existing publishing
practice relating to sports there is a great empty space
with respect to expert literature. With the exception of
independent publishing by instructors of staff schools where
soccer is studied, there is little suitable and valid literature
in this field. The book being presented to the public is
real refreshment on the field of expert literature related
to soccer. The author of the book, physical education professor
Nikša Dobre, has done an exceptional job systemizing knowledge
acquired at the academic level with experience from professional
soccer in which he was himself involved for many years.
This work is important for all experts currently
working in soccer, as well as for all future experts who
will take on a very serious job, without improvisation,
as is often the case today.
The book only appears difficult to understand because it
requires a good understanding of material from several disciplines
important for training and competition in soccer. Delving
more deeply into the many facts presented opens roads to
new knowledge and more successful work with players at almost
all levels of competition. The book also carries profound
messages with respect to the socialization of athletes and
trainers, giving it special significance, and can also be
understood as a prompt to conscientiousness on the part
of experts in soccer, all those who live from it, and those
who have no special interest other than their love for soccer.
In a certain sense, it teaches us not only the proper approach
to the achievement of sports results but it also warns us
of everything that can happen by acting in amateur fashion
and using methods not appropriate to the profession.
I recommend “Modern Soccer” to everyone,
most of all to young experts who have just embarked or are
about to embark into the world of training and soccer.
Dr.Prof. Dragoljub Višnjić
University of the Physical Education in Belgrade- R Serbia
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The very title of the book “Modern
Soccer” hides its essence. In order for something
to become modern it is necessary for it to have
a long history, which without exception means many
years and many decades of acquiring experience and
knowledge.
Only when everything is brought
together in one place can it become contemporary.
The author of this book understood
this very well and emphasized it in his introduction,
thus artfully avoiding getting caught in the trap
of explaining the long history and development of
soccer. At the same time he has skillfully moved
away from placing an equal sign between the modern
and the high quality because the first does not
necessarily presume the second. That’s why he has
emphasized what makes the game supremely good, and
that is the knowledge of individuals collected in
the knowledge of the collective.
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Soccer as a collective game rests on the
strength of individuals. On the other hand, a high-quality
individual can stand out only if he has the knowledge and
skills to acquire knowledge gathered through the history
of soccer in addition to his talent for the game. And that
is how we got the book “Modern Soccer.”
Gathered between the covers of the book,
in one place, is all the knowledge that makes the game high
quality today. Its great virtue is that it can serve as
an entertaining introduction to the magic world of the ball
on the green rectangle, while at the same time precisely
guiding carefully polished expertise toward those positions
where the winds blow strongest, and those as a rule are
the highest peaks. This book will not reveal all the secrets
of soccer but it will reveal all its beauty and imaginativeness,
as well as its demanding nature.
Therefore “Modern Soccer” is the first step
on the long road to getting acquainted with this popular
game.
Mihajlo Todić
Sports journalist and publicist
the book “Modern Soccer” is a refreshment in expert literature
that in a very simple but nonetheless highly expert manner
explains, clarifies and simplifies the phenomenon of the
game of soccer.
Considering the large numbers of soccer schools, trainers
and age groups there are understandable differences in methodologies
of work. The book “Modern Soccer” is not just a revolutionary
authoring project in design and shape of the expert written
word. In a very comprehensive, expert yet unobtrusive manner
the author simplifies the approach to the game of soccer
from top-quality preparation and training of each individual
in the team (goalkeeper – defense – midfield – attack) to
principles of team organization during play – tactics.
Soccer is not simple, soccer is not 22 people
running around after a single ball as interpreted by the
gentler sex. Soccer is the beauty of movement and fair play
without excessive roughness. That is why I believe that
this book will expand the knowledge and understanding of
this excellent game of those like myself, a sports reporter
who wants to learn and improve and is also a true aficionado
of “the lady bug”, as well as of the many others who read
it. The author also fairly and correctly warns of all the
sacrifices soccer involves as very difficult and painstaking
work.
It was both an honor and a pleasure to have
had the opportunity read the book “Modern Soccer” and to
offer my opinion despite my humble soccer experience. I
truly hope and believe that it will assist the soccer professional
and amateur vocation – trainers as a top-notch reminder,
and new players and future national team members as the
first and best designed primer on understanding the game
of soccer.
Smiljan Banjac
Sports reporter and soccer commentator
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