Appendix 1
Expert Interview Guidelines Rest Defense
Prior Interview:
- informed consent, privacy policy, participant information
- Basic information:
- Age
- Type
of coaching license
- Coaching
experience (years, team, league, role)
Interview Start (Ice-Breaker Questions):
- What led you to become a soccer coach/ soccer analyst?
- What coaching experience do you have in professional soccer (years, team,
league, role)?
Questions:
Open questions to start the conversation:
1.1 What is your experience with rest defense?
1.2 What do you understand by the term rest defense?
1.3 From your perspective, how would you describe rest defense?
Follow-up questions if not answered before:
Objective:
2.1 In your opinion, what is the goal of rest defense?
Characteristics:
2.2 In your view, when does the rest defense occur? When does it come into play?
How long does the rest defense action
last? (temporal: playing phase)
Difference: When is rest defense coached, when does it come into play?
2.3 Which players do you think are involved in the rest defense? (spatial: number
of players, position group)
2.4 In your opinion, how should the rest defense be positioned on the pitch?
(spatial: positioning)
Tactics:
2.5 Do you know tactical approaches in rest defense?
2.6 What tactical variations do you use in rest defense?
Success:
2.7 In your opinion, what is important to be effective/successful in rest defense
(also compared to an unsuccessful/ineffective rest defense)?
Difference: success based on the result of the rest defense, success based on
behavior of the players involved in the rest
defense.
Definition:
2.8 How would you define rest defense?