The fullback should ensure they are in line with or in front of the deepest central defender. So, if they were running with a wide attacker, tracking them, they may need to stop their run to stop them running deeper than the central defender. A simple part of their role is keeping possession when their team has the ball.
Oftentimes, if a central midfielder is put under pressure, the fullback is a good option to pass to, as they are usually free and in space. As such, you may find that, especially in amateur and semi-professional soccer, a fullback has some of the most touches of the ball of anyone on a soccer team. When a fullback receives the ball, they often have a number of different passing options available to them see image :. Fullbacks are usually present when there is a 4-man defensive unit, with 2 central defenders and 2 fullbacks either side of the central defenders.
As such, the most common formations that include fullback are , and Formations with this system include and usually with a false 9. If a team employs a system with 3 central defenders and only 2 wide players in the team, these wide players are usually referred to as wingbacks. These wingbacks have a more attacking role than conventional fullbacks, as they are the main wide attacking threat.
A , , or formation usually use wingbacks. This is a debate that has raged for years and will rage until the end of time. Everyone has their own views on who the best fulbacks in soccer are. Or were. There have been some great fullbacks through the years, each with their own set of skills and qualities. The role of the fullback has changed significantly in modern times, mainly due to the attacking positions they are expected to get into, as well as the amount of ground they are expected to cover.
As soccer has become more dynamic and athletic, so, too, has the role of the fullback. Where fullbacks in the 70s and 80s and even most of the 90s were seen mainly as defenders, the modern fullback needs to have the technical and attacking skills of a winger, with the fitness of a box-to-box midfielder.
The modern game has seen fullbacks become increasingly involved with attacking play, often becoming the extra person in attack, enabling them to play the key pass or cross to create goal scoring chances.
As mentioned, the modern fullback, as well as being expected to defend, will also need to be technically excellent. They will receive a lot of the ball in possession, and often create goal-scoring opportunities for their strikers.
Some of the skills a good fullback will need include:. Fullbacks can usually see almost the whole field. Fullbacks will usually be up against the opposition wide attacking players who may be quick and skillful.
As such, the fullback must also be able to compete with them in these departments. Being quick over the first couple or yards will help them prevent dangerous crosses into their penatly area and pick up loose balls before the opposition players.
Going forward, these key skills will also help the fullback pose a credible attacking threat. Defensively, the fullback will be required to control the space outside and inside of them. They are typically more mobile than a central defender and so need to be able to turn quickly to react to defensive situations that arise. As mentioned, the fullback will often have the most touches of the ball on a modern soccer team.
So, they must have good passing ability in order to retain possession and keep the ball for their team. Since the primary role of the fullback is one of defense, they must be good at tackling. Specifically, they should be able to time their tackles well, in order to dispossess opposition players, as well as intercept passes aimed in behind them. Typically, fullbacks are not the tallest players on the pitch. This can be especially useful if you are running or facing your own goal.
Instead of kicking the ball out of play and conceding possession, a pass back to your goalkeeper can mean they can clear the ball up the field or even keep possession using the other defenders. If the opposition player gets the ball, slowing them down so that your team can organize defensively is your main aim.
One of the main jobs for you as a fullback is to prevent crosses from being played into your box. So work as hard as you can to stop them. This could even be a metric that a coach will track to understand your performance over time. As well as stopping crosses, you should also work hard to stop any opposition player from getting into your penalty box with the ball.
Once they enter the box with the ball in their possession, your options as a defender become limited. So do what you can to keep them out! Try and quickly get an understanding of the opposition player who you are up against usually a wide attacker or winger. Figure out their skills and preferences fast are they strong? Fullbacks take several roles on the field.
They defend when their team does not have the ball, and they join their attack when they do have the ball. I have been playing and watching soccer for years, and to me, I have always viewed the fullback position as one of the most interesting soccer positions. The reason behind this is that to be able to play as a fullback, you should have a very large set of skills that span across offense and defense. The soccer formation used by the coach determines how many fullbacks will be playing on the team.
A formation generally means that there are 2 fullbacks on the team while a formation generally means that there are no fullbacks on the team. Even though it is usually up to the coach to decide the number of fullbacks on the team based on the formation that they want to use, most of the time, there are either 2 fullbacks on the team, or none. As for the formation, all of the defenders will usually be central defenders and none of them will be a fullback.
You may ask, can a soccer team have a single fullback instead of either 2 or none? If you want to use fullbacks, it makes sense to have one one each side of the field instead of only having a single fullback on one of the sides. A team might have a single fullback for a short period of time during a match, but that happens when one of the 2 fullbacks on the field gets a red card i. Here you go. As I have mentioned before, fullbacks have some extra responsibility than the other defenders on the team.
This makes the fullback position very physically demanding. In modern football, the full backs have been given important roles on the pitch, unlike the centre backs, the fullbacks have been given plenty of space to manoeuvre around, leaving the centre backs the responsibility of marking the strikers. The full backs run wide and assist in offensive attacks by overlapping while at the same time keeping an eye on the defensive line and marking the wingers of the opposing team who are looking to make use of the space left by the full back while overlapping.
Whether playing on the right or the left full back positions, the roles are closely the same, one is supposed to mark the opposing nearest striker while at the same time checking on their wingers, this means that someone has to be a fast runner so as to complete these tasks.
Thus contributing to the defensive unit, they are required to have good communication with the closest centre back so as to cover for each other. Full backs are required to prevent the opposing winger, fullback or attacking midfielder from crossing into the box thus keeping the ball away from goal as much as possible. The full backs are also required to dribble in the final third, playing one twos and take part on combination plays rather than just providing crosses.
The forwards playing on the wide position have great control of the ball, therefore it requires a technical defender to win the ball from the forward, therefore they should know how to excellently handle one on one situations.
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