1vs1 - DF from behind

Very good interactive coaching drills.
Matt

DESCRIPTION

Red starts with ball at the end of teh grid .

Red in middle starts behind cones and makes a move either side to receive. 

As this is happening, blue (DF) comes and pressures red.

Red has to try and dribble over end line

If DF wins ball, they have to get teh ball back to server.

Progressions

  • add corner goals to dribble through
  • add a normal goal with GK

COACHING POINTS

Thsi practice works on dealing with DF coming from behoind you.

Awareness - checking shoulder before you receive.

TRy to get turned and faced up if you can and have the space to do so. Why? How?

If not, can you twist and turn and get past the DF.

Receiving skills

  1. Outside hook spin off

  2. Inside hook spin off

  3. Half turn-back foot

    1. Open body

    2. Shoulders facing both goals

    3. Let ball roll across body

    4. Take first touch forward

  4. Cruyff turn

  5. Drag behind

  6. Scholes turn

  7. Front foot

    1. Safe side

    2. Why?

    3. Distance and body between ball and DF to protect

    4. Low stance, low centre of gravity

  8. No touch turns

Technical details of each move

  • Body position

  • Hips

  • legs

  • Arms

  • Eyes

  • Protect ball

Body position before you receive the ball

  • Depends on the turn you choose to do.

 

First touch away from defender into the space

  • Go against movement of DF

 

Use the DFs momentum against them

 

Disguise before you receive

 

Movement before you receive the ball

  • Single movements

  • Double movements

  • 7-1 movements

  • Play on the shoulder

  • Dropping in to receive

  • Getting behind the DF

  • Try to receive the ball on the move, and in a different space that you started in.

  • IF you are standing still, pin the defender, and hide and protect.

 

Can the player's perform a no touch turn to go forward when a defender is coming at them?

  • Using their body to roll DFs

    • Hips

    • Legs

    • Low centre of gravity

    • Body in between ball and DF

    • Arms - push off - protection

    • Explode out

 

Dropping in at an angle to receive and open up

Spinning off behind defender if they get tight to get a ball in-behind them

 

When in bigger numbers games

  • Try to get behind or out of the eyeline of the defender.

  • Rotational movement

    • Emptying and filling space

  • Reacting off each others movement and triggers

  • Different vertical and horizontal receiving lines

 

The passer

  • Playing passes that are easier to receive and allow for more controlled play

  • Quick, firm

  • To correct foot

    • Depending on the picture

 

Work with DFs to make sure they are DFing realistically

Awareness - 3 looks

  • Assess position of defender?

  • Where is the space?

  • Where are your teammates?

  • Try to always know what is around you before you get the ball?

Decision making when it turns opposed

  • When to play forward?

  • When to play back to keep the ball?

Cues and Triggers

  • When to move to receive?

  • When to turn around the corner to go round the defender?

  • When to spin off and try to get in behind?

  • When to receive on the half turn to play forward

  • When to receive on the front foot, to protect and hide?

    • Or to bounce back to where you come from, and move again?

 

Be positive, clever, inventive,  and try to get behind the defender

ABCS in the warm up

Twisting, turning, and playing with disguise before you receive, and to get away from DF

Communication

  • Verbal

    • From the passer

    • From the receiver

  • Nonverbal

    • Body position

    • The movement from player's

  • Send a message with the pass

  • Send a message with your movement, and your body position

Competitive attitude

  • Beat the DF

Use role models as an example - receiving from behind

  • Stop video before he does it. ANd ask what they would do, or what they think he is going to do?

  • Can you try it?

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