書籍資訊 書名： How to Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch 作者：Tifo the Athletic 出版社：Particular Books ----- 網誌版：https://reurl.cc/AbNkEj 跨完年才後知後覺今年是男子世足年！推親朋好友入足球坑的時間又到了。如果只能推薦 一本足球書給剛接觸足球的朋友，這本會是我的首選。 Tifo是支擅長以簡潔動畫影片介紹足球大小事（易懂的賽事分析、時事與歷史懶人包等） 的團隊，於2022年11月出版了紙本版的足球懶人包——也就是200多頁的圖文書How to Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch。這本書維持了Tifo的一貫風格，以52個篇章、每篇章各4頁的簡潔圖文內容（扣除 標題頁，每個章節實際上只有兩頁）來帶領讀者認識足球運動場上場下最應該知道的52條 守則。 52條守則中，為首的是「看球賽時眼睛別跟著球跑！」從觀賞賽事時眼睛不要只盯著球跑 、為什麼開短的角球比想像中更有效率、換上防守球員不見得就是要加強防守、陣型介紹 、用簡單算數教讀者怎麼看xG（expected goals）等「場上」知識；也談轉會窗口如何運 作、怎麼估算球員身價、賣球衣真的能賺大錢嗎、青訓系統的重要性、球隊的主要收入為 何等「場下」知識；到介紹足球史上幾位影響深遠的人物，議題豐富，應該涵蓋了大部分 新手球迷想要知道的眉眉角角。 此外，從第34章（介紹現任賴比瑞亞總統George Weah，第一位也是目前唯一一位拿過金 球獎的非洲球員）、第47章、第48章（女足相關）、第49章（體育洗白）、第51章（改革 了非洲足協的球迷）與第52章（暖化對足球的影響）也可看出Tifo團隊對足球延伸出的種 族、性別、政治與氣候等議題的關懷。 藝術總監Alice Devine主導的插畫與配圖除了維持Tifo一貫生動清楚的風格，在講解角球 、邊線球、守門員時，配圖都有女性球員，其他章節的解說插圖也有呈現不同性別與膚色 的球員。Tifo以這些細微的體貼，展現了團隊的平權意識。 誠如此書開頭所言，「足球應該怎麼看」這個問題的正確答案是「愛怎麼看就怎麼看」。 How to Watch Football只是提供讀者一些如何欣賞賽事的角度，以及思考足球相關議題 時可能的切入面。足球應該怎麼看——等著每位讀者去發掘定義。 因為是寫給初次接觸足球的人，熟悉足球的讀者或許會覺得這本書有些寡淡——那就陪新 入坑的親朋好友一起讀吧！林欣楷在《我們的足球夢：從日治到戰後，臺灣百年足球記憶 》（2022）是這麼說的：「凡是在爭取政策補助與宣傳時，擺脫『足球沙漠』都是一個易 於理解和操作的符號。但反過來說，這也是形塑出一種只有小圈子不斷在努力的苦行者形 象，難以引發外界人士共鳴。世界盃觀眾、臺灣球迷、歐洲職業聯賽球迷、足球社群、休 閒運動者、移工足球，這些群體一再被劃分和區隔，即便有那麼多人都在踢足球，卻難以 被聯繫起來。」 距離夏天的世界盃還有幾個月，現在開始自己讀How to Watch Football、陪親朋好友上 老下小讀，或是讀了之後再以說書方式分享給左鄰右舍，六月看球時大家都說I know ball——反正看不懂的就一定是裁判眼花——四捨五入快轉一下，相信不久的將來台灣女 足男足就都能踢進世界盃會內賽了，台灣足球感謝你的支持。 52條觀球守則： 1. Don’t Watch the Ball: Redefine Your Understanding of What and Where the Action Is 2. Do Watch the Lines: How Pitch Markings Came to Define Football 3. If You Don’t Know the Answer, Maybe No One Does: Why Are There Eleven Players in a Football Team? 4. Most Rules Are There for a Reason: The Evolution of the Offside Rule 幫大家標起來，什麼是越位請看這章 5. Understand Formations: What the Numbers and Shapes Actually Mean 6. Herbert Chapman: The Original Innovator 7. Learn to Spot the Difference: Zonal Marking vs. Player Marking 8. A Player’s Role Matters More than Their Position: How a Team Is Built 9. Don’t Run in Training: The Rise of Tactical Periodization 10. Jimmy Hogan: The Nomad Coach 11. Corners Are Less Effective than You Think: A Story of Expectations and Success Rate 12. Short Corners Are Actually Good: A Different Story of Expectations vs. Success Rate 13. You Don’t Need a Player on the Post: How and Why Defending Corners Has Changed 14. The Mighty Magyars: When Hungary Ruled the World 15. Expect More from Throw-ins: The Story of an Under-Utilized Set Piece 16. Look for the Space: An Explanation of the Corridor of Uncertainty 17. Helenio Herrera: When Defence Ruled the World 18. Sometimes Two Buses Come Along at Once: Why Some Teams Funnel Shots Instead of Block Them 19. The Touchline Is a Defender: Use Space