Pressure / Cover Defending
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Description
•2 vs. 2, with goals marked out in the corner of the grid.
•Play a regular game with periods of about 2-3 minutes in duration.
•Have extra balls ready to keep the game flowing.
Coaching Points
•Attacking and defending principles of play.
•Attacking:
-Supporting decisions of depth and distance.
-Taking opportunities to shoot early.
-Possession penetration decisions.
-Giving first defenders options, forcing decisions on defenders.
•Defending:
-Pressure on the ball, do not allow first attacker’s head to come up.
-Second defender must cover the goal, as well as be aware of the second attacker.
-First defender tries to channel attacker into the sideline, away from the second attacker. (This is easier to do since the goals are in the corners of the field, the sideline comes up ‘quicker’.
-When first defender has made the play predictable, second defender tries to ‘double team’.
-Make sure the defenders stay balanced, that they do not become too spread out, enabling the attacking team to make ‘splitting passes’.
-As soon as the ball is won, can they shoot? This is the best time to do so because the attacking team is not in a good defending posture.