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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup. The gambeta (trick, sauce, panna, whatever you wanna call it) allows you to get past a man with just 1 player, and if you can’t do that, THEN you can use combination play to beat the same player, which takes at least 2 players. Here in the US, there’s a tendency to prefer players that can combine, and the gambeta gets scoffed at as “doing too much”. Ideally you want a player that can do both. [/quote]

+1.  That's my biggest issue.  I'm not against players passing, but:
1.  Eventually to score, somebody has to beat somebody.  Instead, they just want/hope to have a fast enough player who outruns instead of outplays.
2.  How are we developing when we aren't giving our youth the space to try?  Not to be a ball hog, but let them try at least a couple of times in a half - hell a game!

I see coaches belittle and degrade players any time they try to do anything just a little special.  Like I saw a girl in practice, not even in a game, juggle a ball over a girl's head and then the next girl, but then even though she was successful, she failed to complete the pass after that.  She tried, but wrong weight.  Coach laid into her.  It's a practice for God's sake, and quite frankly, I was impressed.  Why not let her try?  Instead, he gave this speech about unless she was a gifted dribbler, not to try that again.  How ever will she become a gifted dribbler if coaches step on her every time?

I don't care about that instance.  I'm just illustrating a point.  It's not even when it's a critical game where we are tied.  Coaches don't give them space in games where we are up by a couple of goals, in a practice, or in a scrimmage.  They just step on them all the time.  And it's not just one coach or club.  It's a systemic problem.[/quote]

Thank you. I encourage my players to take risks. If they make a mistake, it happens, it’s okay as long as they show some effort in winning the ball back immediately, since they’re the closest player to it.[/quote]

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