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SOCCER SCHOOL

THE ENGLAND BACKS

PRESENT LESSON No. 2

Teachers for the second lesson, presented, Adapt your training plan to

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ALF RAMSEY and BILL ECKERSLEY.

THIS

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ALF RAMSEY (England's right back) says-- Bill Eckersley, my England team colleague, asks me to open the lesson on back play, and we agree that point No. 1 must be: The goal's the thing. Not your own goal, but the opposition's.

Get into the game with your mind and your tactics based on that goal at the other end.

For instance, when you are clearing do not make the mistake of "blinding" the ball up field as far as possible. If you do you can be quite sure that the back at the other

attacking your goal.

Let me impress that good old keep-your-eye-on-the-ball, mile, A defender la beaten by a drib- bling opponent chiefly because he watches the player's foot, or pays too much attention to the charge he hopes to get in.

When you go into the tacide, the ball, ZO always watching

for the ball with the side of your boot to get the maximum breadth of boot into the chal- lenge.

Go

into the inckle coolly, without any confidently, and hesitation. It is the difdent player who is so often beaten and, quite often, injured.

TRAINING HINTS

On the training commend getting work as possible

Ones I re in as much with your

CORPORATION end will punch it back among his own forwards who are normal playing lelt and with

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You immediately lose your grip on the game,

My clearing plan is to hit the vantage. ball accurately to one of my own players, either a short pass to the half-back or, usually, a 30 40-yard pons to the for-

wan.s.

normal-alted L

3

You get the feel of the ball, strengthen your kicking, and

out

If you feel you should go at-and that tricky moves worked in training come easily not hesitate. tacking then do

when brought into action dur- But first make

sure you have

ing a match. an understanding with your

I can go up

I value this 30-yard precision own players. pass so highly that half an hour of my training time goes into improving improving and again on this move.

Onc simple move with a small ball is one which I used with the ball in my early days. It will help because I know that such fine to master the art of kicking a players as Bill Nicholson and ball coming from awkward Harry Clarke have moved over angles. Try it out with a fellow to All any gaps.

Tie a string to a tennis ball, back. It can be fun as well as

There

ful hold it at arm's length by the schema out a training if you

of tactles talks. You string and try kicking it with football-tennis, using value form of first the right font and then the cannot talk too much football. either foot as it comes to you. left, and scoring a point for Perfect team understanding any ahol that is muffed by your almost as good as a goal start. opponent.

And when you can pull out that long, smooth pass in action the satisfaction is terrific.

freak

you

have the

is

Difficult, of course, but quite often it helps. to have your Before I hand you over to rival on a bit of string when he let me impress sees you clear u ball that he Bill Eckersley

you my own football feels is much too tricky to be upon motio: Be ft and be ready. hit.

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Have you ever noticed a back BILL ECKERSLEY (England's My training plan is simple:

Life, in the next few weeks, is not going to be easy left back) says—- putting the ball post an attack-

Sprints and turns. Up on the toes for balance and geiling for 20-year-old Brian Statham, Lancashire fast bowler, ing forward with his knee or his thigh? This is no

Ball when he finds himself in Australia as one of the MCC vital ankle power. follow the Ramacy that If you

ball practice, It is a valuable emer- outline of defence you will not practice, effort.

and replacements, gency move which should be leave many goal gaps.

more ball practice. practised.

Our final words:

When

Ramsey and

1 have

Football 19 The only alternative in dent-our pre-international chuts we an exacting game, it is worth ing with an awkwardly bounc- ing ball is risking a wild, high agree to try to pin the opposing everything you can put into ft. wingers to the touchline, Try

-(London Express Service), kick. And If you manage to to make them bring the ball to clear with that kind of shot, then it is a freak.

you.

The

AID

danger wingmen By practice you can trap and those who pass the ball rapid- control a ball with your thighly. Be prepared to cut out almost as effectively as you can those passes and be prepar- with your feet, but, of course,ed to make the quick turn if the man with the ball at his the ball passes you.

the master of

fect is always

the situation.

SLIDING TACKLE

Keep on your Lect at all costs.

That spectacular, sliding

Sailing from Hongkong 26th January 8 p.m. tackle looks good--if it comes from the Continental system

to MANILA, YOKOHAMA and KOBE.

off.

A good training plan is to break up your sprints by oc- casionally turning completely round while running at speed.

This is an idea I picked up:

of training. have found it a But even if it comes off the great help in recovery. best you

for is to

By the way, do not think slide the ball into touch. If you have to be a man mountain

you are out of to be a successful back. you fall, then

nor myself bullt on Carnera lines.

can hope

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My pre-match polley is to regard every winger, or other forward, as the greatest I have ever tackled. To treat any rival lightly is to give away the ad-

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Our defence plan is (1) Two good shooting feet; (2) Ability to make a quick re- covery; (3) Keep your eye on the ball.

Control of the ball. In 'Sheri first csontial. Having tackled, bring the ball through mad then scheme to transfer it to m collongup.

Kameos, in his training and in his matches, sims to "come through" umil ho has the ball "dead". and then to make a thoughtful pam-to-sool- leaquo with a controlled kick of anything from 15 to 20 zarda,

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