Hello and welcome in this lesson of the illustrated guide to be a coach, today we are going to see some of the classics formations we won’t talk a lot about them because they won’t help you a lot these days, but anyone who want to be a couch should know about this because it’s very important to have an idea about something that you do in case that you do it very well.
Here’s some of the famous formations that old club used to play
1) Pyramid
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The 2–3–5 was originally known as the "Pyramid", with the numerical formation being referenced retrospectively. By the 1890s, it was the standard formation in England and had spread all over the world. With some variations, it was used by most top level teams up to the 1940s.
For the first time, a balance between attacking and defending was reached. When defending, the two defenders (full-backs), would zonally mark the opponent forwards (mainly the central trio), while the midfielders (halfbacks) would fill the gaps (usually marking the opposing wingers or inside forwards).
The center halfback had a key role in both helping to organize the team's attack and marking the opponent's center forward, supposedly one of their most dangerous players.
This formation was used by Uruguay to win the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games and also the 1930 World Cup.
It was this formation which gave rise to the convention of shirt numbers
2)WM
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The WM system, known for the shapes described by the positions of the players, was created in the mid-1920s by Herbert Chapman of Arsenal to counter a change in the offside law in 1925. The change had reduced the number of opposition players that attackers needed between themselves and the goal-line from three to two. This led to the introduction of a center-back to stop the opposing center-forward, and tried to balance defensive and offensive playing. The formation became so successful that by the late-1930s most English clubs had adopted the WM. Retrospectively, the WM has either been described as a 3–2–5 or as a 3–4–3, or more precisely a 3–2–2–3 reflecting the letters which symbolized it. The gap in the center of the formation between the two wing halves and the two inside forwards allowed Arsenal to counter-attack effectively. The W-M was subsequently adapted by
several English sides, but none could apply it in quite the same way Chapman had. This was mainly due to the comparative rarity of players like Alex James in the English game. He was one of the earliest playmakers in the history of the game, and the hub around which Chapman's Arsenal revolved.
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3)WW
The WW was a development of the WM created by the Hungarian coach Márton Bukovi who turned the 3–2–5 WM into a 2–3–2–3 by effectively turning the M "upside down". The lack of an effective center-forward in his team necessitated moving this player back to midfield to create a playmaker, with a midfielder instructed to focus on defense. This created a 2–3–1–4, which morphed into a 2–3–2–3 when the team lost possession, and was described by some as a kind of genetic link between the WM and the 4–2–4. This formation was successfully used by fellow countryman Gusztáv Sebes in theHungarian national team of the early 1950s.
4)3-3-4
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The 3-3–4 formation was similar to the WW, with the notable exception of having an inside-forward (as opposed to center-forward) deployed as a midfield schemer alongside the two wing-halves. This formation would be commonplace during the 1950s and early 1960s. One of the best exponents of the system was the Totten ham Hotspur double-winning side of 1961, which deployed a midfield of Danny Blanch flower, John White and Dave Mackay. Porto won the 2005–06 Portuguese national championship using this unusual formation under manager Co Adriane
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