If my daughter is more athletic than the defense than that is the other teams problem. They can take one of the athletic forwards and have them play back. I'm tired of people claiming it is boot ball when the other team can't adjust. I can't help it if other teams put the weaker players on defense. She is going to win those races. I say kick it deep and let her take over!!!
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hahahahahaahaOriginally posted by Guest View Post
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Can't tell if you are joking or not, but you are partially right. So sick of people calling direct play boot ball. They both exist and are different things. I am not for just kicking it over the top and having more athletic players chase it down. This style of date has a pretty quick expiration date. The better the league the sooner that date comes. Playing direct is different. Getting good 1v1 opportunities, making a run, and having a teammate play you in is good. All the top teams will play this way if an opportunity presents itself. So many crappy teams get told "they play the right way" because they connect a lot of passes and hold possession. I don't care about those stats. It's about breaking lines.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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...breaking lines and field tiltComment
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There’s nuance and a time and place for different “strategies.”Originally posted by Guest View Post
There’s room for that style when you’re in the final with a dumb rural or urban team that doesn’t know how to play the beautiful game. However, as a strategy, it will undermine player development and if your athlete aspires to play college soccer, no good coach or team will even look at your kid except to mock.
We care about aesthetics….
Go watch your top tier universities on youtube. I don’t mean to be rude but it sounds like sarcasm. If it isn’t..,,
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As mentioned above, the issue is when you're overly reliant on one strategy and fail to develop other skills. This is a problem for teams that only have one way to win, which may not work against all opponents. It's also a problem for young players who become one-dimensional. But it's not a problem with the tactic per se.Comment
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I don't disagree with you. I just hate people screaming bootball. Yes it does happen, but it's not always the case. Is it not beautiful for a premier league outside back to look up, see a winger on the other side making a run into space, and hitting them with a 60 yard dot? People around here would call that bootball and prefer 20 passes between the backs and mids that never are a threat to be stolen, but are also never a threat to the defense. I think intention is what makes it beautiful.Originally posted by Guest View Post
Also, while it's not a strategy, sometimes a defender needs to realize they don't have great options and cede possession to the opponent. I would prefer they kick it as far as they can, and hopefully we press and keep them pinned, vs playing one out (or more common, a no look kick to the middle of the field where the other teams 8 or 10 is waiting for it.) This situation is also common at a young age where many of the mids and others defenders are not giving the pressured player options. Again, they are young. Most important thing is intention and learning.Comment
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I wrote a dissertation and lost it.
We’re in general agreement.
Clearing the ball is better than dicking around in a high-pressure situation. However, as the players get older you want them to become more technical and versatile in how they move the ball around the back or out of the back.
Players become accustomed to moving the ball around the back or dropping the ball but one day they’re gonna be asleep and somebody’s going to put pressure on them or they will make a mistake on their own and put the net.
clearing the ball, switching the ball, or booting the ball all have their place.
However, often younger players can be concrete thinkers and not consider the novelty of their particular moment in the game. Hope that makes sense. They become creatures of habit. So the tension is to teach them when to clear the ball and went to switch the ball or went to boot ball. But it might be OK to boot the ball without pressure.
Finally, booting the ball can be an offensive strategy, but if it’s not a tournament game, it doesn’t matter because you want your players to use the experience as a lab to learn how to play good football or control and possess the ball under pressure.
I’m just a know it all like everybody else on here and these are just my thoughts or my two cents.
¯\_(ツ)_/
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Another to keep in mind is that over time some of the strongest players will transition to defensive. Even at younger ages offensive positions might be occupied by the weaker players who would give up goals.Originally posted by Guest View Post
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I appreciate the response. I think you are right, we are basically in agreement. So much on here is people thinking there is one right way to play. It's a fluid game. At the younger ages, the thing we lack the most is skills. We have coaches and parents who think we should play a specific These also tend to people who have never played any sport at any relatively high level.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Play the game right sh*theadsComment
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