Football tactics continue to evolve; such as individual play, total football, one-to-one defense, zone defense, pressing, Gegen (counter) press, positioning soccer, reaction football and vertical fast attack. Among these tactics, the simplest and easy-to-score attack is to take the ball from defenders at a high position. The takeover of the ball is a play, which will be the beginning of the attack for the offense, so taking the ball away is important for any teams in order to win and enter into the top group. In this research, we focus on this tactic and consider effective tactics in contemporary football by comparing top, middle and lower teams of the Japanese Football League.
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