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Originally Posted by Hark Clunt
yes it's called an offside trap, where the backline pushes up quckly to try and catch the forward off. the risk if that if it doesn't work, you can let the attackers in behind you.
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Yeah, I figured it would need to be an 'oh shit' kind of play if you see that you're probably screwed here so rather than even attempt to defend the play, you try to force the foul.
It seems way to risky to just bust it out on occasion (and the risk wouldn't seem to justify the reward). But it seemed like there could be situations where your defense has completely broken down and rather than try to fend off a 2 on 1 or something, you just try to book it clear of that forwardmost player and at worst, force him to stop his run.
I dunno - there's probably a practical reason why this is not done all that often. But even with that possibility in play, I would think it REALLY hampers offense.