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DIAGRAM KEY:Ball
O Defenders
X Attackers
Movement of ball
Movement of player
G Goalkeeper
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C
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Professional coaching drills brought to you every two weeks by the Ellerines Group, in conjunction
with Ajax Cape Town and Soccer-Laduma.
LESSON
68
DEFENDER BRETT EVANS
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Shadow defendingX O X O X O X O
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Organizing the drill:Diagram A
• Place two players who play thesame position on the field asshown in the diagram, in the for-mation of your choice. A traditional 4-4-2 is used inDiagram A.
Practising the drill:Diagram B
• The coach decides where to runwith the ball at his feet to startoff the drill.
• While the coach is running withthe ball, the team will changeposition accordingly.
• Once he stops running, thewhole team must be aware ofhis position and change their
position to counter the positionof attack.
• Once he is happy with the posi-tioning of his team, he begins torun again.
• In Diagram B, we see how theteam must defend when theattack is on the left of the field.
Diagram C
• In Diagram C, we show how theteam must defend and positionthemselves when the attack ishigh on the right of the field.
• Please note that the closestdefender always attacks theposition of the ball and the otherdefender moves and covers in
case the attacker gets past thefirst defender.
Coach’s Note• The team must be alert to the
position of the ball and coach atall times.
• We use two players in the drill sothat the players get to know whowill be challenging for their posi-tion.
• You can use this drill to assistyour team where they are weakdefending in a certain area of thepitch.
• As you can see in the diagrams,the whole team works togetherto move into position irrespectiveof where the ball is on the pitch.
This week Ajax Cape Town’s Craig Rossleeshows us a drill for your team to practise theirdefending. It will give your players an idea ofwhere to move in relation to the ball.
7Soccer-Laduma, March 4, 2009 www.soccerladuma.com
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