MODULE 4.06 The Stages Of Playing / THE STAGES OF THE GAME Flashcards
What differences in collective play emerge in the actions in zones
warning and B, in relation to zones C and D.
Where does a state of alarm occur?
You want to avoid a state of alarm, where you would lose possession of the ball.
A situation of alarm occurs in the recovery zone, and so on successively.
The time that we stay in that space can lead to states of high psychological
mental and emotional wear and tear, because an alarm signifies a certain state
of being that allows us to overperform in a way we’re not used to.
What differences in collective play emerge in the actions in zones C and D.
- When we’ve left the alarm zone and we’ve been efficient and effective at that time
and the opponent in that zone almost always leaves the high-pressure zone,
known as the zone where goals can possibly be scored. So, our team moves
on to a safe zone, which coincides with the opposing team in a zone where,
if we had the ball, would provide us with the opportunity to control the game.
However, opposing teams usually play by being organized in lines and they
retreat to their field to defend it. So, that zone between our area and the end
of our field is usually a safe zone in the game.
- We make it through the safe zone and enter the control zone. With that
control, we need to frustrate the opponents so that they allow us to move
frequently in to the definition zone. If we reach the definition zone and we’ve
scored a goal, we can restart in the zone prior to definition and regain
control of the game.
What are the key elements of FCB’s playing style
when we don’t have the ball?
We should always think of the ball as ours. If the opponents have the ball at
one point in time we don’t say that
“we lost the ball,” but rather “we want to recover it.”
Again the words are essential because they determine the notion of the game.
We have the ball, whether or not we possess it or we want to recover it.
We don’t accept that we’ve lost the ball.
How can we explain the will and strong desire to retrieve the ball?
In the recovery stage, we have this idea stuck in our heads, like a kid when
he receives a ball for the first time, and his older siblings want to play with it.
They take the ball and pass it from one to another and when they take the
ball from the kid, he goes after them like crazy and screams, the ball is mine,”
and goes after it in the same spot where it was taken way. So, that tendency
towards possession of the ball causes the whole team to try and recover in that
particular spot where we’ve lost it.
That strong desire triggers the will and organization to try to retrieve it in that
minimum amount of space and time when we don’t have possession of the ball.
This means we have the drive to go after it and we have organized ourselves
to recover it immediately.
What is the goal of possession?
The whole team is involved in recovering the ball
the ball belongs to everyone.
The ball is recovered in the specific space-time it was lost.
What is a transitory situation?
It is always a transitory situation for us.
The act of recovering the ball is transitory,
in order to continue playing and to be as close
as we can to the opponent’s goal
What is the ultimate goal in ball recovery?
- Ball recovery is a temporary situation, in which the player should spend
as little time as possible. The ultimate goal is to always have
a playing advantage.
- We should always play as close as possible to the opponent’s goal,
switching between the control and definition zones, with immediate
recovery of the ball in the event of losing it.
