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TACTICAL SKILLS
ATTACKING TACTICAL SKILLS
Attacking tactical skills are those movements that are called upon when the team is in possession of the ball. Players must be particularly vigilant about the transition from defending to attack, and react fast to apply the attacking tactical principles for the benefit of the team.
There are five essential attacking skills that you will master to become an elite player. Older elite players rely on their tactical knowledge more than their physical capacity to excel in games. For this reason, I consider that excellent levels of technical skills, fitness, and tactical performance are what distinguishes players and makes some to be exceptional.
DEFENDING TACTICAL SKILLS
Defending tactical skills refer to the movements that are called upon when the team is not in possession of the ball. Players must be particularly vigilant about the transition from attacking to defending, and react fast to apply the defending tactical principles for the benefit of the team.
Essentially, there are five defending tactical skills that you will master to become an elite player. I have seen many players even at the world Cup level in youth and senior level not focusing, disregarding, or not reacting fast enough to apply the principles of play during critical moments in a game with disastrous consequences for their team.
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