WHAT DETERMINES YOUR TEAMS TACTICS?
Factors: Field Conditions, Weather, Desired Result, Available Healthy Players, Home or Away
Advanced Scouting: Ability to recognize opposing teams strengths/weaknesses & attacking/defending tendencies. Ability to identify dangerous players (players with special abilities) within the team.
Adjustments: Can you recognize when and how to make them as game progresses?
A QUALITY COACH MUST UNDERSTAND & BE ABLE TO TEACH:
~ Shape – Chosen “Formation” based on your personnel
- Defensive
- Offensive
- Individuals Roles within the Team
~ Defending – Make play predictable
- Zonal
- Man to Man
- Zonal Man to Man
- High Pressure
- Low Pressure
- Pressing
- Varied style based on score, desired result, fitness level, other team strengths
~ Attacking (System of Play) – Minimize risk based on your teams technical level and which 1/3 of the field you are in
- Developing speed of play, rhythm and patterns of play
- Direct play
- Indirect play
- Recognition of when & how to penetrate
- Into high targets (feet/chest/head)
- Into flanks
- Space behind defenders
- Through midfielders
~ Transition
Defensive
- Getting #’s behind the ball quickly
- Immediate chase & ball pressure
- Cover, Balance and Compactness by supporting defenders
- Delay for players to recover
- Tactical fouls
Offensive
- Quick support
- Early balls forward to targets
~ Restarts – Offensive or Defensive
- Quick restarts if attack is “on”
- Take your time in dangerous areas if you have players with special abilities
- Focus on defense – quick set up/organization led by keeper/center back (walls etc…)
