Technique and Its Training

First of all, we need to define what technique actually is:

A technical movement that allows us to effectively resolve each in-game situation, supported by coordinative and conditional capacities, and which, in most cases, involves direct interaction with a moving object or implement.
— Massafret (2004)

It’s also worth keeping in mind that technique cannot exist without tactics, since:

Every action performed (technique) requires a purpose guiding it (tactics), as there’s no way to carry out a task without an underlying strategy that justifies why it’s being done.

Execution Processes

Technique can be classified into:

• Individual: The action depends solely on the player performing it, since the surrounding environment is relatively stable. (E.g., sweeping the jugg)
• Collective, or technical-tactical: Involves collaboration between two or more athletes working together to achieve a shared goal. (E.g., moving into open space based on the positioning of the rest of the team)

When performing technique, several factors come into play:

• Anatomical-functional circumstances
• Sport biomechanics principles
• Physical condition
• Central and peripheral nervous system
• Perceptual-cognitive abilities
• Psychological components
• Rules of the sport
• Environment and external conditions

Fundamental coordinative skills are essential for improving technical proficiency. These include: movement control, spatial awareness, and temporal perception.

Main Offensive-Defensive Fundamentals

The Pass:
A technical action that serves as the fundamental principle of collective play, involving the intentional transfer of possession of the ball between two members of a team.

The Reception:
A technical action through which a player gains possession of the Jugg in order to carry out a subsequent action.

Sweeping:
A technical action that allows a player in possession of the Jugg to move across the field using their implements.

Pivoting While Moving:
A technical action and movement in which a player keeps one foot in constant contact with the ground while stepping with the other.

Basic Methodological Aspects

Within the context of practicing and training technique, it’s necessary to develop a technical progression that addresses the different fundamental components of passing and ball control within a specific sport discipline. It also requires planning a one-month mesocycle focused on the periodization of the technical-tactical content to be worked on during that period. Finally, it calls for designing both an analytical task and a global task, each targeting a specific technical-tactical content area, detailing the objectives and methodology for each.