FUTSAL TACTICAL ELEMENTSFUTSAL TACTICAL ELEMENTS

FUTSAL TACTICS:FUTSAL TACTICS:• INDIVIDUAL: what I must do myselfINDIVIDUAL: what I must do myself

• GROUP: what I must do to help a GROUP: what I must do to help a teamateteamate

• TEAM: what position and action I must TEAM: what position and action I must take in relation to the rest of the take in relation to the rest of the playersplayers

Individual and group tactics must be Individual and group tactics must be trained separately and also during team trained separately and also during team tactical trainingtactical training

DEFFENSE TACTICAL ELEMENTSDEFFENSE TACTICAL ELEMENTS

Defensive tactical attitudesDefensive tactical attitudes

Individual attitudesIndividual attitudes

•Body positioningBody positioning

•No jumping to get ballNo jumping to get ball

•Close line of pass or shotClose line of pass or shot

•Take opponent to Take opponent to

sidelinesideline

•Follow your man looking Follow your man looking

at him not at the ballat him not at the ball

•Trouble man with ballTrouble man with ball

DefensiveDefensive tacticaltactical attitudesattitudes

Group attitudesGroup attitudes

•Support Support teammate teammate (cover, close (cover, close middle, front of middle, front of target, etc.)target, etc.)•Call to switchCall to switch

Group attitudesGroup attitudes

•Support teammate Support teammate (cover, close middle, (cover, close middle, front of target, etc.)front of target, etc.)

• Orientate teammatesOrientate teammates

•Call to switchCall to switch

•Delay counter attackDelay counter attack

DEFFENSIVE TACTICS

TEAM MARKING

•Zone: not recommended for high level as the main marking system. Example:Malaysia x China in Asia Cup 2004Usually employed in special stuations of numeric inferiority(3x4 or 4x5)

•Individual: follow man all court: demands good Physical condition

•Mixed: Individual with switch: follow man except when switch is called

DEFFENSIVE TACTICS

INDIVIDUAL/MIXED MARKING PRINCIPLES

•Use marking attitudes seen before (marking attitudes)•Stay behind line of ball•Follow man (“forget ball”)•Close middle (except in full press-middle open)•Fast repositioning when ball is lost (“find your man”)•Always 4 defending, even if they attack with less players•Whenever possible, close on target•One and only team attitude (respect for system: press, quarter of court, half court)

DEFFENSIVE TACTICS

MARKING SPACE AND INTENSITY

•FULL COURT/FULL PRESS: MIDDLE OPEN

•QUARTER OF COURT (OPPONENT’SHALF COURT)

•HALF COURT

•QUARTER OF COURT (OWN COURT)

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FULL FULL COURT COURT

MIDDLE MIDDLE OPENOPEN

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FULL FULL COURT COURT

BEGIN BEGIN WITH WITH MIDDLE MIDDLE CLOSEDCLOSED

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CLOSE ON CLOSE ON TARGETTARGET

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FULL FULL PRESSPRESS

DEFFENSIVE TACTICS

SWITCH: USED IN ORDR NOT TO RELEASE PRESSAND TO SAVE ENERGY

USUALLY WHEN BALL IS STILLOR MOVING SIDEWAYS

MAN FROM BEHIND MUST CALL FOR SWITCH(OR MAN UP FRONT WHEN HE CAN SEEBOTH ATTACKERS AND CALL IN ADVANCE)

MAN UP FRONT SHOULD NOT GUESS A SWITCH

MARKINGMARKING

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FULL FULL PRESSPRESS

START START WITH WITH MIDDLE MIDDLE CLOSEDCLOSED

SWITCHSWITCH

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SWITCHSWITCH

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SWITCHSWITCH

DEFFENSIVE TACTICS

•COUNTER ATTACK MARKING(CLOSE PASSING LINEDONT JUMP/FOLLOW MAN AFTER PASSKEEPER TAKES ONE-EQUALIZE NUMBER)

•4X3 MARKING(TRIANGLE)

•5X4 MARKING(DIAMOND)