Effectively When Defending 20. Fouls Can Be Good: The Rise of Tactical Fouling in Modern Football 21. Sometimes, Lying Down on the Job Is Good: The Phenomenon of Draft Excluders 22. Johan Cruyff: The Godfather of Barcelona 23. Football Clubs Are Businesses: Understanding the Three Main Revenue Streams 24. Youth Academies Are Business Models: Football’s Production Line Explained 25. Tiki-Taka Isn’t Passing for the Sake of It: The True Definition of Spain’s Most Famous Export 26. Goalkeepers’ Feet Are Important: The Modern Goalkeeper as a Playmaker 27. Observe the Half-Space: The Most Dangerous Areas of the Pitch Explained 28. Pass Completion Doesn’t Matter: How to Better Understand Statistics and Which Ones Make a Difference 29. Arrigo Sacchi: The Son of a Shoe Salesman 30. More Defenders Doesn’t Mean More Defensive: Rethinking Strategy and Substitutions 31. Learn the Law: The Importance of Loopholes 32. Transfer Fees Are Misleading: What a Player Earns vs. What a Player Costs 33. No Transfer Is an Island: The Butterfly Effect of Football Transfers 34. George Weah: The First African to Be European Player of the Year 35. No, They Won’t Make the Transfer Fee Back in Shirt Sales Alone: The Economics of Manufacturing Deals Explained 36. See the Hidden Value: What Football Players Bring off the Pitch 37. Directors of Football Matter: The Matter of Club Hierarchies 38. Scouting Matters: How Clubs Decide on the Right Players 39. You Don’t Need to Go Far to Find Value: The Benefits of Embracing Home-Grown Talent 40. Marcelo Bielsa: Football’s Uncompromising Purist 41. Don’t Be Afraid of xG: Football’s Expected Goals Metric Explained 42. Heat Doesn’t Equal Holiday: Why Mid-Season Tours Are Important 43. Valeriy Lobanovskyi: The Innovator Behind the Curtain 44. When Something Doesn’t Look Right, It Doesn’t Mean It’s Wrong: The Phenomenon of Overlapping Centre Backs Explained 45. Football Is Always Evolving: The Story of the No. 10 Position 46. Claude Makelele: The Anchor Man 47. A Lot of People Care About It . . . and Always Have: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of Women's Football 48. Marta: The Human Highlight Reel 49. Keep an Eye Out for Sportswashing: How Football Is Being Used for Influence 50. Count to 50 . . . Then Add One: Fan Ownership and the 50+1 Rule Explained 51. Amr Fahmy: The Hero You Hadn't Heard Of 52. Prepare for the Future: The Impact of the Climate Crisis on Football （此書於2024年出了增訂版，將52條守則擴增至62條。） -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 114.37.121.196 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/book/M.1769952571.A.B08.html 感謝閱讀<(＿ ＿)> ※ 編輯: kinokonoko (61.228.173.165 臺灣), 02/08/2026 01:13:53 ※ 編輯: kinokonoko (61.228.173.165 臺灣), 02/08/2026 02:05:22 ※ 編輯: kinokonoko (118.167.161.179 臺灣), 02/11/2026 14:57:26