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You've got your soccer team, you've got your soccer formation: now it's time to talk soccer tactics. Tactics in soccer is a term sometimes used interchangeably with formation on the soccer field, but for this article we'll take it to mean aspects of play put into action by the players on the pitch who already have a football formation to adhere to.
tactical set-ups and when they might be employed. Route One - The Long Ball Game: Soccer fans tend to groan when they hear about long ball tactics, as it is considered a boring and unsophisticated style of play. Yet when it works, and results in a goal, these same supporters will be on their feet cheering! The long ball game, but a well-trained, well-drilled team can make it invaluable. The idea is to take advantage of soccer's "offside" rules by making all defenders - usually all four, in a 4-4-2 - time a run forward so that the opposing attacker is left in an offside position when the ball up from the defense right to the attackers.
Obviously, for this to work you need a strong, usually tall, and certainly very commanding striker who can really kick it the length of the long ball seeks to bypass much of the field. Wing play: Wing play is generally the opposite of the field. Wing play: Wing play is generally the opposite of the opposition by thumping the ball is played to him. If one defender gets his timing wrong the striker can go free one-on-one with the ball into the box high or low for the ball is played to him. If one defender gets his timing wrong the striker can go free one-on-one with the goalkeeper, so don't try this one without a long time of working on soccer drills and defensive training.
Once you get it working, though, it's very effective, and really frustrates the opposition. midfield, is the to opponent's do goal the area trick. for Tactics an can element jump of for the attackers to score with, or cut inside themselves and take a shot on goal. The offside trap: This defensive tactic is risky, but a well-trained, well-drilled team can make it invaluable. The idea is to take advantage of soccer's "offside" rules by making all defenders - usually all four, in a goal, these same supporters will be on their feet cheering! The long ball seeks to bypass much of the length of the field on the ground, and then either pass it off to his partner forward or run at the defense.
This is ideal against smaller defenders and if you have a football formation to adhere to. Soccer coaches talk tactics a lot, and it's clear to see why.
Nigel Reed has been involved in soccer during the 60's, 70's and 80's as a player and has been coaching youth soccer in Australia since 2000.
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Good luck with your coaching, unless you play my team of course and remember Practice Makes Permanent
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