2. Transition to Attack In the following paragraphs we will only deal with the fast transition from defence to attack, i.e. fast attack. We will distinguish the first wave fast attack from that of the second wave. λ The first wave attack The target of the first wave attack is to get to a shooting position before the opponent manages to return. The first wave includes the players who rush forth from the defensive position at the moment of the shot or when their team regains the ball. Most often these are the side or forward defenders. The fast attack is initiated most frequently by the goalkeeper or occasionally by one of the field players. He/she passes to the attacker who is not guarded and is closest to the opponent’s goal. The first wave attackers free themselves as quickly as possible, carefully watching the ball and if the opponent gains the ball, they immediately return to a defensive position. The following principles for movement and passing are to be kept: 1. Move into free space as fast as possible and fake the shortest route. If you are guarded by a defender, try to get rid of him. 2.Keep enough distance between yourself and a fellow player, so that you can safely pass to each other but that both of you cannot be guarded by a defender. 3. “Crossing” is useful only in the situations 2 against 2 or 3 against 3, it is not suitable in the situations 2 against 1, 3 against 2 or 3 against 1. 4. Free yourself if you are not guarded and you are the nearest player to the opponent’s goal or if you can’t pass. 5. Pass if your fellow-player is in a better position than you are. 6. If you get into the shooting area, still catch the ball before the free throw line and shoot after 2 or 3 steps, preferably by jumping. λ The second wave If the players of the first wave are not able to finish their attack by shooting, they pass to the players of the second wave, i.e. to the other fellow players. The tasks of the second wave: 1. After losing the ball secure the area in front of your own goal, 2. Be ready to catch the pass from the goalkeeper if he/she is not able to pass a further distance or to the first wave players, 3. Finish the fast attack with a shot if the first wave does not succeed. So that all tasks can be fulfilled, the transition of the attackers of the 2nd wave is rather slower in the beginning, being 10m 15m behind the 1st wave. The 1st wave tries to engage the defenders and if they succeed and some of the 2nd wave attackers move freely into the shooting area, then they pass to them. When the fast attack cannot be finished by a shot, it changes to set attack. We start by practising the easiest situations, i.e. with a lower number of attackers and without defenders. We make the exercises more difficult by introducing various ways of beginning the attack (from the goal area or from the field, passing player is free or guarded etc.), with a variation of attacks in the centre of the field (various distances and several positions, various directions of movement, various numbers of defenders) and varying the finish of attacks (shooting in different ways and from different areas,