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Defend a Counter Attack
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Defend a Counter Attack

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Written by Dave Clarke

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Recovery is one of the important principles of play and if players recover quickly, they are more likely to prevent goals being scored.

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Coaching Objectives

Sometimes when the ball is lost it puts the team in danger from a counter attack so players must practice recovery sessions to stop the counter attack before it does any damage.

For this drill you need an area 20 x 10 yards – put a pair of cones 6 yards apart at the far end and another pair of cones five yards nearer the goal. You need 8 players and a server, balls, bibs, cones and a goal.

 

Drill Setup

  • 8 Players
  • 1 Goals
  • 4 Bibs
  • 12 x 10 y

What the Players Do

You need three defenders at the far end away from the goal and three attackers on the cones five yards closer to the goal. The middle attacker is static he plays the ball in. You also need a lone…

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