man-on-man vs zones - is man-on-man footy dead?

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  • mariachi
    Pushing for Selection
    • Sep 2005
    • 72
    #1

    man-on-man vs zones - is man-on-man footy dead?

    Having seen the Pies dismantle the Saints in GF2 using their very effective zone and forward pressure, I'm interested in what the footy brains in this forum think about the future of the game.

    Is man on man dead?

    Obviously from rebounds and turnovers the field opens up, but how do you outmaneuver the zone from frees, set plays and kick-ins? How do you escape when there is always an opposition player who can run to the kick while it's in flight and contest with momentum, and more players 10 metres further off running to help out? Does a team need to adapt from one style to the other? Does the kicking player need to find a mismatch or risk a turnover? Are we now going to see teams mostly kicking to contests? Does it mean that highly structured tempo footy is now history? Can the Swans game plan match it under that new style?

    Can any of the seers on this forum see the future?
    Tags: dead, footy, manonman, zones
    • RogueSwan
      McVeigh for Brownlow
      • Apr 2003
      • 4602
      #2
      Kick-ins - if opposition spread evenly to cover space have more of our players move to one side to out number them. Say there are 8 opposition spread within our D50 and 10 more spread evenly along the 50 arc just concentrate our guys to one area and kick to them for a mark or crumb from Mummy/Pyke/Goodes...
      Once the opposition catches on fake to run to one side and then all double back the other way.
      Dunno if it would work but it is a suggestion.

      With interchange restrictions maybe the zoners won't be ab;e to run to every contest for the whole game?
      Last edited by RogueSwan; 12 October 2010, 11:42 AM.
      "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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        • Bloody Hell
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2006
          • 3085
          #3
          I thought the swans move of countering the zone with the huddle has some merit.

          More work could see this force the zone into obsoletion. (is that a word?)
          The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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            • Bloody Hell
              Senior Player
              • Oct 2006
              • 3085
              #4
              And the mighty torp should be used more often.
              The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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                • aardvark
                  Veterans List
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 5685
                  #5
                  To be able to play zones effectively you still need to have very good man on man basic skills. If you don't, when it becomes a contested situation, you will lose the contest. Sides that practise zones to the detriment of man on man skills eventually become very poor at both eg Hawthorn. Overloading the zone eg having more players at the point where the ball lands increases your odds of winning possession but the best way to beat zones is to teach players to recognise space and develop confidence in playing through the gaps in the zone.

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