Forcing attackers away from central areas makes it harder for them to create an opportunity to shoot because it narrows the angle between them and the goal.
Forcing attackers away from central areas makes it harder for them to create an opportunity to shoot because it narrows the angle between them and the goal. This soccer coaching session will help you coach 1v1 defending, forcing attackers away from goal and making opponents’ play predictable.
What to look for in this soccer drill
What to get your players to do in the drill
One defender and one attacker stand diagonally opposite each other at the corners that don’t have the goals. The defender passes to the attacker and moves to defend the goal directly opposite the attacker, which the attacker must try to dribble through. The players join the back of the queue for a turn in the other role.
Develop the soccer drill
Give the attacker the option of passing the ball through the goal opposite.To progress further, the attacker can now also dribble across the whole of the opposite end line, although more points must be awarded for dribbling through the goal.
Play it in a game
Play 4v4 with goals in opposite corners as used throughout the soccer coaching session. The playing area needs to be enlarged though. The defending team will need to keep moving the attackers sideways, away from the goal they are defending.
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