What does guarding the ball mean in football?
Protecting the ball is one of the basic skills on the football field. Refers to the use of various parts of the body to prevent defenders from grabbing the football from their feet. This technique has certain risks.
Technical essentials:
In football, the essentials of a striker’s action on the ball is a technique that many students are concerned about. Because guarding the ball in football is a way to control the ball, the following are the technical essentials of guarding the ball for football strikers.
Whenever an opponent comes to grab the ball, develop the habit of protecting the ball. Especially forward players, because they are often under the double-team of multiple defenders of the opponent, they can protect the ball well and not only facilitate their own breakthroughs, but also make the ball for their own players and create offensive opportunities.
When a forward is protecting the ball, he should use his body to protect the ball reasonably. At the same time, he should pay attention to several aspects:
1. When dribbling and running, keep your head up and observe the opposing defenders on both sides. When the opponent’s defender fiercely presses over, make a decisive action to protect the ball.
2. Place your body between the ball and your opponent, and use your body as a barrier to prevent your opponent from touching the ball.
3. Pay attention to fully open your body and arms when doing the ball protection action to expand the control area of your body. The larger the control area of your body, the more difficult it is for your opponent to touch the ball. In a sense, this is the same as protecting the ball in basketball.
4. The action of protecting the ball can only be done under the premise of having control over the ball. If the offensive player does not have the ball, but pushes the opponent back, preventing the opponent from grabbing the ball at the same opportunity, this is not allowed by the rules.
In football, the so-called protection ball is also called “covering ball”, which is commonly referred to as “protecting the ball”. Protecting the ball is a way to keep control of the ball in order to prevent the opponent from grabbing the ball.
Therefore, when the striker is protecting the ball, in addition to the reasonable use of the body, there are also many related aspects that should be paid attention to, and only four of the most common are mentioned here. And footballers who play strikers have to keep that in mind.
