Practice - Offense vs Defense

Let's try a practice with offensive verses defensive players.

One point for the defense each time the ball is kicked across mid-field.

Offense starts play with a pass from center-field just like in a real game.

Play to 5 or 10 points.

Having numbers to look at will help gauge play.

Offense and defense can experiment with different tactics after each game.

I will guess that a full defensive team of 6 players should limit
the offense to 4 or fewer points in a ten point game.

SNN 5 - Roma 1

Again our offense dominated the game keeping the ball on Roma's side of the field. And when they did cross midfield they had problems getting past our layered defense. I can only remember one serious threat, I saw the ball kicked from close-range into the goal and thought it was a sure score but I was spinning around and did not see what happened (I use Mouseview) but apparently the shot was blocked by goalie Radu. Their only score was on a penalty kick.
( What was the penalty? )


Observations;

There is a rule that says that no more than two defenders can harass an attacker at the same time, Be aware of it. I think some referees enforce it more than others.

The opening kick still needs to be worked on. If the pass is missed it is an opportunity for a quick easy score by the opponent.

Make sure all the controls are turned on and working before the start of the game.
I think this happened to Radu and has happened to me several times in practice.
This is a simple thing that could cost a goal and the game.

Another thing to be aware of:
A ball went out of bounds, I went to the sidelines to kick it back in, I stepped forward to get the ball, and it bounced off me into the field. Everyone thought that I kicked it in and started playing.
It was not a problem, but what if I had been facing our goal when I stepped into it? It could have turned into a score against us.
So, to be safe, make sure you are not facing our goal when stepping in from the sidelines to kick a ball.

A kick from the sidelines will go farther if you take a step or two before kicking.

If an attack comes from the right side of the field the left-side defenders should move towards our goal and vice-versa. The main thing is that if an attacker gets past a defender there should always be another defender ready to harass him.

Offensive players remember to be ready to receive passes from defenders.
Resist the temptation to follow the ball all the way to our goal.

Use your discretion, all the statements I've made on gameplay are guides,
the main goal is to win the game.

Tell those team mates that don't speak English to find someone to read the guidelines to them. Everyone should be aware of the general tactics.

Some new things on our blog

In order to improve on our current site, and taking notice of Swann Stenvaag's advice I have made the following changes to our blog:

1. I have nominated Moore as admin
2. I have moved down the standings in the League (because it's not being played) and created results for the Cup
3. I have made a list of reserve players
4. I am planning a list of SNN's matches, please if you have the rosters from all the games or at least the goal scorers, comment to this post
5. Updated the staff members list section
6. I have added small flags next to each player's name :D I hope you like them :D

Repeating what I said when I started the blog and what I communicated back then and yesterday by a group notice:
"Every player or staff member can write on the blog. Just give me your account details for Blogger or Gmail and I will enable your account on this site"

Hope to hear from you and I hope you like the changes I made for the site. Suggestions for future updates on the snn blogsite are welcome

Allenamento - Training session

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Avviso da Radu :
In vista dei prossimi impegni oggi alle ore 22.00 italiana 1.00 pm ore di second life si terrà allo stadio starlife un allenamento. Siete tutti pregati di lasciare la vostra adesione in im. Vi attendo numerosi.
(aggiunta)
Mandate la vostra conferma a me (Radu) o a Larry in IM.
Stiamo pianificando sessioni di allenamento Martedì, Mercoledì e Giovedì per questa settimana.

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Advice from Radu:
In order to prepare for the next game, we will meet today at 1 pm SL time (22 italy) at the StarLife stadium for an official session. Send your confirmation to me or Larry in IM. We are planning training sessions for tuesday, wednesday and thursday this week

Palermo - SNN Domenica 2 Dicembre ore 22

La partita di semifinale di Coppa Italia SL tra Palermo e SNN FC sarà giocata Domenica 2 Dicembre alle ore 22 presso lo stadio del Palermo.

