Research On Application Regularities Of Direct Play And Control Play In Football Matches

It was said that" Good attackers are unstoppable,as well as good defenders are unpredictable".Combat between "attack and defense" never ends when discussing football.People take delight in talking about splendid attacks and goals.Creative attack plays for goal shine its bright of wisdom.In 1980s,Charles Hughes divided attack plays into direct play and control play by the amount of continues passes,and presented profoundly effective theory of direct play.30 years passed,as the football game changes quickly.Controversies and consensus coexist when discussing these plays,as well as the possibility of continues studying.The paper focus on application regularity of attack plays.Methods on document literature,expert interviews,video statistics and deductive reasoning were performed to study application regularity,interrelation and efficiency of different plays in different time,space and situation.New classification was presented:simplex play,continuous play,and conjunct play.Concluded as follow:1.Direct play and control play have remarkable features in timing.Frequency and number of goals vary in different time and stages.2.Direct play and control play have remarkable features in space.Direction of direct play is immediate,while control play roundabout.Direct play is more likely to be implemented in attacking zone,while control play defending zone.3.Two plays vary in situations.Usage varies in different relative strength or score.4.Plays major in direct play are radical with lower fault-tolerance and higher error rate,risk and return and implemented when defenders are unready;while control play conservative with higher fault-tolerance and lower error rate,risk and return and implemented when defenders are ready.Function of plays are different.Success rates fluctuate by timing or competition system.Assertions on right or wrong,better or worse cannot be made between plays.The plays are not absolutely isolated,but supplementary and compatible to each other.The key is the selection of time,space and application.5.Attacking plays don't exist in isolation while surpass and convert to each other.Direct play and control play are not opposed but syncretic.Superposed simplex plays derive compressive plays-continuous direct play and continuous control play.Whose integration derives conjugative plays-“direct and control play" and "control and direct play".