serghei
Senior Member
This can carry on for hours and hours .
To sum up. I believe your views on zonal defense are old, and not used anymore except in rare occasions.
I try to use the ball and the opponent's moves as reference point which determines the positions each player has to adjust to. Your zonal is strictly space oriented. Guard the space the most, with little changes based on specific situations.
You believe players need to stick to their original positions most and wait for the action to basically get to them before they intervene. I believe players must adjust and stop the action before it becomes dangerous, and they do that by altering their positions to match the ball, the passing options, and the opponent's actions.
You believe you must stick to original, classical positions so when an action will become dangerous you are well equipped to stop it. I believe you have to sacrifice some of that stability to further enhance your chances to block an action before it catches roots and develops into a serious goal threat. To each his own I guess.
To sum up. I believe your views on zonal defense are old, and not used anymore except in rare occasions.
I try to use the ball and the opponent's moves as reference point which determines the positions each player has to adjust to. Your zonal is strictly space oriented. Guard the space the most, with little changes based on specific situations.
You believe players need to stick to their original positions most and wait for the action to basically get to them before they intervene. I believe players must adjust and stop the action before it becomes dangerous, and they do that by altering their positions to match the ball, the passing options, and the opponent's actions.
You believe you must stick to original, classical positions so when an action will become dangerous you are well equipped to stop it. I believe you have to sacrifice some of that stability to further enhance your chances to block an action before it catches roots and develops into a serious goal threat. To each his own I guess.