Soccer. Basketball. Hockey. Lacrosse. Handball. Rugby. Water Polo, etc…
Different tools. Same problems.
Every invasion game asks the same questions:
- How do we create superiority?
- How do we use space?
- How do we support the ball?
- How do we attack a numerical advantage?
- How do we defend collectively when we don’t have it?
A 2v1 in soccer
is the same decision structure as a 2v1 in basketball.Hockey, Lacrosse etc…
Only the surface changes:
- Feet instead of hands
- Ball instead of puck
- Grass instead of court or ice or pool
But the decisions do not change.
When coaches treat each sport as “unique,”
they end up teaching skills in isolation instead of decisions in context.
That’s why kids struggle to transfer learning.
And why great athletes often excel across multiple sports.
Principles first. Skills serve the principles.
Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
— Mark