MODULE 3.04 What objectives are pursued through rondo/ A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PREPARING FOR COMPETITION

Question 1

What objectives are pursued through rondo?

Answer 1

• When we use this kind of practice in training the objectives are always

focused on proposing things to the player. This means we try to practice

objectives so that the player improves his/her relationship with the ball.

• We don’t get into strategic or collective objectives and, above all,

we focus on the player when he/she has to intervene with the ball,

making sure his/her stance orientation, body position, are adequate

to be able to complete each of the passes he/she participates in.

Question 2

Why is the relationship between the athlete and the ball

using the ball as an element of communication and the

body position when intervening with the ball important?

Answer 2

We give a lot of importance to having the right body orientation

for the most efficient contact surface for the kick. At each moment,

we identify which leg is best to pass the ball from left to right. We

especially highlight individual aspects of the players with respect to

them and the ball so that, with one or two touches they are capable

of maintaining possession of the ball with there teammates in a rondo.

Question 3

Why are Rondos developed through 1 or 2 touches?

Answer 3

So that prior to intervening, players are able to identify what is happening around them.

If, on occasion, we do more than a third touch, its not because

there’s a need for more time, its just that we believe that

situations should be resolved with one to two contacts

because it forces the players, before intervening, to be able

to identify things, to see the next pass and then, in the event

that they have to pass a third time, it should be because

they’re alone because they have to wait for other things

to happen not because they have to solve that situation

with a nearby opponent.