Courtessy: lawrence of Fine soccer Today's topic deals with unforced errors. Some coaches seem to spend a great deal of time looking at the statistics of soccer. Things such as time of possession, number of bad passes, shots on goal etc. If you are going to chart loss of possessions, I think you need to break it down even further into four categories. * Forced loss of possessions (flop) * Unforced loss of possession (ulop) * Risked loss of possessions (rlop) * Good loss of possessions (glop) There is a big difference between the three and it's important for coaches and players to understand the differences, and to know when some are acceptable and others are not. A flop occurs when the player is under pressure and loses the ball. This could be the result of receiving the ball while already under pressure, or having the situation change and finding yourself surrounded by opponents. A Flop occurs when the player loses the ball even though there is no pressure on you at all. This ...