Download or read book Football tactics, 3, Formations written by Tetsuya T. Yamamoto and published by Tetsuya T. Yamamoto. This book was released on with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is discussions on selecting a formation at midfield. Properties of 36 formations are overviewed. These 36 formations are derived from 3 and 4 DF players and 3 and 4 layers. Independent parameters constituting the formations are relative positions of the players and distances between the players. The relative positions decide functions of a formation. Also decided are basic concepts of the football tactics that can be applied in a formation for fast break. To quantitatively discuss length of a formation, a personal defense area is modeled. From estimation of the personal defense area, distances between the layers are suggested for the defense. Procedures for selecting a formation are also discussed. Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The purpose of this book 1.2 The motivation on this book Chapter 2 Elements of the formations 2.1 Properties of the formations 2.2 Evaluations of the formations 2.3 Shape elements of the formations 2.4 Distances between the layers Chapter 3 How to select a formation 3.1 Priority on selecting a formation and movements of the players 3.2 Selection of a formation 3.3 Design of movements of the players in slow break 3.4 The compatibility of 3-layer and 4-layer formations 3.5 Implementation of the individual movement Chapter 4 Discussions 4.1 Why particular formations are applied? 4.2 Asymmetric formations 4.3 Numerical advantage or one-to-one? 4.4 Fine adjustment or Plan B 4.5 Middle- and long-shots against the defense 4.6 Mismatch Chapter 5 Summary