Re: [nas] USA-Korea -tactics.......

[Afusionado@aol.com]

In a message dated Wed, 12 Jun 2002  3:49:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, parker1206@hotmail.com writes:

> Soccer is the same, but add another layer of players around the five at 
> the perimeter, and some interesting dimensions.  Study the tactics of 
> basketball and a coach might be able to bring some 
> innovations to the 
> tactics of soccer.

Have you ever watched a futsal match? 5 v 5 on a basketball court... basketball lines are touch lines and basically a 3 point line is used as the penalty area. Goal is about 6 feet high by about 9 feet wide.

The strategy used is also very similar to basketball, stuff like screens, picks, alley-oops, zone defenses vs. man-to-man, are all common. My guess is Brazilians play more futsal, beach soccer (also usually 5 v 5) and "society" football (played on small fields and usually are 5 v5 to 8 v 8 games) than they play full size games. I have Brazilian friends who are fantastic players that are my age (thirtysomething, ahem) who have never played an "official" game with a full field and uniforms, ref, etc. in their lives! 

Ronaldo was a futsal player long before he ever set foot on a grass field. I say all of this to say "ditto" to the above post!

Andy

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