The Coppa Italia SL semifinals match between Palermo and SNN FC will be played on Sunday, December 2 at 1 pm PST, at Palermo's Stadium.

Leggete tutti, per favore - Read it, please.

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Dovrei preparare una breve scheda per ogni membro (giocatori e staff) dell'SNN FC, da inserire nel nuovo sito della LegaCalcioSL.
Potreste inviarmi, per favore, (via IM, email o con un commento in questo post) i vostri dati, tipo:
- Nome e cognome in SL
- Nazionalità RL
- Ruolo nella squadra
- Una breve descrizione (non più di un paio di frasi) di voi stessi o il vostro pensiero/ambizioni.
- Una immagine del vostro avatar

Grazie!
P.S. L'indirizzo di posta è tonemoore (chiocciolina) gmail (punto) com.

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I have to write a brief file card for every member (players and staff) of SNN FC to be published on new LegaCalcioSL's site.
Then please send me (by IM, email or just simply by a comment to this post) your data, like:
- SL Name and Surname
- RL Country
- Role into the team
- A brief description (not more than two sentences, please) about yourself or your ideas/ambitions.
- A picture of your avatar

Thanks!
P.S. My mail is tonemoore (at) gmail (dot) com.

Problem solved for me

Please put me in the squad for tonight!! I can be here! I solved the problem!! I will log in in a few minutes in SL!!!!

Playoff Scores

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Billionaire -9
(Genoa)
....v ............................> ....Billionaire
Lazio -0
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Vstex -4
....v ...........................> ......Napoli

Napoli -4 ( 4-1 )
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Itland -2
....v............................ > .....Nikeddy
Nikeddy -3
(Palermo)
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SNN - 5
....v............................ > ..... SNN
Roma - 1
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Blog

Innanzitutto, sono contento di sapere che Radu è vivo. Avrei voluto dirlo in commento al suo post, ma non ho potuto perché il post non prevede possibilità di risposta.

Scrivo questo post per dire che, al di là degli infiniti problemi che si stanno manifestando nel Calcio SL (soprattutto nella Lega Calcio SL) che probabilmente causeranno un futuro non molto roseo per questo "sport", abbiamo un problema riguardante il blog.
Al momento solo Radu ha i diritti di amministratore e può modificare l'interfaccia, aggiornare classifiche, proporre sondaggi, e soprattutto invitare altri utenti ad acquisire i diritti per scrivere post.
Visti i prolungati problemi che affliggono il PC di Radu, chiederei ufficialmente a Radu di dare i poteri di amministratore anche ad altre persone. Una buona lista secondo me sarebbe formata dal sottoscritto, da Femepsa Writer e da Moore Tone. Credo che questo sia tecnicamente possibile, qualora non lo fosse vedremo cosa fare.
Inoltre è necessario che tutti i giocatori e il nuovo allenatore, come detto, abbiano la possibilità di scrivere i propri post. Se Radu per evidenti motivi non può occuparsi di questo, appena avrà passato i poteri di amministratore a qualcun altro, cercheremo di ovviare al problema.

Shine on, SNN!

First of all, I want to congratulate everyone for the wonderful wins against Napoli, Verona and Itland. I was absent all the time from Second Life, but I was with you, checking SNN's results when I could. I knew all along how good a team we are, that we could qualify and we had it in us all the time and that the first match against Verona was a sad accident, which was not entirely our fault. I want to express my congratulations towards all the players who fought to win and worked hard to become better.

Secondly, I think I owe everyone an explanation for my absence these weeks. I had and still have a very big problem with my computer's hard disk. It seems to have become infected by a very powerful virus, about three weeks ago and nothing that I tried solved the problem. I am not a computer beginner so I did
try a lot of things, and used a lot of powerful software tools, but to understand the gravity of the situation, I can't format it or I can't partition it
. It seems that the File Allocation Table is either physically damaged (which I don't think is the case, because i never move my hard disk around) or infected with a powerful boot virus which resides in the BIOS also, because erasing the MBR and the FAT doesn't work. I don't want to spend money on another hard disk because I really think the cause is not physical here. And I am very sad that I couldn't join you in the games that our team played all this period. I am now using Linux Boot CD which enables me to connect to the internet because it creates a virtual drive where it installs itself. But I cannot install anything permanent here, I just have to reinstall the system every time I reboot (my RAM is only 1 GB). I'll try to fix the problem as soon as possible so I can play with SNN again.

