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- Ball Control and Footwork
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- Control & Restraint
- Counter Attacking
- Cover & Balance
- Creating Space
- Creativity
- Crossing & Finishing
- Delay
- Goalkeeping
- Heading
- Low Block
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Defending Soccer Drills -Pressing, 11-12
Intercept The Ball
Winning the ball back is vital to a team’s ability to control the game. Win it...
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7v7 Block the Centre
In this game one team attacks the goal by playing through the centre and the def...
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Free
Defending Principles
This drill is designed to encourage players to practice their defending principl...
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Free
Watching The Ball
When defending in small numbers, defenders must take individual responsibility f...
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Defending On Transition
Developing players technical and tactical ability and well as their mentality to...
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Developing Defending 1v1
Developing a player's 1v1 skills is a big part of their development. Time spent ...
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Defenders Working in Pairs
This is a great way to get defenders working together to prevent goals being sco...
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Shut Down Opponents
Pressing is important because it wins the ball back for the defending team and p...
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Defending against crosses
In this drill players learn about how and when to stop their opponents playing a...
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Recovery Runs
It’s important we work on players ability to recover when losing possession, a...
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Block the Centre
Set your players up to stop teams that attack down the middle forcing them wide ...
Difficulty
Free
Defensive Pressing Cues
Individuals can be coached how to defend in a team context when facing attacking...
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