Excellent drills, very detailed videos. Useful site for my U15 boys team.
The new rules - what will UK coaches be focussing on most? (Living in NZ, we're playing them now!)
Looking for drills/ games%3A Attacking within defending 23m
player is getting ready to hit free hit. other player on same team is 5 yards away waiting if pass is needed it. defender is right behind her. is tha obstruction?
Has anyone got any set plays for the new rule involving the 23 yard hit?
how to play defending 3V2
could someone comment on the 5 yard rule when entering the scoring area? There always seams to be a lot of wrong information regarding this rule.
how to tackles defender passing ball by attacker, pressing with high intensity by attacking players made the defenders have more space to put the ball out of danger zone
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