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Defending As A Unit: Practice Organisation

This document provides instructions for a defensive practice drill aimed at organizing a unit and playing as a team from the back. The drill involves one team attacking with a numerical advantage while the other defends. The defending team aims to regain possession and break out of their half by passing to neutral players in the gates. Key points are maintaining depth and shape as a back four while communicating and pressing as a unit to unsettle the attack before transitioning to offense.

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Defending As A Unit: Practice Organisation

This document provides instructions for a defensive practice drill aimed at organizing a unit and playing as a team from the back. The drill involves one team attacking with a numerical advantage while the other defends. The defending team aims to regain possession and break out of their half by passing to neutral players in the gates. Key points are maintaining depth and shape as a back four while communicating and pressing as a unit to unsettle the attack before transitioning to offense.

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Defending as a unit

‘out of balance’
Defensive play whilst
Practice organisation
• H
 alf pitch with target gates marked on half way
& goal at one end, set-out as illustrated.
• 1
 3 players (including GK), with Neutral players who are available for
D’s as support on regaining possession. GK
• Practice starts with: coach feeds ball into Attacking team’s FB.
• One N supports FB as play advances to make 6v4 & 2 N’s.
• I f Defenders gain possession: they play ball to either of the 2N’s or
Target player, positioned on half way.
• O
 bjective is then to break out from defence to play through either
of the Target gates on half way.

Detail
• Depth of back 4 unit according to circumstances.
• M
 ovement: laterally, diagonally & vertically in response to
movement of ball by opponents.
• I ndividual decisions as to who presses, supports C
& covers.
• Communication & co-ordination of defensive unit, including GK. N N
• O
 n a regain of possession: ensure possession is retained, whether
building an attack or counter-attacking.
• Simple progression for this practice is:

17-21 years
Age group
- Add 2 recovering D’s to practice, once ball has travelled 20yds into
defending half of field. T

Key coaching points • Controlled competitive attitude from D’s to unsettle attack.
• T
 urning defense into attack through swift & accurate passes
• D’s play zonal defence (4v6).
to N & T players.
• Distances between back 4 players & co-ordinated movement of unit.
• D’s maintaining composure on change of possession.

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