Defensive game: defending when beaten for pace
Improve defending when beaten for pace: a defensive game to protect the goal
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1/13/20261 min read
Game: organise when out of balance
A game on the phase "organise to protect our goal" and the game principle "organise when out of balance", but with the (most important) objective "improve defending when beaten for pace". There are several types of imbalance and, as you'll have gathered from this game, here it's about defending when the opponent has the advantage in speed.
To play on speed, and so learn to defend, we have to put the attacker in the right conditions. That's why there's a line where the 2 attacking support players stand; they can't be tackled and, when they receive the pass, they must enter the finishing zone dribbling with the ball, and therefore with speed. Going through 1 of the 2 support players is compulsory to progress. Only 1 of them may enter the finishing zone, since the aim isn't a numerical imbalance.
All that's left is to coach your team defensively to help your players improve.
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