KEY FACTORS
- When forcing play across the pitch defender must block route down touchline
- Curved run
- Position of feet and body
- How close to attacker
- Be patient, if the ball is shown challenge to win it
ORGANISATION, DIRECTION AND PROGRESSION
- A. S 1 serves to 0 1
- XI prevents 01 dribbling down touchline and over base line
- 01 is forced across pitch
- B. Xl forces 01 across pitch
- X2 position, distance and angle
COMMUNICATION
- Get closer
- Force 01 across pitch
- Encourage patience
- Win the ball should opportunity arise
- 01 objective to dribble across base line
- C. 01 Tries to create space to pass to 02
- XI and X2 prevent pass or dribble being made
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| DEFENDING: RETREATING FROM A POSITION GOAL SIDE OF BALL
(DELAY)
KEY FACTORS
- Line of retreat should block the attackers' route to goal
- Keep ball and attackers in view - body stance open
- Should maintain space
- When the retreat is at end the shot should be ineffective GK communication
ORGANISATION, DIRECTION AND PROGRESSION
- 01 can go for goal or combine with 02
- Xl to delay and if possible win the ball
- 01 and 02 cannot run offside
- Xl to channel player with ball into shot easily dealt with by GK
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| DEFENDING: RECOVERING FROM A POSITION ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF THE BALL
KEY FACTORS
- Defenders (X2) should adopt the correct lines of recovery
- Shortest route back and judge lines of recovery
- Judge distance to recover
- Once recovered do not "svatch off'
- X2 to combine vath Xl to Win the ball back
- Players on goal side of ball GK and Xl communicate
ORGANISATION, DIRECTION AND PROGRESSION
- S1 serves 01 or 02
- Xl delays 01 and 02 whilst X2 makes recovery run
- Must recover either to mark player without ball and cover Xl or attempt to
win the ball off player with ball whilst Xl gives cover
- Advisable to have spare defenders as recovery runs will be very demanding
on X2
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