Outnumbered

With outnumbered in many team sports numerical inferiority described of players a team. There are basically two constellations that arise either due to the game or through sanctions in the rules. Synonymously is spoken of outnumbered , whereby this is always a matter of perspective, if one team plays outnumbered, the other team is automatically outnumbered.

Outnumbered due to the game

When different athletes work together in a team, a lack of defensive work can lead to one team being outnumbered compared to the other team in a game situation. For example, if a teammate does not come back or does not come back quickly enough during defensive work, then his team has to defend with one less player, i.e. outnumbered, and is therefore weaker in terms of personnel.

Outnumbered due to sanctions

In many team sports, individual players can be punished for a limited period of time or for the entire game. So there are z. B. in ice hockey or handball time penalties or in football with red cards the exclusion for the remaining playing time. As a result, there is always a disproportion between the players in both teams for a period or the remaining playing time. This constellation leads to different tactical possibilities depending on the sport.

sports

The following non-exhaustive list of sports shows the special features of the underpowered game:

basketball

In basketball game- related constellations , the majority is quickly played out by the so-called fast break . In basketball, sanctions are possible that only one team with four or fewer players may play. However, this happens very rarely in game practice.

ice Hockey

Since time penalties are relatively often imposed in ice hockey, there is a tactical response. A well-known method is the power play , which should be prevented by the box play .

Soccer

When it comes to football, you are outnumbered, especially in situations like fast counterattacks , where one team overruns the other. Even with players being sent or when a player is injured and the team the Auswechselkontingent has already exhausted, outnumbered occurs. Due to the size of the field and the high number of players, a team with enough skill, fighting strength and commitment can cope with this quite well. In soccer, compared to other sports, it should be emphasized that teams that are still outnumbered still have the opportunity to win or at least to achieve a draw.

Handball

In handball it has been shown that the attacking team, outnumbered , can be in dire straits if the ball is lost due to the counter- attack .

Water polo

In water polo , an outnumbered or outnumbered opponent is the greatest risk of conceding a goal, because every defender counts in water polo. That is why there are also special under-numbers to keep the goal risk as small as possible.