the repertoire of technical skills, the more useful and more successful the tactics of action can be. INDIVIDUAL TACTICAL METHODS What kind of opponent do I face? Is it better to pass or to move into a free space round him? To the right or to the left? Shall I feint? I have moved into free space and I can shoot. What kind of shot shall I choose? Where to direct the ball? The top players have highly automated this process of decision making. This stage is, however, preceded by a long-term process of learning, trials and errors and successes -all during the training process and in matches. In the following paragraphs we will focus on some practical advice for the individual action of players. 1. Always to Be Held True: µ Respect the rules of the game! µ Respect your opponents and behave towards them in the same manner they should behave towards you! 2. For the Players in Attack: µ You must get perfectly familiar with the ball! µ You must take on the ball and manage it as if it were an integral part of your body! µ An advantageous position is one where you can receive the pass or where you are a threat to the opponents’ goal. If you are in such a good position, keep it. If you lose it, try to find a new one! µ Permanently improve “leg work”, sudden accelerations and sudden changes of direction of movement! µ When moving into a free space with the ball at first use the possibility of steps and only afterwards try dribbling! µ When dribbling watch what happens around you! µ Learn to move into the free space round a defender in various ways and from various directions! µ When you are close to the opponent, dribble or hold the ball in the furthest hand your body should be between the ball and the defender! µ If possible, catch the ball with both hands! µ Learn to catch and to pass the ball in every situation, from and to every direction and in various ways! µ Try to be always in motion! µ Learn to pass by using the weaker hand over shorter distances! µ Pass along the shortest trajectory to the height of your fellow-player’s chest! If there is a defender, use a bounce pass or a bow-shaped pass! µ Give preference to a pass to a better positioned fellow-player to your own movement into a free space! µ Don’t pass to the fellow-player who isn’t watching you or isn’t expecting your pass! µ Try to learn at least two ways of shooting from each part of the shooting area! µ In a match only shoot when you can achieve a goal! µ Try to surprise the defender and the goalkeeper both by the way in which you shoot and from which direction!