WALKING FOOTBALL DRILL - "ATTACKING & DEFENSIVE DUTIES" | 4 TO 12 PLAYERS | Soccer/Football Coaching |
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PLAYERS: 6 to 14 players
Set up a game and pair the players up with a player from the opposite team. They are now responsible for ‘man marking’ this player. This simply means if their player gets the ball they are responsible to try and stop them from passing/shooting/dribbling.
This drill helps improve both defensive and attacking skills and reading of the play. Plus transitioning from defence to attack and attack to defence.
One second your team may have the ball so you should spread out and look to attack or receive the ball. But then if your team loses possession you must find your player and work on your defensive duties.
Things to work on when defending are: Positioning yourself close to the player so you can intercept a pass or stop them from passing; position yourself between the opposition player and your goal (this way there is no easy way towards goal for them); reading where the pass is likely to come from (is there a free opposition player that is likely to get the ball?) and trying to intercept the pass.
Things to work on when attacking are: Can you ‘lose’ your defender? This may mean that you get on their blind side (off their shoulder) so you can steal a step or two head start on them whichever direction you choose to go; do a shoulder drop or fake step to send your defender in the wrong direction to steal a yard or two; point to where you want the ball passed to so your teammate knows where to pass it to (this may be to your back foot so you can play forward quickly).𝗩𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦⚽ Have the ‘best’ players marking each other so it is competitive. But also switch it up and have more experienced players against less experienced players so that the less experienced players learn from them. ⚽Have small punishments for the defender if the player they are marking scores a goal or sets up a goal (ie 5 lunges, 10 toe taps, etc).
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