PUBLISHED JANUARY 2025

The Scouting Game: An Insider’s Guide to Talent Spotting Football's Next Stars

£16.99

The Scouting Game
An Insider’s Guide to Talent Spotting Football's Next Stars
by Chris Robinson

An individual with three decades of professional experience and more than ten years working on the recruitment team at Chelsea FC's illustrious academy provides a captivating glimpse into the secret world of elite football scouting in The Scouting Game. Chris Robinson provides an insightful exploration of the inner workings of scouts, detailing their criteria for evaluation and the methods they use to report on players, complete with practical examples. The author outlines the essential traits that scouts look for in each position, delving into the nuances of scouting across all tiers—from grassroots to academy, first team, and opposition scouting.
Chris delves into the dynamics between scouts and agents, shedding light on what parents should anticipate from scouts and professional academies. He covers the intricacies of trials and the increasingly significant role of data in the scouting process. He explores the idea of scouting as a potential career, highlighting its advantages and disadvantages while providing insights on how to embark on this path. This book offers a captivating glimpse into a lesser-known aspect of the game, revealing the enigmatic realm of elite talent spotting.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Chris Robinson has worked in football for more than 30 years, coaching in the UK and abroad and managing Cheltenham Town, among other teams. He has worked in recruitment for 15 years, including nearly 12 years in the recruitment team at Chelsea FC’s academy. His previous book, Over, Under or Through: My Story So Far, chronicles his life journey from being homeless as a child in London through to adventures all over the world.
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Published: January 6, 2025
Price: £14.99
Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1801509247
ISBN-13 : 978-1801509244
Dimensions: 240 x 160 (mm)

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