Scoring goals has resurfaced as an important part of winning soccer matches in this World Cup and this has made these matches so much more exciting to watch.
The goals have been scored by achieving the following;
1) Getting touches in the Danger Zone (Top Gun term). The Danger Zone is an area the width of the penalty area that extends 22-25 yards out from the goal. The late Dick Bate had some great ideas about dividing the field into zones. All I am saying, is teams that try to purposefully get touches in the Danger Zone are scoring goals. Those teams getting multiple consecutive touches as a team or by individuals are creating looks at goal and are causing defenses to make plays or make mistakes. Teams with lots of possession but few touches especially consecutive touches inside the Danger Zone are the Big Teams that went home early. Programs can plan for creating situations where they work to get more touches and therefore chances by the way they train to get into the Danger Zone.
2)Set Plays are being scored in record numbers as there are teams that have worked on these a great deal in training. Those teams that have spent the time have reaped the benefits. Again those teams very good in possession get more free kicks usually but a number of the Big Teams that are out did not put in the necessary time on their free kicks and therefore they lacked in both execution and creativity. PKs are not a lottery and therefore neither is a PK shootout. Having success on Set Plays is an action that requires physical, mental, and emotional training.
3) Attacking quickly either on a counter attack or by pressing the opponent to make a costly error in their defensive half. The key to either of these methods is that you are attacking in situations when you don’t have to beat very many opposing players. When playing a team that makes a lot of passes in order to maintain possession these teams will push many players forward and in so doing when they make a mistake ,if countered quickly ,can be caught in numbers down or even numbers situations. (In this WC the team with the higher possession numbers has lost more matches than they have won) The means of getting into a good numbers situation is to win the ball before there is even an opportunity to build.
4) Teams that are shooting when they have opportunities are scoring goals!
The managers and coaches that create these situations in training are going to make their teams better and those teams that can do all of these have a chance to be the best. Teams can not rely only on a Plan A! You must have a Plan A, a Plan B and a Plan C and train to do all of them as needed even in the same match.
Knowing this, is what helps BDE help you in training, in matches and for years to come in building a program.
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