A number of the TFC boys are fronting up for Futsal over the "summer" - we call it that because we have already used the terms winter, autumn and spring. I was an interested observer last night - seeing the third grading game of the pre-season.
I was struck by the TFC skill down the back - good in close duels - of which the TFC boys won their share. Their opponents - not being as schooled as the TFC machine finished off their forward thrusts with obvious moves - a number ending in goals. TFC however was practising the down back strategy and passing. Goal scoring comes later in the pre-season.
I was taken by the similarity to the old footy coaching ploy - bring the ball out at training just before the season starts - concentrate on fitness, strategy and team building until then. The TFC boys kept up their training routine - their opponents oblivious, thinking they were scoring a great victory.
Supercoach treated the game of futsal with the respect it deserves - it is to outdoor football (the beautiful game) as the PS3 Tiger Woods Championship Golf is to a round of 18 holes at St Andrews.
Mind you , I am all the wiser now - it was until passing the Wagon and Horses that I thought we had lost.
Supercoach - we salute you.
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I agree - all the great teams of both the modern and historical eras are and have been proficient at the art of knocking the ball about at the back. As the pre season rolls on you'll find that supercoach will gradually also incorporate looking for a player in position to receive a through ball - as the regular season comes round the two phase drill will be enhanced by the player receiving the through ball also executing a scoring shot. Its one day at a time in pre-season - learning to walk before you can run, etc
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