MID-BLOCK MASTERY

Mid-Block Mastery is the world’s first tactical book fully dedicated to the Mid-Block defensive system in modern football written by football coach Navid Faridi.

This book provides coaches, analysts, and football enthusiasts with a comprehensive framework to understand, teach, and apply the principles of the Mid-Block in 7 key formations.

Through detailed match analyses, original tactical diagrams, and progressive training designs (from basic drills to full match conditions), the book explains how teams can remain compact, control the central spaces, and transition effectively after winning the ball.

Real game examples from international and club football are used to illustrate pressing triggers, defensive coordination, and transitions. Each formation is broken down with advantages and disadvantages, helping readers to adapt the Mid-Block to their own team’s needs.

This book is an essential resource for coaches, players, and students of football who want to master one of the most important systems of defensive organization in the modern game.