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Originally Posted by Redlemon
Ignorant but honest question, from a person who generally only watches soccer when my 7 year old is playing:
I don't understand what is happening when the ball is being held by the fullbacks, and just kind of kicked around aimlessly from player to player and sometimes back to the goalie. Is the team simply catching their breath, or is there something more subtle happening that I'm missing?
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full points to you for knowing what a fullback is! I certainly don't and will be googling the soccer postions after this post.
From what Healer replied, this sounds a lot like in hockey, when the D gets the puck back and pass around within their zone, to enable the forwards to reposition, go up ice and make the opposing team fall back to defend. It has the added benefit of slowing down the play for a breather.