Repko-Shirts
J. L. H. SMITS
Warmoesstraat 42, Amsterdam
would be well placed to receive the ball from
the full backs head or foot. Now this is a
very great mistake and must be put right at
once. The centre half must be up with the
full backs and help them to deal with all
centres. He must always endeavour to be level
with every opposing winger who is about to
make a centre. Our full backs must under
stand one anothers play. One should stand
two or three metres in front of the other, so
that there will be no doubt as to who shall
tackle the oncoming centre forward, the near
est full back will of course do the tackling,
whilst the other will cover him in case of
emergency. Often the full backs are so hard
pressed when clearing that they must do so
verry hurriedly; just as often, however, they
have plenty of time and these are the oc
casions on which they should carefully place
the ball to an unworked forward. They should
avoid the pass to the half back as much as
possible and dribbling in the penalty area.
Also there is no occasion for the full backs to
see how high they can kick the ball, distance
and placing is much more important and
beneficient, a strong kick, four or five metres
high, is the ideal kick from a full back. When
the opposing outside left receives the ball, our
right full back should at once advance to meet
him, the other full back moving towards the
centre, the centre half also being close at
hand to keep an eye on the forward. The
right half should at once come inside to look
after the inside left and at the same time be
prepared to go after the outside left if the
latter has beaten the right full back instead
of passing to his inside left. The beaten full
back must immediately turn around and en
deavour to recover the lost ground. The left
half on our side should be ready to cover the
opposing outside right in case the centre from
the left wing should be a strong one. Of
course the reverse defensive method must ap
ply when the opposing outside right receives
the ball. One more important point: whenever
one of our players makes a tackle and is
beaten, he should not sit or lie on the ground
and watch his opponent go away with the
ball, every man who goes down (providing
he is not injured) must regain his feet im
mediately. Now to the keeper. He should
never be afraid of coming out for the ball
if he thinks he can get it, but he should let
the full backs know he is coming out, it does
not matter how loudly he shouts. The full
backs on hearing the shout should at once
stand aside and keep the oncoming forward
away from the keeper. When the keeper has
the ball, he should always try to give the ball
to one of his own players, a wild kick often
goes to the opponents, resulting in the ball be
ing returned and the goal is once again
threatened. When surrouded by opponents,
he should not hesitate to throw the ball to one
of his own players, preferably to the wing.
When a corner is taken against us and the
ball placed three or four metres away, the
keeper should always go out to punch it, it is
useless to stay in the goal and expect to save
a ball, headed in from so short a distance.
Calmness under all circumstances in mid field,
goes a very long way, but when our goal is in
danger let there be no short passes by our
players in our own penalty area, safety first
should then be our motto.
T. G. BROMILOW.
Any points that are not clear to any of the
players they should ask me to illustrate fur
ther.
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