Craig Birtwistle
Name: | Craig Birtwistle |
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City: | New Jersey |
Country: | United States of America |
Membership: | Adult Member |
Sport: | Football/Soccer |
How when and where to defend in midfield with 4 players
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Set up:
1v1
Description:
1v1 defending (revision)
Coaching Points:
4 P's of defense (Pressure, Position, Patience and Power)
Pressure - Run straight at defender or how to angle run to force a player into one direction
Position - The correct body position to attempt to win the ball back
Patience - Don't lunge in pick a good moment to win the ball (visual cue of attacker taking a bigger touch)
Power - When to attempt to win the ball and how to be strong and safe in the tackle
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Set up:
4v4 (+1)
Description:
White must pass the ball amongst their squares but must remain in their squares. White score by dribbling past the endline of their square. Red score by winning the ball and playing to center forward
Coaching Points:
4 P's of defense (Pressure, Position, Patience and Power)
Pressure - Run straight at defender or how to angle run to force a player into one direction
Position - The correct body position to attempt to win the ball back
Patience - Don't lunge in pick a good moment to win the ball (visual cue of attacker taking a bigger touch)
Power - When to attempt to win the ball and how to be strong and safe in the tackle
Wide area - Outside player presses, AM covers, DM pushes in and left stays for balance.
Central area - Wide players tuck in and AM presses with DM stepping forward to deny space.
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Set up:
4v4 (+2)
Description:
As previous but now white can move anywhere and have the same system as red with the holding mid able to enter in defense only. The aim of the game is to find the pass to the center forward. Holding mid can screen the player to stop the ball going in but can not enter the attackers box.
Coaching Points:
4 P's of defense (Pressure, Position, Patience and Power)
Pressure - Run straight at defender or how to angle run to force a player into one direction
Position - The correct body position to attempt to win the ball back
Patience - Don't lunge in pick a good moment to win the ball (visual cue of attacker taking a bigger touch)
Power - When to attempt to win the ball and how to be strong and safe in the tackle
Wide area - Outside player presses, AM covers, DM pushes in and left stays for balance.
Central area - Wide players tuck in and AM presses with DM stepping forward to deny space.
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Set up:
Team divided up in to two for a 6v6 or 7v7 scrimmage (if 7 or more have a keeper)
Description:
Scrimmage in a 2-4 formation.
Coaching Points:
All the above. Try and find one or two coaching points in a real enviroment. Team should move in a diamond shape when attacking and a compact flat four when defending.
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Arrival Scrimmage (15 mins)
Set up
Divide the group into 4
Description:
Arrival scrimmage.
Coaching Points
No coaching just evaluate the player