CF MOVES IN A LOOPING RUN TO SEAL OFF AND FORCE THE BALL WIDE AND DOES NOT ALLOW BALL TO SWING BACK.
OUR ATTACKING MID MOVES TO PRESSURE BALL WHILE TAKING AWAY A PASSING LANE TO OPPONENTS HOLDING MID OR MIDDIE CHECKING BACK TO BALL.
OUR 2ND AM MARKS THE OPPONENTS MIDDIE TO NOT ALLOW THEM AN OUTLET.
OUR BACKLINE MUST BE ALERT TO PRESSURE ON THE BALL TO BE PREPARED TO DROP OFF AGAINST LONG BALLS.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE GAME PREDICTABLE BY FORCING THE BALL TO ONE SIDE AND KEEPING IT THERE
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
Roughly a fifth of Premier League goals come from set pieces, and the gap between teams who plan their routines and teams who do not has never been wider. Here is how the modern set-piece specialists design attacking corners, free kicks, and throw-ins - and how you can apply their ideas at any level.
The next frontier in football coaching is not physical, it is mental. Cognitive load training - the deliberate use of perception, decision-making and dual-task demands inside football drills - is reshaping how the best academies develop players. Here is what it means and how to use it.
If the last decade taught us about pressing, this one is teaching us about what stands behind it. Rest defence is the shape your team holds while attacking, and it is the difference between dominating a game and getting picked off on the counter.