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Defensive football drills
Animated defensive drills from coaches on Teloframe, setup, movement, cues, and progressions on every drill.
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DefensiveFutsal: Defending the Power Play
With their keeper pushed up as an outfield player the net behind them is empty. Defending 4v5 is unpleasant, but one clean win ends it.
U14+FutsalDEF
DefensiveThe Offside Trap
Springing a trap is a collective bet, and one slow defender turns it into a clear run at goal. Coach the risk, not only the step.
U14+DEF
DefensiveDefending 1v1 in Wide Areas
In a wide area you have an extra defender who never gets beaten. Angle the approach so the winger has to use the side you want.
U10+DEF
DefensiveRead It and Intercept
The defending skill that comes after the 1v1: reading the pass early and stepping across it, then carrying the ball out instead of clearing it.
U11+DEF
DefensiveThe Block Tackle
A tackle is not something you do, it is something an attacker lets you do. Wait for the ball to be exposed, then step in.
U10+DEF
DefensiveDefending Corners
Six seconds decide a corner. Attack the ball on the front foot, clear it high, far and wide, then punish a defence that has all come up.
U12+DEF
DefensiveThe Slide Tackle
Going to ground removes you from the game. That is the cost, and it is why the slide tackle is a last resort rather than a skill to reach for.
U12+DEF
DefensiveDefending as a Back Four
Six to eight metres between defenders is close enough to cover each other and wide enough to hold the pitch. Both failures are visible.
U14+DEF
Defensive2v2 to Mini-Goals
Nine is about the earliest age at which cover means anything. Before that both defenders chase the ball and the second one is decoration.
U9+3v3DEF
DefensiveDefensive Recovery and Block
Chasing an attacker's heels never catches him. Run at the space he is heading for, get goal-side first, then worry about the ball.
U12+DEF
Defensive1v1 Attack vs Defend
One attacker, one defender, one channel. The duel every other drill is built on, coached from both sides at once for U8 and up.
U8+DEF
DefensiveScreening the Pocket
Marking the ten follows him wherever he goes. Screening the pocket means he can stand anywhere he likes and still never receive.
U14+DEF
DefensiveWin It and Keep It
Young defenders win the ball and hoof it straight back. This practice makes the repetition count only if the ball is still yours at the end.
U9+DEF
DefensiveDefending a Long Throw-In
Long throws score from the second contact, almost never the first. The flick-on is the weapon, so the first header decides everything.
U12+DEF
DefensiveDefending Outnumbered (2v1)
A lone defender against two cannot win the ball without losing the duel. Everything he does is buying time for somebody else.
U12+DEF
DefensiveDefending 2v2 (Press and Cover)
Press and cover fails on the cover, not the press. Standing flat alongside your partner means one pass beats both of you.
U12+DEF
DefensiveDefending the Cutback
Everyone tracks the ball to the byline and nobody covers the edge of the box. That empty zone is where cutbacks are finished.
U12+DEF
DefensiveDefending as a Unit: Shifting the Block
Telling a full-back to abandon the winger he is marking and tuck in is the hardest instruction in team defending. It looks like giving up.
U13+DEF
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