Baiting the Defender
食いつかせる
Baiting the Defender — Deliberately drawing a defender out to use the space he leaves.
1💬 In a nutshell
“Show the defender ‘bait’ to reel him in — the attacker's trap.”
2🎬 See it move
An original tactics board (blue = the team in focus, red = the opponent; attacking left to right). The board animates on its own.
⚽ Open the interactive version (117 more terms, each with its own board)
3🔍 Why it matters — what to watch for
When a defender bites (leaves his post to win it), space always opens behind him. The false nine, the carry, the wedge — boiled down, all are tools to ‘bait and vacate.’ Attacking is the work of moving the opponent.
Columns put it“The CF drops to bait the CB, and the winger takes the vacated space behind. The mechanism was perfect.”