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1 v 1 skills Drills

To come out on top in a 1 v 1 situation, you need to have the confidence, dribbling ability and fast reactions. The one on one drills and videos below...

Defending Drills

As much as attacking and scoring goals is vital if your team cannot defend, it's game over. Improve your defenders' jockeying, positioning a...

Advancement Of Full Backs Defending

category: Defending

Soccer Advancement of full backs defending Defending Objective: To defend against a winger or opposite full back overlapping Detail: This practice us...

Shadow Defending

category: 1-v-1-skills

Soccer Shadow defending 1 v 1 skills Players are working in pairs. Player 1 dribbles forward and player 2 shadows them, not trying to win the ball bu...

Run Out To The Player - 1V1

category: Defending

Football Run out to the player - 1v1 Defending Set up a line of defenders on both sides of your 18 yard box and two lines of attackers roughly in lin...

Full Backs Defending In Phase Of Play

category: Defending

Soccer Full backs defending in phase of play Defending Objective: To defend as a full back in a 1 v 1 situation Detail: This practice uses only 4 pla...

Working Up To 11 V 11 Principles

category: Defending

Soccer Working up to 11 v 11 principles Defending Objective: Application of the individual & unit patterns/movements of defending with a 8 v 8 practi...

Retreating Defence

category: Defending

Football Retreating Defence Defending Objective: Opposed practice developing recovery runs and increase understanding on roles and responsibilities.

Bull Dog

category: Dribbling

Five players start on one end line, each with a ball. One defender is stationed in the middle without a ball.

All players must try to dribbl...

Change Soccer

category: Conditioned-games

Position 3 players who link arms or hold hands on the goal line.

Play 3 v 3 until coach shouts, "Change!" then the chain breaks an...

Defending 1 On 1 With A Goalkeeper

category: Defending

Goalkeeper passes to player 2, who must attempt to dribble the ball past player 1 and score a goal. Player 1 assumes a sideways position and blocks...

Defending 2 On 1

category: Defending

Player 1 has a ball; the other three balls are placed on discs on the end line.

Player 1 passes the ball to player 3, who must advance the b...

Defending The Midfield

category: Defending

Play 2 v 2 in the area furthest from goal and 2 v 3 in the defensive area around the goal. Make 2 small goals on the end line for the defense to pl...

Defensive Pressure

category: Defending

Play 3 v 3 in the middle area with goalkeepers stationed in each of the goals. Balls are placed around the field so that as soon as a ball goes out...

Number Shooting - 1V1

category: Shooting

Number 2 groups of players from 1-5 and get them to stand on either side of the goal.

1. Call a number. The two players (one from each si...

Through Ball In The Triangle

category: Possession

Set up a rectangle, 15x10m, with a player on each corner plus two defending players inside the grid with bibs on.

The outside players must t...

Use The Width To Get Up The Pitch

category: Conditioned-games

Red 1 passes the ball to one of the teams to start the game.

There should be 3 players in both wings and 8 players in the centre of the pitc...

World Cup Headers

category: Heading

Groups of 4 players are paired and stationed on the sides of the area as shown in the diagram. Each team takes on the identity of a World Cup Team....

Plan B defending - On the edge of your Box!

Danger zone defending - create defending pressure, in and around your 18 yard box, to test your how your defenders cope!

Dealing with attacking movement

Handle the forwards movement by recognising the forwards patterns and by reading the play to anticipate where the pass and run might go to be able to ...

Breaking the Block

In attack, shift a deep defence and create space with clever movement and proper decision making to exploit a block of defenders.

Pressing in small groups

Press in small groups to develop your teams understanding and feel for the movement when pressing high up the field.

Defending Deep

Stay compact, stay disciplined and protect a lead by defending deep with this session.

Possession Games: Defending against Overloads!

Teach your players how to hold up a counter-attack and cover at the back in this games based session.

Defending for U9s and Below

Teach young players the basics of defending - using games to teach correct body position and pressing the ball to make sure they have fun as they lear...

Defending the Long Ball

Don't let route one football be the downfall of your defence! Use this plan to practice how to move and defend against the ball over the top.

Transition Play

To develop and enhance players knowledge and understanding of transition play from attack - defence, and defence - attack.

Team Shape Out Of Possession – Defending Principles

To develop players' understanding of their roles and responsibilities when out of possession - in regards to team shape and organisation.

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What activities will improve my defence?

Trying to give my daughter extra defending lessons at home.

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Defending dead balls

New to 9 a side. Recommended Training Drills Please

Defending Drills for Under 8s

Driven and Lofted Passing - why is it important?

Developing Dribble Dash

Positioning drills in attack/ deffence

Defending in opponents half

2 x 6 min roundsAttacking team tries to get the ball to the half pitchDefending team tries to win the ball and score

Autosave 78367217

Time 10 minute games X 6 rounds 3 minute break4 vs. 2 to 2 vs. 2Organization:Play in a total area of 20 X 30 yards - two areas of 20 x 15 yards Activi...

1v1 Transition attacking/defending

1v1 Situation where player red will try to score on blue net, after taking the shot (or the blue player cuts the ball) red player defends a...

Defending - 2v2

1v1 Defending

Delivery into box Defending

Start with 2 defenders, numbers depending, 3 groups or 4. Ball played in to a bounce pass and played out wide. The bouncer is one of the defenders. De...

Numbers

each player on each team have a numberkeeper calls out a numberthat number person runs past the cone until the bottokm cones go through them collect t...

1v1 Faint (Skill Practice)

players go 1v1 against one another1. players don't move but can tag the player as they go by2. players defending can passively pressure the players3. ...

1v1 (swop!)

Blue player starts as a defenderRed player attacks and plays 1v1 against the blue defenderAs soon as the ball is 'dead' the red player becomes the def...

4-8 vs. 4-8 with defencive run after lossing ball

ordinary game, but when team loss the ball everyone needs run to the goal line before they can start defending again.- attacking team must make 5 pass...