Introduction To Positional Play Part 1: Introduction to a Positional Structure

James Wilcox
7 min readFeb 4, 2020

Introduction

Perhaps the most commonly accepted playing styles has been Positional Play in the last 5–10 years. There have been many articles written about it and about the concepts, mindset, philosophies, etc. that are changing within this much larger concept of Positional Play. Despite the variations that can come within this overall style their are certain characteristics or principles that remain constant. In any positional play game model teams look to systematically advance the ball past…

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James Wilcox

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