Positive postions
Game drill
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WHAT?
Defense – Positional Defense – Prevent build up-play
WHY?
To give the opponents as little time and space as possible
HOW?
- Player closest to the ball holder press the opponent
outwards
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- The other player / players cover the attractive space
behind
- When you press, have your body in ”defense
position”, which means to have your body
in a half upright position. Important to bend your knees and
hips.
- Time your press = If you want to win the ball
back, start you press at the exact same (or a hundreth
second earlier) moment as the opponent passes the ball.
Make sure that you have press distance.
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- If you cannot win the ball, steer the opponent
in the direction you want them and delay their movement.
- If you do not have cover, wait until you have before you
press the opponent.
- Hold the line straight. The wide player at the other side
commands the other players in the line if it needs to
be adjusted.
- Keep the distance between each other intact.
- Use the collective movement methods side-to-side,
centering, advance, retreat and high / low defensive line.
- Remember that the aim is to have the opponents around
and in front of us, but never to pass a ball in between us.
STRUCTURE?
Full pitch, goals, vests, balls. 20 players, two goalkeepers.
Adjust the area and amount of players if necessary
according to area formula.
RULES?
The game always starts with the coach who passes the
ball to the red team. Their aim is to score at the blue team.
The blue team starts in their postions at the our own half
and uses the collective movement methods to minimize
time and space for the opponents. If the blue team wins
the ball, they can of course attack.
The game ends when one of teams score, the ball goes
out of play or if the coach says so.
Advanced level = Let the red team start with the ball from
the goalkepper and blue team defenses with higher starting
positions. Allow set pieces.
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