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Sign inPressure-Cover-Balance Shadow Defending
12 min · Intermediate · 4+ players · Medium space
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Description
A back line moves as a unit against a passing pattern, no tackling at first: first defender pressures, second covers, far side balances and tucks in. (Age fit: U12+.)
Curriculum
- Ages
- U12 and up
- Players
- 4+
- Opposition
- Passive defender
- Session phase
- Practice (teaching)
- With a squad of 12
- 3 groups of 4. Run them side by side.
Trains 5 objectives
- Pressure the ballU11-U12 · defensive-pressure
- Cover behind the pressureU11-U12 · defensive-support
- Stay compact as a unitU11-U12 · protecting-goal
- Defend as a back lineU13-U14 · defensive-support
- Defend as a team blockU15-U16 · defensive-pressure
Skills
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Functional Technique
Shooting / Finishing
Attacking
Attacking with Numbers
Defending
Defensive Shape / Unit Pressing
Transition to Defend
Counter-Pressing