Why did I choose this book?
It has been brought up on many of our training sessions and especially by my colleagues that did go to Finland. Another reason why I choose another english book is that I find it more relaxing rather than reading czech books. 3 points for this beauty is just a cherry on top.
Content
The book was written by the founder of Tiimiakatemia himself Johannes Partanen with the sole purpose of providing an understandable yet complex guide for the team coaches. Since 1993 vast amounts of knowledge have been gathered, by not only coaches but any member of the Tiimiakatemia community and now they have been summarised into this book offering us all kinds of tools and methods for us to use.
The books itself is divided into three main sections in which the author focuses on the already mentioned tools focusing on one at a time.
The author speaks about the main tools that are being used by coaches in order to perform better not only as coaches but as a team. The methods and tools in this book are covering the areas of birthgivings, the whole concept of the rocket model, the ATP model and lastly the skill profile.
All of the terms above are terms we use on a daily basis within our community; therefore, I am of that opinion that it would be a waste of time and resources for me to deeply explain what the ATP model is or what my thought about it are to you my fellow colleagues as you are all very familiar with the topics mentioned above.
Conclusion
Compared to how boring it would be to read this book I actually found it quite handy to recap my knowledge about the alfa omega and spine of our whole study program. This book is an absolute must withing the first month of studying TA in my opinion, however it was my own decision not to read it earlier. Unfortunately, there is not many new knowledge I gained from this book as most of it is already known to me, however you never know when you might need some tools to be a good coach in the future.
