1 v 1 drill to teach basic defending. Progress to 1 v 2 then 2 v 2. Ball is passed to the blue team, red is then the defender. Dirbbling between the orange cone is 3 points, dribbling between the yellow and orange cones is 1 point. When a second defender is added he must touch the green cone before coming into play.
Pressuring the offense to one side Defense making a curved run With two defenders pressureing and covering.
This practice has no coaching points
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