Back To Basic : Pass

Pass in simplicity, is a ball move from a player toward another.

The quality desire for a pass is fast enough to escape any potential obstruction and soft enough to be received by team member.

A fast pass is most important when passing to the center of the court, since there will be more opponent at the center.

A pass that is too fast won't be able to be stop by the receiving team member, thus defeating the purpose of a pass. There is no point passing if your team member can't get the ball. So the pass must be soft so the pass could be receive easily.

These two aforementioned points is contradictory to each other in the most paradoxical way. I would like to clarify this conundrum,  by demonstrating that these points is legitimate, reasonable and logical. The key is balance. The ball need to move just fast enough to escape any potential obstruction and just soft enough to be easily receive by a team member.

There is much could be said upon this subject,but I would end this monograph for now.However, I do hope you still find this simple monograph practical.  In short, passing is an art in itself.

Two Defenders ; The Path Unseen, Unraveled

The best way to dribble when facing two defenders in parallel line horizontally relative to the goal post is between the said defenders.

This void of undefended area in seemingly impenetrable territory is caused by the misconception and misguided assumption of the defender that the other defender will stop any attempt to move between the gap. Instead of stopping you, their inaction is due to each other false assumption.

Furthermore, because the gap is seemingly impenetrable, they are overconfidence that any dribble attempt could be stop easily. This overconfidence-induce inefficiency cause the gap even more easier to get through by dribbler. 

I hope you find this article useful. Be brave and go dribble!

Futsal Mentality

When you dribble , the correct mentality is to keep the ball under control.

I often see people dribble but they lost the ball easily. Why is this happening? This is because they don't have the correct mentality.  Usually the ball move first, and then said dribbler(s) move. This is mostly wrong because ball control is lost for a few seconds before control over the ball is gain again.

The correct way to dribble is to move with the ball at the same time, same velocity and acceleration.

I said in my precious statement moving the ball first is mostly wrong because certain skill have certain percentage of success and from my point of view, moving the ball first have have higher failure rate. Having said that, there is a famous player who prove the statistic wrong. Kaka have the habit of moving the ball first, yet he has a good successful rate. Another player worth mentioning is Bale (but his successful rate is lower than Kaka but higher than average)

You also keep the ball under control by never being too near to opponent when not dribbling. Keep a 1.5m distant (three steps) away from opponents when not dribbling to keep the ball under your control. When there is no opponent around you, how would the ball be steal?

It is also a good idea to shield the ball with your body in desperate attempt to maintain ball control.

In conclusion,  have the correct mentality people! Keep the ball under control. I hope you have fun reading this article as I did writing this.

Aggressive Tackle ; Why It's Football Worst Enemy and Factors That Make Tackle Dodgeable

No small talk and pointless chitchat and we dive straight, nose first into the topic.

Factor that make tackle easily dodge-able

1.Opponent is stationary

You are moving , meaning you have head start in initial velocity provided your opponent in static position,thus he need to accelerate from zero velocity

time : 0 (before tackle)

your velocity : 1

opponent's velocity : 0

tackle time : 1 sec

(if you and the opponent have same acceleration)

your velocity : 2

opponent velocity : 1

2.Feint/ Fake movement

When feint is used, opponent will be stun for about have 0.5 seconds, thus his reaction time will be 0.5 seconds late to your dribbling

3.Fear Effect

Once you have successfully dribble multiple opponents multiple of times, you will set fear ,i.e decrease their confidence of stopping you. The will have negativity in their thinking and they will doubt themselves whether they can stop you or not. Even if the opponent has never face you while you dribbling, the fear from observing your unstoppable-ness pawning other players start to sink in their brain cortex , thus reducing the efficiency to defend about 50-80%.

4. Aggressive tackle

F=MA

Force is equal Mass time Acceleration

When using only the foot to steal the ball, you will only be using the mass of your foot.

When aggressive tackle is executed, the opponent use the whole body mass,thus to gaining greater force than using only the foot alone.

So aggressive tackle is more powerful than a normal one foot tackle (assuming the acceleration remain about the same).

Why is aggressive tackle so bad then? Isn't more force is better than less force?

Aggressive tackle is bad  because it's easily dodge-able. You can see it coming before it hit you because the whole body is move to produce greater force. (A foot is smaller in size compared to the size of the whole body)

As you use more mass in aggressive tackle, you will have greater inertia, thus you find it harder to stop your momentum and change direction, delaying your reaction time to dribbler next run.

Football/futsal is a collective fun game, if you use aggressive tackle

1. you will effectively destroy another player game,making it un-fun for him (unless that's your intention)

2. you might seriously injure that other person

Thanks for your time reading this academic literature on futsal. I am grateful with your kind attention.