Attacking Principles   - If possible, as soon as the ball is won, a team should stretch out side-to-side as quickly as possible,making sure the players can see everything ...

Defending   - Overly aggressive players who try to simply run down their opponents and strip the ball at the travel level often times find themselves missing completely ...

Defensive Team Tactics   - Position yourself in order to win the ball. Be well  balanced  to  move  quickly, keep  low  and  disguise  your intentions and deceive ...

Defending  1v1   - If the defender can get the attacker to turn his back, then has won that battle. There are two schools of thought on how to deal with an attacker that ...

Evaluation of Players   - These are things such as: how to play without the ball; when to dribble as opposed to passing or shooting; how, when and where to ...

Flat Back Four - Recovery   - Adequate pressure on the ball and recovery of supporting defenders is a key to any defensive system, especially in a flat back ...

Flat Back Four  -  Support   -  The  supporting  position on the ball  should be the first priority. The defender  must  be positioned  to take over as the first defender  ...

Half -Time Tips   - Primarily, what you say during half-time should be succinct, helpful and clear. You have an entire half of a game to recount, and you have a very short  ...

Strategy - Spread out on offense and become a compact unit on defense.  On offense, use  the  entire  field  to open up the defense and create gaps and spaces ...

Styles of Play - A style of play is the way in which the particular system of play chosen by a team is used. Like playing systems, the choice and success of the ...

Takeover - The key to a successful takeover is communication. It is vital when the situation arises when a takeover can happen that the person who first starts ...
                                                                                            
The 4-4-2 System - The  4 - 4 - 2  is one of the most  common  systems  played  today. The  formation  provides  eight  players behind the ball when defending ...

Third Player Run - The most exciting part of any soccer game is space. Empty, green, still space on the field. No players standing in it; no players close to it  ...

Transitional Play - The theory is very simple - as is the game - it is the practical implementation of that theory that separates the best teams, players, and coaches ...
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