ARTÍCULOS DE TÁCTICA III

Not all games are won in the field

Team sports 1 Tactics, 2n Cafe

Bernat Llobet Martí 04/11/10

Group: Dani Murcia, Xavi Pla Marín, Ángelo Cordero and Xavi Ruiz García

Refers to all plans, principles of play, and action guidelines decided upon before a match to organize the activity of the team and the players during the game. (Bouthier, 1988).

If a football team plans a strategic work and knows the appropriate formulation for each moment, the results can be very positive, in other words, the results are in favour of the team.

Don’t take into account the strategic work and depend basically on the players technique (so players only plays tactically in spite of do a strategic work) can minimizes the possibilities of getting good result.

We can contextualize that concept in a football indoor match of Preferential Catalan, where we could observe the strategic work realized for Sant Feliu the Guíxols and the lack of it of Palafrugell.

The course of the match was very “dirty”, without any goals and with a very hard game. Ten minutes before the referee indicated the end of the match, Palafrugell score a goal. Despite of the importance of that goal when there were only a few minutes until the end, the trainer of Palafrugell’s team continued with the same offensive and defensive approach.

Nevertheless, Sant Feliu changed totally its kind of work: the team started to give more play to the goalkeeper; so they were five players attacking medley to pass the ball quickly to increase the opportunities to score, so if Palafrufell had recovered some balls, they could have shoot and score.

Five minutes late, a bad decision-making of a Palafrugell’s player provoked, recuperation the ball and make a good combination between the Sant Feliu team and broke the defensive line of the other team, so the player’s good technical decision permitted a draw.

Few minutes before the ending, without clear results, the approach of Palafurgell continued being the same as at the beginning of the match. Nevertheless, Sant Feliu realized another strategic approach, returning to play with a closed defence, without giving any option to score to the opposite team.

When there only remained two minutes to the end, Sant Feliu obtained the ball and did a fast counterattack that causes the definitive 2-1 in favour of Sant Feliu. That match shows the strength of this team, demonstrating a good strategic work from the coach and a good tactical work in the match by the players.

In conclusion, the bad strategic work at the last ten minutes and the lack of ability to apply the correct approach in each moment was what cause the defeat of Palafrugell.

Furthermore, it is important to know that Palafrugell didn’t know how to front the strategic threats of Sant Feliu.

The approach of Palafrugell didn’t apply a good declarative knowledge of what to do en each moment neither a procedural knowledge of how to do the different things in every situation in the match.

In counterpart a good approach in every moment of the match and a good knowledge of the opposite team’s strengths and weaknesses, is what make possible the victory.

Bibliography:

· Article of Joan Riera “Estratègia, tàctica I tècnica esportives”

· Bouthier, 1988

· Class notes.