(warning: nerd stuff)
Law 16 - The goal kick
The ball is in play once the kick is taken; it can be played before leaving the penalty area
Opponents must remain outside the penalty area until the ball is kicked
As you might have noticed, Brighton are not the only team to do "dangerous passing around their own penalty box" and the main reason is not a change of attitude, but this rule that has proved to completely change football in the same extent that the "no back pass" rule did.
More or less every team is now starting build up this way, because it is the superior way. Instead of kicking it long where you usually lose the ball more than 50% of the time, you avoid the randomness with a safe first pass.
Every team got this kind of data:
https://streamable.com/ay4qq
(latter part of the video most relevant)
... meaning that they know that the short alternative has a better statistical outcome.
Yet I think the struggle of some of the big teams could be attributed to this gigantic change, because it requires not only improved skill from the defenders, but also improved positional ability from the midfielders.
The long goal kick is dead, yet people are talking more about every other rule change that in most senses had far less impact.
As this is all very new, I wonder how this will develop in the next few seasons. Maybe all of the teams will have 11 players on their own half when you get a goal kick? Maybe the teams will use 4 or 5 players instead of 2 or 3 to put the early pressure on the team with the goal kick?
How do you feel we have managed this so far compared to other teams?
Divide into small groups and discuss.
Law 16 - The goal kick
The ball is in play once the kick is taken; it can be played before leaving the penalty area
Opponents must remain outside the penalty area until the ball is kicked
As you might have noticed, Brighton are not the only team to do "dangerous passing around their own penalty box" and the main reason is not a change of attitude, but this rule that has proved to completely change football in the same extent that the "no back pass" rule did.
More or less every team is now starting build up this way, because it is the superior way. Instead of kicking it long where you usually lose the ball more than 50% of the time, you avoid the randomness with a safe first pass.
Every team got this kind of data:
https://streamable.com/ay4qq
(latter part of the video most relevant)
... meaning that they know that the short alternative has a better statistical outcome.
Yet I think the struggle of some of the big teams could be attributed to this gigantic change, because it requires not only improved skill from the defenders, but also improved positional ability from the midfielders.
The long goal kick is dead, yet people are talking more about every other rule change that in most senses had far less impact.
As this is all very new, I wonder how this will develop in the next few seasons. Maybe all of the teams will have 11 players on their own half when you get a goal kick? Maybe the teams will use 4 or 5 players instead of 2 or 3 to put the early pressure on the team with the goal kick?
How do you feel we have managed this so far compared to other teams?
Divide into small groups and discuss.
