Fig. 5

Representative task for the tactical expertise assessment of getting-free, passing, dribbling and shooting skills, in order to penetrate the defense and attack the goal. In the evaluation-game “Shooting without the defense” two teams of four players plus two goalkeepers (4 vs. 4 + 2GK) attack the opponent’s goal and defend their own goal. A goal is achieved when an attacking player dribbles the football into the “scoring zone” (behind the discontinuous line) and scores a goal in the opponent’s goal. The peculiarity of the game is that defenders are forbidden to cross into the “scoring zone” once the attacking player has entered it with the football. Thus, situations of identifying and occupying free spaces are exaggerated for attacking off-ball players. Likewise, passing situations and, most importantly, shooting skills are exaggerated in this context