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Defending Soccer Drills
Defending fits into your tactics, formation, and style of play as a key element. Why, when, and how is what you as a coach must concentrate on when preparing your team to defend against attacks. The elements of possession, position, and pressing should come into your coaching strategy. There will be individual, team, and group play involved in good defensive play.
Using the defending drills on Cupello will help you coach your players to make decisions on individual, group, and team play all over the pitch.
Soccer Coaching Tips
Recovering Defenders
Every team experiences moments when they lose the ball, in these instances often...
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Keep Wingers Wide
Keeping track of wingers means defenders must move to cover the runs of the wing...
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Defensive Pressing Cues
Individuals can be coached how to defend in a team context when facing attacking...
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Defend The Penalty Box
Defending key areas during a game is vital to successful teams. The penalty area...
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1v1 to 2v1
In this game players are coached in support play and positions when the goal is ...
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Fool the Defender
This gives players the opportunity to beat a defender because there are two goal...
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React to Movement
Defending attacks around the penalty area means stopping dribbles and blocking p...
Difficulty
Individual Defending
Developing the technique of individual defending will improve players ability to...
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