I miss all the team very much. Please fight and win with Roma! We are the best!

During my absence, I nominate Cyndee Sheperd for the post of second coach. Of course, Tarcisio Ibanez should be captain in my absence, if he's not there Moore Tone should take his place.

SNN 10 - Itland 1 ( Friendly Nov. 21 )

Outstanding game by our offensive players !

What stood out for me was the tackling done by the offense.
They would continuously intercept the ball from Itland before they had a chance to get into our side of the field.
The ball must have been on their side of the field 70% of the time.

Another thing I noticed was that the shooting was more accurate.
I don't remember seeing the ball go far off-target like in previous games.

Itland has only given up a total of 8 goals in their 3 league games.
I think this game will shock them into improving their defense tactics.
Expect a tougher team the next time we play them.

Bella partita, ottimo lavoro! - Good Match, great Work!

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10 a 1 è un risultato che si spiega da solo, ieri eravamo imbattibili.
La squadra è stata ben coordinata e i giocatori estremamente efficienti nei loro ruoli.
La difesa ha fatto veramente un ottimo lavoro e i nostri avversari hanno avuto veramente poche occasioni di essere pericolosi (ad esempio la volta che hanno segnato).
Con un muro difensivo così forte è mia opinione che il nostro attacco potrebbe guadagnare in potere offensivo restando nella metà campo avversaria, pronto a raccogliere le palle respinte dalla difesa.
Questa strategia potrebbe regalarci secondi preziosi per posizionarci al meglio per segnare.
Ogni secondo risparmiato e un GRANDE vantaggio e quindi, mi accodo al consiglio di Cyndee di fare pratica sui tiri in corsa, sono tiri un pò difficili e non sempre prevedibili, lo so, ma veramente determinanti.

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10 - 1 is a selfexplaining result, yesterday we were unbeatable.
Team showed a really good inner coordination, and every player was exteremely efficent on his role.
Defense made a great work and our opponents had only few occasion to be dangerous for real (i.e. the one when they scored).
Whith a so strong defensive wall is my opinion that our attack may gain more offensive power if stay in the opponents half area, ready to catch tha balls shooted from defenser.
This strategy should give us many precious seconds to reach a good postition to score.
Every second we can can save is BIG advantage, and so, follow this line, I subscrive for full Cyndee's advice to make pratice about shooting on run, it's always a bit hard and unpredictable shoot I know, but really, really useful.

Premi partita

La lega ha pagato 4000 linden per le partite di Coppa.
Questa è la suddivisione fatta:
Darian Bonetto 300
Marcuzz Bailey 300
Beavis Beckham 300
Cionagrande Forcella 250
Moore Tone 300
Cyndee Sheperd 300
Tarcisio Ibanez 300
Cobain86 Dryke 300
Radu Lubitsch 300
Beppe Hutchinson 150
Rutgerus Boucher 150
Sheytan Miles 150
Claudio Nicholls 150
Sadik Yalin 150
Felicemagnini 200
Alexto Rau 150
Zyl Sewel 150
Per richiedere il premio avete 10 giorni, trascorsi i quali i premi non ritirati verranno ridistribuiti.

Scusate per aver mandato la notice durante la partita.

