3v3 - 3 Goal Game Focus is on Defending 1. Pressure2. Cover 3. Balance Players are doing a good job at pressuring and are getting better at at the cover - still there are times where they are getting split. Lets try and focus on:1. Lines of recovery (this will help with reconizing how and when to cover the players while in play)2. Balance - being goal side and ball side and not Manmarking but supporting their team mates.
Players are doing a good job at pressuring and are getting better at at the cover - still there are times where they are getting split. Lets try and focus on:1. Lines of recovery (this will help with reconizing how and when to cover the players while in play)2. Balance - being goal side and ball side and not Manmarking but supporting their team mates. 1. Cover - off the shoulder - focusing on doing 1.5 jobs - marking their player but supporting their team mate 2. Lines of recovery - what do we do when we get beat - where do we recover to - using the post as a visual reference for recovering to the middle of the park
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This practice has no progressions
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