A basic 2vs2 attack with an attacking overload and transitioning defensive player
Defending: Defender 1 - Stay on feet, close attacker down. Defending: Defender 2 - Speed in getting back to defend (add only on progression) Attacking: Attacker 1 - Speed of thought, receive pass on back foot, one touch finish, or draw in defender and play in teammate. Attacking: Attacker/Midfielder 2 - Timing of pass into teammate, timing of decoy run.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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