GameFocus
Defensive principles – Delay, disrupt, dispossess– STRUCTURE
1/8th of a pitch
3v4 with 1 attacker in each End Zone2.
Defenders (Reds)
Defenders look to win the ball in the middle box:
Attackers (Blues)
Attackers can alternate and interchange into the middle as long as only 2 players are there at a time End zone player subs with internal player once goal is scored
Play in sets of 2 mins
Marking
Free DEF line to goal
Marking DEF inside of ATT central channel and close
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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