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Soccer Similarities To Other Sports
If you think about it, soccer has similarities to many other sports. It
is most similar to basketball, which uses both “zone” and “man-to-man” defenses, set plays, “give & go”, movement-off-the-ball to create space, & emphasizes passing. There also similarities to hockey & football and concepts such as “follow through”, “staying on your toes” & a “quick first step” are used in most field sports.
Soccer Mark
(Mark Up or Mark A Man). Means to guard a man one-on-one (”man-to-man”). A pure man-to-man defense is being abandoned today in favor of one that uses a “spatial” or “zone” defense to defend the area between the soccer ball & the goal and uses man-to-man near the goal & in cases such as corner kicks. A pure man-to-man defense doesn’t work well in youth recreational soccer because many soccer players don’t have the speed or endurance it requires. (See “Mark The Ball” & “Zone Defense“).