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FineSoccer Drill 4 Continued When the ball goes to the outside players, the defenders adjust accordingly as seen in the diagrams below:
After the defenders work hard for 2 minutes, they should switch with the offense and take on the other roles. Once the players are confident in their movements, the next step is say that after 5 passes, the offensive players may leave their positions and try to get the ball from one side of the field to the other. The defense is still not allowed to try to win the ball and the only thing they can do is maintain proper positioning to prevent the attackers from getting to their intended point. Next the players can go live with the offense doing anything they want to get across the end line and the defenders allowed to win the ball. There are a lot of other variations that can be built into this such as putting a keeper on the far end line and having them work on communication by telling the defenders what to do. Also, while working on communication, you can have the keepers be the intended target of the offensive players. In order to get a point, they must chip the ball into the keepers hands (besides working on communication and chipping, this also will force the defense to get the players heads down so they can't find the keeper). Be creative and this can be an entire training session or you can use the rest of the drills in this progression. Have a great day. Lawrence |
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