#1894676 - 02/19/08 10:17 PM
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#1894745 - 02/20/08 05:20 AM
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#1895753 - 02/21/08 03:27 PM
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Kramer Ferrington III.
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Hey, I was wondering...
In American football, you have a playbook, right? And everything is all worked out in advance and so on.
How do people play other sports? Do they just go on the field and hope for the best or do they have structured plays as well?
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#1895777 - 02/21/08 04:05 PM
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Basketball calls plays. I don't really follow other "stick and ball" sports besides basketball and football.
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#1896031 - 02/22/08 04:04 AM
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Kramer Ferrington III.
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Yeah, I've never heard of a playbook in soccer, but it's unconceivable that teams would go out on the field without some sort of plan.
Or is it? Both basketball and American Football tend to stop the action quite often, so a team can start off on the right foot (so to speak), whereas with soccer, you never really know when (or where) the game is going to stop.
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#1896063 - 02/22/08 05:28 AM
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Actually, in basketball, the coach often signals a play to the point guard while the point guard is bringing up the ball. The point guard signals the rest of the team. Basketball only stops the action a lot towards the end. Other than that, the breaks are relatively few (except compared to soccer).
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#1896509 - 02/22/08 04:22 PM
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Soccer is unique because there are no time outs to stop play. For the most part plays are all made based on where players are on the field at the time and what the other team is doing- it's basically a spur of the moment thing. The players decided how the ball should be moved and move it accordingly to who is open, where there are defenders, etc.
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#1896608 - 02/22/08 06:48 PM
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Yeah, I sort of suspected that because I've never heard of a soccer playbook.
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#1898654 - 02/26/08 06:40 AM
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In Baseball there is ALLOT of go or no go stratagy used at the 1st and 2nd base coach positions, hand signals that are specific clubs are used so they cannot be easily read by opposing teams. These coaches also cover the outfield coaching duties. Then of coarse there is a whole set of hand signals between the catcher and pitcher.
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#1908065 - 03/12/08 10:18 AM
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I've coached youth soccer, and there are certain plays we teach them. Of course, once the other team gets the ball, it's pretty much catch-as-catch-can. DEFINITELY that way when coaching kindergarteners!
Soccer is not that big of a seller on the professional level here in Baltimore. And yet, the Baltimore Blast games are cheap enough you CAN bring the whole family; and the Blast is the only team in town that can ACTUALLY WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP!
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#1918144 - 03/29/08 05:04 AM
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I coach soccer and there are things you work out in advance for tactics, positioning, free kick and corner routines etc. But it's a lot more about the individuals and the team reacting to a bunch of unforeseen events. The players, either as individuals or coached, will spot something and exploit it - or respond naturally in a certain way as a result of training.
There's a lot to coach about what to do but, on the field, it's down to the individuals to react.
I used to give a lot of instructions during matches but I saw this coach whose team were always successful and I noticed that he just let them play and rarely gave instructions so I copied that approach and it works well.
I want the team to talk to each other constantly but shouted instructions from the touchline can be pretty confusing.
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#1919164 - 03/31/08 04:39 AM
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Soccer is a very good sport. I love watching it on tv but I don't play it.
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