At my recent assessment, it was highlighted to me that in parts of the game I was standing too central rather than running the diagonal. I started adapting this to my game the following match but it almost felt like I was doing it too often and it felt more forced movement than natural which made me find myself getting a bit lost in the two below scenarios.
- When the ball is played down the left touchline, would you still aim to be out wide to make sure the ball is between you and your assistant, even to the point you're off the pitch? Or would you stay inside (with back to assistant) then sprint out wide when the ball comes inside?
- When the ball is played down the right touchline, naturally I'd have to come central to get a decent view of any incidents, but if a cross is put into the box and subsequently cleared in and around the edge of the box, are you aiming to sprint all the way around to the left hand side? This is where I almost found myself in 'no mans land' in terms of the positioning I'd been advised to take from the assessor, but as I'm trying to get round the left again, the strikers would turn around and play a ball backwards meaning I'm right in their way.
Any advice on this would be appreciated
- When the ball is played down the left touchline, would you still aim to be out wide to make sure the ball is between you and your assistant, even to the point you're off the pitch? Or would you stay inside (with back to assistant) then sprint out wide when the ball comes inside?
- When the ball is played down the right touchline, naturally I'd have to come central to get a decent view of any incidents, but if a cross is put into the box and subsequently cleared in and around the edge of the box, are you aiming to sprint all the way around to the left hand side? This is where I almost found myself in 'no mans land' in terms of the positioning I'd been advised to take from the assessor, but as I'm trying to get round the left again, the strikers would turn around and play a ball backwards meaning I'm right in their way.
Any advice on this would be appreciated