About Me
My name is Martin and I'm 15 yrs old. In this piece of GCSE PE
coursework, the sport I will be using is football. I chose to use this
particular sport because I have been playing regular football from a
very young age.
Over a time period of a number of years have gradually progressed from
grass roots football to where I am now which is playing for the under
19s youth team of the league division 3 club Rushden & Diamonds. I
play as a central midfielder so I have chosen to focus on this
particular position for the entirety of this coursework.
What does being a central midfielder involve?
As a central midfielder the main responsibility I have is linking the
defence and attack together. There are a number of ways of doing this,
from short through passes used to supply the forwards to long forward
passes from the edge of my own penalty area for the forwards to chase.
It is one of the toughest positions to play because it needs a higher
level of fitness than any other position.
If a midfielder was fully fit and had a good game they would cover
approximately 6400 metres in the first half and 6000 metres in the
second half. 28% of this would be walking and 26% would be sprinting,
the rest would be jogging at a range of different paces. This is
because a central midfielder needs to sit behind the forwards to
support them when their team is attacking but also needs to sit
infront of the defense and try and regain the ball when their team is
defending. So if this is done correctly, a lot of ground has to be
covered. In some cases a central midfield player is found overlapping
the forwards and making runs from midfield to surprise the other team
and also to bring variety to their teams attacking play. On other
occasions a central midfielder is found behind his teams last line of
defense if necessary. In most top class football matches, the game is
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