Giocatori fuori rosa

Vista l'attuale situazione della squadra, le numerose assenze (giustificate e non) e la mia volontà di non licenziare nessuno, ho deciso di mettere fuori rosa i seguenti giocatori:

9 spikeymatt Brown
16 Andrea1980 Benelli 29 Renzo Troncon 7 Grisu Fargis 14 NickolasGene Carter 18 Enigma Sirbu 5 Evangeline Cortes 13 Bubu Vollmar 4 claudio Nicholls 21 Flavio Betsen
Il giocatore che volesse rientrare in rosa e partecipare alle partite, è pregato di contattare il Presidente e/o il Team Manager.

Scores as of Nov. 19

RISULTATI PRIMA GIORNATA

Girone A :
Juventus - Billionaire 2-5
Cittadella - Nikeddy 1-4

Girone B :
Itland - Lazio 4-2
Mediterraneo FC - Fiorentina 1-7

Girone C :
Parma - Roma 3-3
Vstex - Inter 7-0

Girone D :
Milan - SNN 2-8
Napoli - Verona 5-2


RISULTATI SECONDA GIORNATA

Girone A:
Billionaire- Nikeddy 1-0
Cittadella - Juventus 2-1

Girone B:
Lazio Fiorentina 3-3
Mediterraneo FC - Itland 5-5

Girone C:
Vstex - Parma 8-5
Roma - Inter 4-1

Girone D:
Napoli- Milan 3-1
SNN- Verona 2-3


RISULTATI TERZA GIORNATA

Girone A:
Juventus - Nikeddy 0-4
Billionaire-Cittadella 4-1

Girone B:
Itland- Fiorentina 5 - 1
Lazio-Mediterraneo 6 - 0

Girone C:
Parma- Inter 4-4
Vstex- Roma 5-4

Girone D:
Milan - Verona 2-1
SNN - Napoli 3-1


CLASSIFICHE FINALI

Girone A:
Billionaire ....9 .....F10 ....S3 .....diff. reti ...+7
Nikeddy .......6 .....F8 ......S2 .....diff. reti ...+6
Cittadella .....3 ....F4 .......S9 .....diff. reti ....-5
Juventus .....0 .....F3 .......S11 ..diff. reti.... -8

Girone B:
Itland ...............7 ......F14 .....S8 .......diff. Reti .....+6
Lazio ...............4 ......F11 ......S7 .......diff. Reti .....+4
Fiorentina....... 4 ......F11 ......S9 .......diff. Reti ......+2
Mediterraneo ..1 ......F6 .......S18 ......diff. Reti ....-12

Girone C:
Vstex ............9..... F20 ......S9...... diff. Reti ......+11
Roma ...........4 .....F11....... S9 ......diff. Reti ........+2
Parma ..........2 .....F12 .....S15 ......diff. Reti ........-3
Inter .............1 .....F5 ........S15 ......diff. Reti ......-10

Girone D:
SNN ...........6 ......F13 .....S6 .......diff. Reti .....+7
Napoli .........6 .....F9 ........S6 .......diff. Reti..... +3
Verona .......3 .....F6 .........S9 .......diff. Reti .....-3
Milan ...........3 ....F5 .........S12 ......diff. Reti .....-7

F=gol fatti S=gol subiti


QUARTI DI FINALE

Billionaire - Lazio
Itland - Nikeddy
Vstex - Napoli
SNN - Roma

SNN 7 - Verona 4 ( Friendly Nov 15 )

I knew we could beat them.

French players started showing up at TIM a couple of weeks ago
and we added a great new offensive player, Syl Sewell.


Things to work on:


Picking up the free-rolling ball ( me :( )

Ball came bouncing into my area where I was all by myself,
I jumped at it, missed,
jumped at it again, missed again,
but still had a third chance, and missed again,
then an opponent got it and scored.


Opening kick.

I wrote about this a couple of blogs ago.
The opponents took advantage of the hesitation of the receiver
waiting to make sure he had possession of the ball
and made a quick easy score.
Offensive players need to train for the opening kick so that it cannot be intercepted.



Shooting on the run still needs to be practiced.

Tactics with short passes and hand-offs should be developed and practiced.
I think this will make a difference later on as opponent's defenses improve.



