Session
17 - 21
Technical / Tactical
SESSION: defending the circle
- The Boot Room
- 16 September 2019
Peter Augustine, FA county coach developer, delivers a practice for grassroots players aged 17-21, focusing on defensive techniques.
Key objectives
During this session players will develop their understanding of:
- recognising defending situations within a practice scenario
- decision-making: when to press and when to protect
- defending the aerial ball
- individual defending techniques
- transition situations and defending when out of balance.
Defending the circle
QUESTIONS
After you have watched this session, ask yourself the following questions:
- How would you adapt or tweak the practice to make it appropriate to your own players?
- What additional challenges could you set to make the practice easier or harder for individuals or your group?
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