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Two-player moves in futsal

Tim Bamber
Two-player moves in futsal

Little-known fact: 

In top-level futsal, around 50% of goals involve a two-player move in the build-up. Combining with a teammate can also help a player to keep possession – or provide support if another member of their team is on the ball.  

Clearly, two-player moves are important. How they happen and what they look like depends on the context of your game. Some influencing factors include the location of a player, their teammates and their opposition.  

Examples of two-player moves  

  • Diagonal pass, straight run 

  • Straight pass, diagonal run 

  • Wall pass

  • Lending pass

  • Overlap

  • Screen

  • Block

  • Pass and follow

Note: all two-player moves require your team to be familiar with our attacking and defending core skills.  

How to defend against two-player moves 

As two-player moves often result in a goal, it’s important that your players know how to defend against them. Here are some simple tips that will help your team deal with most moves. 

1. Encourage your players to press their opponent and prevent any forward passes.  

2. When marking or tracking a run, encourage your team to:  

  • position themselves side-on – this makes it easier to move backwards and forwards 
  • identify when their teammates are applying pressure to the ball (and to what extent) 
  • take a step back and put their arm into the chest of the opponent 
  • anticipate when the opposition may make a forward run and remain goal side. 

Ok, so what about three-player moves?

Parents

  • These are all excellent examples from our English players on BT Sport understanding and executing a range of two player combinations.

    For the panel discussion on England Learning Live July 2nd... watch through the videos as soon as you can and add your thoughts, perceptions and insights to the probing questions below.

    Some structure: remember alot of these combinations start Player 1 in possession, who plays a safe pass to Player 2, and the second pass is back from player 2 to Player 1, the original ball carrier.  We would traditionally call it a 1-2, but here we are categorising options with a lot more detail on the direction of the ball and the run.

    Have a look at these probing questions below and offer your thoughts, considerations, extensions or your own quesitons for any of them...

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  • These are all excellent examples from our English players on BT Sport understanding and executing a range of two player combinations.

    For the panel discussion on England Learning Live July 2nd... watch through the videos as soon as you can and add your thoughts, perceptions and insights to the probing questions below.

    Some structure: remember alot of these combinations start Player 1 in possession, who plays a safe pass to Player 2, and the second pass is back from player 2 to Player 1, the original ball carrier.  We would traditionally call it a 1-2, but here we are categorising options with a lot more detail on the direction of the ball and the run.

    Have a look at these probing questions below and offer your thoughts, considerations, extensions or your own quesitons for any of them...

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