8 Football Lingos You Ought To Know
It doesn’t matter if you watch a live football or play fantasy football , which is basically a side-kick of the real game, here are some football jargons that you might or might not know 1. Tiki-Taka Tiki-taka in football translates as ‘touch-touch’ football. This involves short passing and movement, maintaining possession and working the ball through the channels. The key idea behind tiki-taka is to ensure that the opponent does not get the ball – and while in possession, to deliver a killer pass from which a goal can be scored. The team looks to keep possession with quick passes and movement, suddenly surprising the opposition with a pass in behind their defence which results in a goal. Football coach Jed C. Davies, author of Coaching the tiki-taka style of play , believes that these tactics are “among other things, a conceptual revolution based on the idea that the size of any football field is flexible and can be altered by the team playing on it.” 2.