author=kayko2000: Wow, great info. One observation as I was playing the goalie position last night: It was difficult to stay covering a middle lane with my partner's 5-bar moving so much.  To coordinate this effort, does the 5-bar need to slow down and just do smoother lateral shifts?  Or almost not move at all? That is both the ...

Central Zone D - Survival against crafty goalkeepers. Chapter 1 What is the alternative to the 'near/fall wall' goalie crap of the 80's and nineties? By "near/far" I meant the old arrangement between partners when the opposing goalkeeper has the  ball:     "I got the short, you got the long," ...