International Tie-breaker - Defensive Strategies
I want to start a discussion that may help some younger coaches about the "international tie-breaker". At the World Cup in Oklahoma City this past summer, the Aussie coach made what I considered a fatal error in coaching against Team Canada during their international tie-breaker. The same thing happened almost to a "T" at the European Championships in Ronchi de Legionari, Italy, when the Russian coach made the same error coaching against the eventual winners, The Netherlands in a 1-1 game. To that point, I felt the Cuban guy coaching Russia actually out-coached the perennial top dogs, The Netherlands.
I have a few questions for you consideration, and considering DEFENSE only!
1) How do you coach it as the Home and Visiting coach, or how should it be coached?
2) What are your strategies and why? Make the newer coaches understand with detailing your position on this.
3) One team has a distinct disadvantage, and which is it, and WHY?
4) Can you guess the mistake the coaches made, mentioned above? It wasn't a matter of strategy. They already committed to a strategy, but it got lost in the heat of battle!
Remember, this is about Defense only for now.
ALL QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ON PAGE 3, posts #26 and #28, with follow-ups on pages 3 to 4.
SnocatzDad and Greenmonsters figured them out with some brainy responses.
I want to start a discussion that may help some younger coaches about the "international tie-breaker". At the World Cup in Oklahoma City this past summer, the Aussie coach made what I considered a fatal error in coaching against Team Canada during their international tie-breaker. The same thing happened almost to a "T" at the European Championships in Ronchi de Legionari, Italy, when the Russian coach made the same error coaching against the eventual winners, The Netherlands in a 1-1 game. To that point, I felt the Cuban guy coaching Russia actually out-coached the perennial top dogs, The Netherlands.
I have a few questions for you consideration, and considering DEFENSE only!
1) How do you coach it as the Home and Visiting coach, or how should it be coached?
2) What are your strategies and why? Make the newer coaches understand with detailing your position on this.
3) One team has a distinct disadvantage, and which is it, and WHY?
4) Can you guess the mistake the coaches made, mentioned above? It wasn't a matter of strategy. They already committed to a strategy, but it got lost in the heat of battle!
Remember, this is about Defense only for now.
ALL QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ON PAGE 3, posts #26 and #28, with follow-ups on pages 3 to 4.
SnocatzDad and Greenmonsters figured them out with some brainy responses.
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