3.2 ATTACKING SYSTEMS
(c) 4-0 SYSTEM
A number of attacking exercises where the post area is left completely free.
Four attackers and four defenders with ball and korf.
A. The starting point is the organization sketched below. The instruction for the attackers is to play together, try and break free but do not enter the area of the post. Make good in-out movements to break free of the defender. The defence is passive.
B. If the attacker is free there should be a shot. The person closest rebounds the shot. Then the starting positions are taken up and the passing resumed.
C. From time to time the attackers go for a running-in shot. Since there is nobody by the post, the assist must be given from in space.
D. Occasionally, a player takes a position in front of the post to receive the ball. The other three make attacking movements, followed by a shot that is collected in movement by one of the three. Thereafter, the initial 4-0 organisation is adopted.
E. The attackers can choose between B, C and D. The defenders defend 100 per cent but do not try to intercept the ball.
F. Using the 4-0 system, the ball is usually passed parallel to the lines of the division. Now tell the players to make diagonal passes (see the figure below). Otherwise as exercise B, with lots of shooting from distance.
This exercise is more difficult than it seems, especially giving the diagonal pass accurately. Not only because the pass is longer but also because there are two defenders in the line of the pass.
G. A solution against front defence. Just as in F, diagonal passes are given regularly. Player A, who gives the long pass to player B, follows the pass and takes up a position in front of the korf. The ball can be played by player B to player A who is now in a position to receive the ball. Player B can follow this with a running-in or veering-off shot.
A number of other variations are possible for the 4-0 system. Central is that none of the four attackers can spend more than a few seconds by the korf: in principle the post area is always kept free. It is intended as a starting system for short teams.