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Pattern play

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounAdvanced term

In football (soccer), pattern play means: Practice of a planned sequence of movements and passes that a team hopes to use in matches.

In Turkish: hücum kalıbı çalışması

How it is used

Coaches use pattern play to rehearse relationships between runners and passers.

Example sentences

  1. Our pattern play rehearsed a pass wide, an inside run and a cutback.

    The exercise links several actions into one planned sequence.

  2. The coach added defenders after the pattern play became too predictable.

    Opposition tests whether a rehearsed sequence can adapt to pressure.

Common collocations

  • rehearse pattern play
  • attacking pattern play
  • pattern-play exercise
  • training sessionA planned period of practice in which a team works on fitness, technique and tactics under the coaches' guidance.
  • passA kick, header or throw that sends the ball to a teammate. As a verb, to pass means to send the ball to a teammate in this way.

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