CONTENT ANALYSIS
Content will be broken down progressively for tactical understanding and skill development (Hopper, 1998).  The relationship will be basic skill to play, then from game play to skill development and back to more challenging game play (Thorpe and Bunker, 1989).  Skills will be broken down into off-the-ball movements and on-the-ball skills (Griffin, Mitchell & Oslin, 1997).

 
Tactical Problem

Off-the-ball movements

On-the-ball skills

Scoring
  • Maintaining possession of the ball
  • Invading opposing territory
  • attacking the goal
  • using and creating space to gain an advantage
  • Finding, using open space that creates advantage
  • Pulling defenders away from the ball
  • Cutting to receive a pass
  • Support for the ball carrier
  • Ball control (trapping)
  • Passing
  • Shooting
  • Passing and moving to support and to create space
  • Dribbling close to body for control
  • Speed dribbling in the open field

 

 

Preventing Scoring
  • Stealing the ball
  • Defending territory
  • Defending the goal
  • See opposing players
  • Pressure on space and players
  • marking opposing players
  • Stay as far up as possible to create off-side problems for opposing team

 

  • Checking, stealing the ball
  • Stay between your goal and the ball
  • Shot stopping, and blocking
Restarting Play
  • Free kick from where the ball goes out of bounds
  • Teammates must move to open space to create an outlet for a pass from out of bounds
  • Passing short to a teammate
  • Passing long to a teammate
  • Not telegraphing passes

 

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