- (very important! - learnt before) PASS & GO. After you have passed to your teammate, MOVE to another place and anticipate a pass(of course go to somewhere your teammate can pass to you). It is no use to pass and stay there to watch tv. You are not creating opportunities for yourself.
- SPREAD OUT(it's only a few posts down!!). Don't be afraid that your teammate is unable to catch a ball from you, and therefore stay crammed together. By staying crammed together, the opponent does not need to travel a lot just to mark you all, and they have a very high chance of interception. The SP Z players were crammed just like us because they wanted to intercept our passes. However, once there was a change in possession, they immediately spread out to the side of the pool. There are a few reasons as to why we should spread out. #1: The opponent needs to travel more just to reach you and mark you. By then, you could have passed the ball. #2: The opponent might not be able to reach you fast enough. You have time to think of who to pass to before they are lured over.
- Move around constantly. Don't be static in the waters. We need to constantly move around and create opportunities for attacking. If we do not move, the opponent does not even have to move to mark us. They can just park there and get the ball easily. By constantly moving, we will always be one step(or one stroke) ahead of the marking opponent(because we know where we want to go). We have to perpetually look for open spaces so that teammate can pass to you. We must remember to move and support teammates quickly or ball possession will very likely be lost.
We have to remember the above 3 points at the back of our palm. They are the very basics of gameplay & we must know to apply them like some form of reflex action/mindset. They will apply even after we have gone on to more advanced forms of playing.
Some Rule Stuff
Remember that when we are sending out substitutes, the whole player's boat must be behind the out line before a substitute can go to the playing area. If this rule is not observed, a yellow card will be given immediately(player sent off playing area for 2 minutes). If 3 yellow cards have been given, the team will be disqualified. This is crucial!
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What I've observed today:
There were a lot of instances when the zoners could not get back in time(there was practically no zone) and it felt as though the whole team was depending on the keeper to save the situation. as hengfoo said, it is not the keeper's fault that when the opponent tries a near shot and the keeper is unable to block. the keeper's job is to block long shots, and the zoners are supposed to be the ones preventing the opponent from getting into near shooting position.
well, i guess we could be more alert in ways like, when possession has been changed, while the chaser can go pressure for ball, everyone else must be on their way back to the zone(it's like a reflex action). i think that today, a lot of the players were trying to fight for the ball and were too slow to get back to zone.
the problem might be that:
#1: we don't dare to spread out: opponent very easily gets the ball.#2: when the opponent gets the ball, some people like to stay there and try to fight for the ball using paddle/hand/handtackling etcetc
#3: other players turn out to be watching tv there instead of returning to defend
we should all have a sense of urgency yeah(what hengfoo told us during the friendlies too).
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we must listen very carefully and apply whatever hengfoo teaches us after training/friendly matches. i notice that a lot of these mistakes have been mentioned before more than once but it has not been applied/might have been forgotten. you may like to "revise" these learning points again by reading our blog archives again.
an entire week of rest, reflections & mental preparations for 3 matches next saturday! all the best spicylemons!
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