Session
17 - 21
Psychological
Technical / Tactical
SESSION: pressing, delaying, denying
- The Boot Room
- 01 February 2015
In this session, Aidy Boothroyd, England U21 head coach, focuses on three main aspects of defending: pressing; delay, deny, dictate; and emergency defending.
Key objectives
Developing player decision making during out of possession scenarios:
- how to apply a high press strategy
- how to effectively delay, deny and dictate opposition attacks
- how to use emergency defending tactics in and around the penalty area.
Introduction and warm up
Using a high press or medium block
Pressing high to win the ball back
Defending against counter-attacks
Emergency defending
QUESTIONS
After you have watched this, 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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