Defending with a Numerical Disadvantage
Excellent exercise to learn how to defend when outnumbered, where it is common for one or two defenders to find themselves at a numerical disadvantage. Show your defensively-minded players how to manage these situations and get your attackers accustomed to exploiting them to the fullest!
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You will need balls, pinnies, cones, and goals. Set up an area of 35m x 25m. We are using 13 players here, but you can adjust to the number of players available.
Then divide your players into two teams - one of 5 players and one of 6 players plus 2 goalkeepers. Set up a 3v2. The goalkeeper star...
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