There was more play than talk this time. :)

Mercoledi 21 Novembre: Amichevole SNN contro Itland - Wednesday November 21st: Friendly match SNN vs Itland.

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Mercoledi 21 Novembre, alle ore 22.00 ora italiana (01.00 PM PST) si disputerà un incontro amichevole tra l'SNN FC e l'Itland, presso lo stadio di Itland (salvo complicazioni).
Intervenite numerosi!

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Wednesday November 21st at 01.00 PM PST, SNN will play a friendly match against Itland, at their stadium (if nothing bad happens).
Please come!

SNN FC - ROMA 25 NOVEMBRE

La partita SNN FC - Roma di Coppa Italia SL sarà disputata (a meno di ulteriori comunicazioni da parte della Lega Calcio SL) Domenica 25 Novembre alle ore 22.
Lo stadio previsto attualmente è lo Starlife.

The Coppa Italia SL match SNN FC - Roma will be held (if Lega Calcio SL guys don't change their mind) on Sunday, November 25, 1pm PST.
The stadium should be the Starlife's.

Experimenting.

Things to experiment with;

1.
When running forward and then kicking with the keyboard controls,
the ball will often bounce off your side and go off to the left.
It is hard to predict and control.

I've found that if you use MouseLook and aim upward, the ball will not hit
your side and will go in a more predictable direction.


2.
Defence.
In Tuesdays practice I tried standing still in the path of the attacker,
waiting for for him to come near me, then suddenly pressing the forward and sliding keys. This seemed to be very effective. (I use MouseLook)

SNN FC - ROMA: Stadio

A causa della precedente notice da parte di Maxx Flyer, che avrebbe dovuto reperire un altro stadio a nostra disposizione per l'incontro casalingo contro la Roma, vi pongo una scelta tra due alternative: giocare nuovamente presso lo stadio Starlife oppure invertire il campo e giocare presso la struttura della Roma.
Entrambe le scelte hanno vantaggi e svantaggi, dal lag dello Starlife al fatto di concedere agli avversari il loro campo che conoscono bene, nonostante il fatto che giocare in casa toccherebbe a noi.

Vi prego di commentare e dire la vostra, siete voi che giocate.

(English Summary: do you prefer playing against Roma at Starlife or at Roma's Stadium?)

Notice da Maxx Flyer

Copio qui il contenuto di una notice inviata oggi da Maxx Flyer, membro della Lega Calcio SL, nonché creatore dell'HUD e della palla utilizzati per il calcio su SL.

"Chi troppo vuole nulla ottiene. Gli impegni mi si sono accavallati fino a strabordare il limite del possibile.Non sono piu in grado di garantire la mia attenzione all'organizzazione della LEGA CALCIO SL. Prometto di trovare il tempo nelle prossime due settimane per organizzare una copia della palla che ognuno possa in futuro installarsi da solo. Nel frattempo non avrò il tempo purtroppo nemmeno di rispondere ad un IM. Scordatevi che io possa mettere piede in un campo da calcio.Non cancellate niente." Maxx Flyer

SNN 3 Napoli 1

SNN 3 - Napoli 1

Good game.

Defence limited Napoli to one goal.

There was more talking than game play.

What we need to train for;

( I hope I don't sound too critical, I know it's easier to say something than to do it. )


Blocking shots.

Get in front of the attacker just before he shoots. Do not slide or he will shoot over you.You must be near enough to him to rush at him when he is ready to shoot.Most shooters will pause just before shooting, try to be near enough to block the shot.

Eventually shooters will learn to shoot on the run, try to be just in front of him denying him a clear shot.


Shooting.

Offensive players still need to train for shooting on the run.

I think the sideways shot is straighter and more predictable than the forward shot, even though you have to take into account the direction you are running, and if using the MouseLook, the height of the shot.

I use the MouseLook and side-shot almost all the time.

There are two ways of shooting sideways that I know, one with the keyboard controls and one with the MouseLook.

