
RE-ACTING ON CALL
COACH CALLS OUT A COLOUR TO TRIGGER THE HOOKER TO PASS TO ATTACKING PLAYER IN THAT COLOURED SECTION ONCE THE HOOKER HAS DELIVERED THE PASS, THE DEFENDERS CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THE CALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR DIAGRAM IT SHOWS THAT THE COACH HAS CALLED OUT 2 COLOURS (WHITE AND RED) WHICH THE WHITE ATTACKER HAS TIPPED ONTO THE RED PUSH SUPPORT PLAYER AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DIAGRAM, THERE IS A DEFENDER ON RED/WHITE and A DEFENDER ON BLUE/RED. THESE 2 DEFENDERS HAVE OWNERSHIP ON THOSE TWO COLOURED SECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS DIAGRAM, THE BLUE/RED and RED/WHITE DEFENDERS WOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RED ATTACKER, FOCUSING ON BODY/FEET POSITION INTO CONTACT, TARGET AREA, COMMUNICATION IN THE TACKLE, HOOKS and LEVERS. TO ADVANCE THIS DRILL, ADD THE 3rd PERSON INTO THE TACKLE (Always from the inside) IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO, IT WOULD BE THE WHITE DEFENDER DUE TO THE PTB POSITION THIS DRILL HAS A MULTI PURPOSE, AS IT FOCUSES ON DEFENSIVE COMBINATIONS, SIMULATED DEFENSIVE MOVEMENTS IN A GAME, ALONG WITH SKILL DEVELOPMENT, COMBO'S and PUSH SUPPORT IN ATTACK ENSURE THE COACH INCLUDES VARIATION TO THE DRILL BY WAY OF DIFFERENT COLOUR COMBINATIONS EG: A SINGLE COLOUR LIKE WHITE (IN WHICH THE RED/WHITE and WHITE DEFENDER WILL BE OVER THE BALL, WITH THE MARKER BEING INVOLVED AS 3rd PERSON IN) or CALL OUT MULTIPLE COLOURS WHITE/RED/BLUE TO NOT ONLY TEST THE DEFENCE OUT, BUT PUT PRESSURE ON THE ATTACKER'S PASSING SKILL FINALLY, BE SURE TO MOVE THE PTB POSITION TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE DRILL, TO WORK ON LEFT TO RIGHT PASSING
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