Soccer Tactics

In soccer, the term “Tactics” refers to the coordinated movement of two or more players within the same unit, two units, or the entire team, with a shared and predetermined purpose.

When talking about soccer tactics, it’s important to keep in mind that the shared goal of all players is to score one more goal than the opponents and win the game. The tactics in soccer are manifested in two moments, each of which has a specific purpose: when the team has possession of the ball and when the team doesn’t have possession of the ball.

Soccer Tactics

Defensive unity and counter-attack - Ranieri's Leicester - Exercise 3

Playing forward - Conditioned game to recreate some tipical situations of Ranieri's system of play and working on his tactical ideas
Soccer Tactics

Defensive unity and counter-attack - Ranieri's Leicester - Exercise 2

Playing forward - Conditioned game to recreate some tipical situations of Ranieri's system of play and working on his tactical ideas
Soccer Tactics

Defensive unity and counter-attack - Ranieri's Leicester - Exercise 1

Playing forward - Conditioned game to recreate some tipical situations of Ranieri's system of play and working on his tactical ideas
Soccer Tactics

Conditioned game: possession and immediate recovery of the ball - Barcelona FC

Possession - Conditioned game to improve ball possession and transitions, immediate recovery of the ball in the zone where it has been lost
Soccer Tactics

Attacking phase of 4-3-3 system with flank play and overlap - Zdenek Zeman

Depth - Simplified situation with pass to the central defender and attack to depth with an overlap
Soccer Tactics

Attacking combination for the 4-3-3 system: wingback overlapping - Zdeněk Zeman

Attacking Principles - Attacking proposal for the 4-3-3 system with a flank play by the winger and subsequent overlap by the wingback
Soccer Tactics

Attacking phase of 4-3-3 with discharge and assistance - Zdeněk Zeman

Depth - Simplified situation with discharge of the center forward, support to the wing player and successive pass
Soccer Tactics

Game construction for 4-3-3 system: Holding Midfielder free to play and Side Midfielder centralizing

Playing out from the back - Game construction proposal for 4-3-3 system with Holding Midfielder free to play and Internal Midfielder's insertion
Soccer Tactics

Peripheral vision: ball possession in tight spaces to then play vertically

Awareness - Ball possession to train individual technique and cognitive aspects such as peripheral vision, motor anticipation and reaction
Soccer Tactics

Game construction with low rhombus scheme and transitions

Transition - Small sided game to develop the ability of constructing the game starting from central defenders, and stimulating transitions