Coaching Results
Top Tips For Defending The Long Ball
Defending against teams that play long balls can be a challenging task that requ...
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Defending Principles to Regain Possession
In this session players learn how to be compact to stop teams playing through th...
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Pressing to Win The Ball
This drill will help you to coach your players to press and win the ball in all ...
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Shield and Protect
Quick overloads in this drill helps players to keep possession of the ball when ...
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Recovering Defenders
A dynamic drill that trains defenders to recover quickly and attackers to exploi...
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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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Defend from Behind
1v1 is one of the key battles you will see in any youth soccer match and success...
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Block the Centre
A tactical possession game that develops passing, movement, and awareness using ...
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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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Score in Either Goal
The defender must try to press and prevent the attacker from scoring in 1v1 situ...
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React to Movement
Defending attacks around the penalty area means stopping dribbles and blocking p...
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Individual Defending
Developing the technique of individual defending will improve players ability to...
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Recover when the ball is lost
It is important that players react when the ball is lost during an attack puttin...
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