Movement off the ball
What does “movement off-the-ball” stand for in football?
What is called “movement off-the-ball”?
Movement Off-The-Ball is important on both offense and defense. It is critical to support and good teamwork. It is the key to “off-the-ball attacking”. On offense, “movement off-the-ball” refers to the movement by the ballhandler’s teammates (the ballhandler is “onball”). The 2 types of movement off-the-ball which all coaches can teach players U-10 and older are: having attackers stay a pass apart, and having receivers move away from the ballhandler as they approaches them in order to create space (i.e., so they are a pass apart).