Thursday, July 3, 2008

Football tactics and strategy


From my point of view, football is the most famous sport inthe world. It's fans come from all age, gender without discrimination.
Play football need a skill and strategy. Everybody can kick ball, but not everybody can play football. There is something need to learn and to know about this sport.
There are various individual skills and team tactics needed to play effective Association football. Football is in theory a very simple game, as illustrated by Kevin Keegan's famous assertion that his tactics for winning a match were to "score more goals than the opposition". However, well-organised and well-prepared teams are often seen beating teams with supposedly more skilled players, even over time. Coaching manuals and books generally cover not only individual skills but tactics as well.
The aim of this type of football is to catch the opponent on the "break". When they give away possession in midfield or attack, defensive players will tend to be further up the field than usual and may not be able to quickly adjust to a defensive mindset. Counter-attacking football may involve leaving one or two strikers near the half-way line in the hope that a through ball can be played to catch the opponent off guard. This tends to go hand-in-hand with the long through ball tactic explained above. In the example, an attack by the black team has broken down and ended up in the hands of the white goalie. By kicking a long through ball for the furthermost white player (left up there in the hope of this situation - this is the "break" mentioned above), the player has a chance of scoring as he should have evaded the defence if he is fast enough.lored below.

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