This video was about developing a system of play. The progression was good and I followed the whole thing rather easily. Some things struck me and I would like to comment on but a few.

The organization developed in parts with no opposition. None. Players passed and ran off the ball without the presence of opponents. The stress was on good passing, meaningful running off the ball and keeping a team shape. Keep the shape or reorganize to get back to the shape. Shape shows that the team is organized.

On occasion, the team moved without the ball. The coach pointed to a spot on the field and the players were told to consider that spot as where the ball was. The team moved to defend accordingly. Much movement and no ball.

On the attack, all ten field players passed and moved to develop sound pass patterns. When things worked well, they were tried time and again to perfect them. Things worked right from the start. They got better. No opposition. None.

I mention these things because we seem to feel in this country that playing without opposition is illegal, immoral or fattening. Something as bad as that. But bad. I told this story before. I watched a good coach give a clinic beginning with three-on-one. When it went well, he changed it to having three attackers against two. I walked out. My good friend walked out a few minutes later. "What happened?" I asked. (I knew what would happen.) "A complete disaster!" he replied. We laughed and left the convention together. What a waste of valuable time in giving bad information to unsuspecting people.

Make it work from the beginning. There is plenty of time to add opponents. Broadway plays and musicals are practiced in the darkness of the theater until perfection is reached. Then, and only then, is an audience invited to witness the production. Why rush the thing? Make it work from the beginning. And then make it better.