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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Players should have an offensive mindset when on offense and a defensive mindset when on defense. I.e. everyone plays offense and everyone plays defense. This mindset does not preclude understanding how to play positions in certain formations however.  Anyhow, if the team knows how to play soccer relative to the ball, their teammates and their opponents then they can easily learn how to play any formation IMHO. Teach them that first, then worry about formations, as in my opinion the only time formations really matter is if you have serious weaknesses on the team that you’re trying to compensate for.

There are some dumb combinations however, such as playing a very direct style of ball but playing with only one person up top. Very hard to score, even if the 9 is excellent as they’d have to beat 2,3, or 4 defenders all alone. [/quote]

Good point. Midfielders and Forwards needs to know/understand how to play defense in addition to offense. But Center Backs need to be proficient at defense as they don’t participate much on offense other than an outlet pass to midfielders or a long pass to a Forward.

I agree with you about #9 position but they typically are not playing offense alone. They should have a supporting cast of L/R Forwards/Wingers and Attacking Midfielder(s). [/quote]

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