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re: Question for the Gurus of Socced
Posted on 10/5/18 at 9:25 am to LZ83
Posted on 10/5/18 at 9:25 am to LZ83
Depends on what level you watch. My son, 12, plays on a top 10 team in LA and MS and they have zero 'set' plays. A set play is when there's a foul or a corner kick. The ball is still, generally defines a set play, and my son either tries to shoot it directly in the goal or put it up so a team mate can volley it in. Ideally a team would practice it.
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Posted on 10/5/18 at 9:28 am to LZ83
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I’ve never really understood soccer, but I would like to get into it.
same. i am giving it a go this season after being captivated by the world cup. it is very much worth a try in my opinion.
try watching liverpool vs manchester city on sunday morning on nbc. it should be an exciting game with lots of action.
then you can start following something more interesting like the Ecuadoran League
Posted on 10/5/18 at 9:33 am to Winston Cup
Posted on 10/5/18 at 10:11 am to LZ83
4/10
solid effort but poor execution
solid effort but poor execution
Posted on 10/5/18 at 12:08 pm to LZ83
Celtic sounds like the club for you
Posted on 10/5/18 at 2:17 pm to LZ83
I don't know how sincere this is but I'll answer you anyway. Professional soccer is defined by organization. The better organized teams, both offensively and defensively, usually win.
The easiest bit of organization to see is the low block. Basically it is when the defense drops off to a certain area of the field, usually to the box, and forces the opposing team to play through 10 players. You see this quite clearly as the defensive line will be playing as a unit, with the midfield line employed a variety of ways. Occasionally they too can be employed as a line, or can have a deep-lying midfielder playing between the lines, picking up the no. 10 of the opposition. The low block also requires the front players to press the opposition's wingbacks and centerbacks, as they will often be responsible for making the pass between the lines.
The other part of any block system, low, mid and high, is how a team presses. You can have counter-pressing systems, false pressing, team pressing, pressing in certain areas of the field, pressing on certain players, individual pressing, or no pressing at all. The purpose of any organizational aspect of a team's positioning is to create overloads, or mismatches.
The idea of mismatches also plays into how teams employ formations. A 4-3-3 vs a 4-4-2 creates an overload in midfield (3 v 2) but creates problems at the back, where the strikers are each paired with a CB. You can have innumerable types of these mismatches just by the formations used. You can have mismatches based on an organizational philosophy, like Man City uses.
I could delve a lot deeper, but I fear I've already been pretty unclear. Regardless, very little in professional soccer is random.
The easiest bit of organization to see is the low block. Basically it is when the defense drops off to a certain area of the field, usually to the box, and forces the opposing team to play through 10 players. You see this quite clearly as the defensive line will be playing as a unit, with the midfield line employed a variety of ways. Occasionally they too can be employed as a line, or can have a deep-lying midfielder playing between the lines, picking up the no. 10 of the opposition. The low block also requires the front players to press the opposition's wingbacks and centerbacks, as they will often be responsible for making the pass between the lines.
The other part of any block system, low, mid and high, is how a team presses. You can have counter-pressing systems, false pressing, team pressing, pressing in certain areas of the field, pressing on certain players, individual pressing, or no pressing at all. The purpose of any organizational aspect of a team's positioning is to create overloads, or mismatches.
The idea of mismatches also plays into how teams employ formations. A 4-3-3 vs a 4-4-2 creates an overload in midfield (3 v 2) but creates problems at the back, where the strikers are each paired with a CB. You can have innumerable types of these mismatches just by the formations used. You can have mismatches based on an organizational philosophy, like Man City uses.
I could delve a lot deeper, but I fear I've already been pretty unclear. Regardless, very little in professional soccer is random.
Posted on 10/5/18 at 2:42 pm to jordan21210
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No. None.
With the exception of set pieces.
Posted on 10/5/18 at 4:17 pm to LZ83
The only set play I knew was the one where I sucked everyones cock. And let me tell you I was a fricking champ at that one
Posted on 10/8/18 at 9:29 am to LZ83
You know the worse part about watching soccer?
Having to tell your mother that you are gay.
Having to tell your mother that you are gay.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 10:04 am to tgrbaitn08
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It’s like basketball but they don’t use their hands
can't believe this got so many downvoted.
in terms of structure, pace of play, off the ball movement, passing and probing, pressing, etc. soccer is pretty much basketball with no hands played on a bigger surface with more people.
only difference is in basketball you don't have set defense/offense and in soccer you do, but nearly everyone on the soccer pitch has some amount of crossover from D to O and vice versa.
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