Choose 4 players to work as defenders and start in the central circle. The other players take a ball each & dribble around the square.
1 - on the coaches command, the defenders run to pressure and jockey a dribbling player (but don't tackle)
2 - now the player runs to pressure and see how many attackers they can tackle in 10 seconds.
Main focus is on the defending principles (3 D's):
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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