Playing Style Composition

The below “Playing Style Composition” table summarises pairs of contrasting style methods (“higher risk style methods” on the left / “lower risk style methods” on the right), along with the team instructions and player instructions that implement them and the playing styles that they tend to be naturally suited to. A few independent style methods (“balanced risk style methods”) are also included and analysed similarly.

You can use this table to help you to review your tactical instructions and add further tactical instructions. You can also refer to the tactical theory guides linked to under related tactics guides below for a list of the naturally suited style methods for each playing style.

You can generate an automatic tactical analysis of the team and player instructions in your tactic by using the Playing Style Implementation Style Analyser.

Introduction & Style Analyser
Playing Style Composition | Playing Style Risk | Transition Play Tactics

Adding Tactical Instructions

You can use the Playing Style Composition table above to assess your tactic and add tactical instructions that either:

• Add or emphasise style methods that tend to be naturally suited to your playing style, are suitable for your players and complement your personal preferences; or
• Offset style methods that tend to be naturally suited to contrasting playing styles, are unsuitable for particular players or do not complement your personal preferences.

To assess which tactical instructions and, therefore, style methods, are suitable for your players you can check the Team Instructions and Player Instructions guide, which cover related playing attributes and player traits for the various tactical instructions.

Adding Team Instructions

Adding team instructions can be particularly useful for:

• Adding style methods that cannot be added by player instructions.
• Adding style methods that you want to be implemented to a greater extent by your players in general rather than by particular players.
• Offsetting style methods that have been implemented by player roles and duties and player instructions.

Adding Custom Player Instructions

Adding custom player instructions can be particularly useful for:

• Adding or offsetting style methods that cannot be added or offset by team instructions.
• Adding style methods that you want to be implemented by particular players who have suitable playing attributes or who may implement them more effectively due to their positions, roles and duties.
• Offsetting style methods that have been implemented by team instructions but are unsuitable for particular players’ playing attributes or may be implemented less effectively by particular players due to their positions, roles and duties.

However, it is often the case that there is no need to add custom player instructions, as the player instructions set by your player roles and duties and when balancing your playing system, along with any team instructions that you set to adjust your playing style, are usually sufficient.

Setting further player instructions can also be problematic. For instance, they may become inappropriate after you make tactical changes and you may forget that they are still set.

Furthermore, it is important to be careful when setting further player instructions for a player who you are using to carry out a particular positional responsibility, as you may adversely affect his ability to carry out that positional responsibility.

Unsuitable Player Instructions

You can use the following “Unsuitable Player Instructions” table to check whether you are adversely affecting particular positional responsibilities with a player instruction.

Note that the positional areas stated in the table cover players in all playing positions in that area plus other players who carry out positional responsibilities in the area after moving into it; for example, an Inside Forward moving into central attack.

Related Guides

Other Playing Style Implementation Guides

• Introduction & Style Analyser
• Playing Style Risk
• Transition Play Tactics

Related Tactics Guides

• Team Instructions – analysis of team instructions, including player suitability.
• Player Instructions – analysis of player instructions, including player suitability.
• Playing Styles – tactical theory guide.
• Core Styles – tactical theory guide including naturally suited style methods for attacking football and defensive football.
• Attacking Styles – tactical theory guide including naturally suited style methods for direct plays and short plays.
• Defensive Styles – tactical theory guide including naturally suited style methods for aggressive defending and cautious defending.
• Composite Styles – tactical theory guide including naturally suited style methods for direct attacking football, pass and move football, long ball football, possession football, high pressure football, cautious attacking football, aggressive defensive football and parking-the-bus football.

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