The sideways shot with the keyboard controls very awkward for me to use, however those of you that use the keyboard may find it easier to use than I.

IM me for a notecard on how to use the keyboard for side-shots.
Try to keep it secret for our team only.

I've told three people how to do the sideshot, two with the keyboard and one with the mouse,and all three seem to prefer the regular keyboard control.



Defense.

I think the MouseLook is better for defense, it's faster and more accurate. The limited vision is no problem since you do not have the ball anyway and if you do get it you should immediatly kick it downfield. (Tip: I tape a string at the center of the screen from top to bottom to aid in aiming.)



Passing at ' Faceoff '

The opening kick has to be more certain.Right now I think it can be easily taken away by the opponents because the receiver of the ball has to hesitate to make sure he has the ball.

I think we should experiment with this;

Three players, kicker, 1st receiver and 2nd receiver.

Kicker does short pass to 1st receiver then immediatly rushes him to get the ball, 2nd receiver, positioned behind the 1st receiver, also rushes to get the ball.

Between the 3 players, one should have control of the ball before the opponent has a chance to get to it.

Programma per la settimana. Next week scheduling.

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- Martedi 13 Novembre ore 22.00 (01.00 PM PST):
Allenamento SNN.
Siete tutti caldamente invitati a partecipare, anche in cosiderazione del fatto che abbiamo passato il girone primi in classifica.

- Giovedì 15 Novembre ore 200 (01.00 PM PST):
Allenamento SNN congiunto con il verona.
Tenteremo una partita amichevole con il Verona.

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- Tuesday 13 November 01:00 PM PST:
SNN training session.
We pass the qualification group as first team. So, we asking the presence of all the players for this training.

- Thursday 15 November 01:00 PM PST:
SNN training session (maybe) with a friendly match against Verona.
If the number of players is enough we will try a training match against Verona.

SNN - Napoli

Oggi 11/11 alle 22.00 ci sarà la partita SNN - Napoli, comunicate il più presto possibile la vostra presenza a Radu e segnalatelo qui.


Please confirm if you will be at the match SNN - Napoli as soon as possible to Radu and write it here.

More thoughts on better play.

I've played 3 practice games in the last couple of weeks with or against pick-up teams. All 3 games where very lop-sided with one team easily beating the other. I was on the winning side twice and on the losing side once. What the losing teams all had in common was the lack of an organized defense. All the defenders rushed forward to intercept the ball, if the attacker got past them he had an easy run to make a shot at the goal.

Remember to position yourself to intercept the attacker if he gets past the initial defenders.

Also learn to position yourself to block shots in addition to tackling.

I think defenders should experiment tackling as a team, perhaps one defender
a couple of steps ahead of the other, striking first, and the second defender striking a half second later.

Another thing we should experiment with is short passes. Everyone has had the ball taken from them by someone who is just standing there asleep, sometimes it is even difficult to take the ball away from him even though his RL is not even there.

We should experiment with handing off a ball to a team mate who is standing still.
This could take opponants by surprise and give the ball-receiver a chance for an easy shot.

Another thing to experiment with is to hand-off the ball to a team-mate running in the opposite direction. Two players simply running toward each other and transferring the ball.

I play everyday. Everyone is getting better and better. I think that the champion team is going to be the one that has an organized defense and an offense that
is quick & accurate with running shots and is good with passing.

Partita amichevole annullata

A causa delle scarsissime adesioni (solo 5) l'amichevole per domani è stata annullata.

Friendly match for tomorrow is deleted because only 5 person accepted to play.

Amichevole/allenamento

Itland ha proposto di fare una partita amichevole (allenamento) giovedì 8/11 sera.
Per ora solo Cyndee ha accettato.
A nessun altro interessa?

Itland asked us to train together with a match on the 11/8.
Only Cyndee accepted.
Anyone is interesting in it?

Video Hellas Verona - SNN

Grazie a Cyndee per la segnalazione, ecco un video della partita contro l'Hellas Verona.