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U9-U11 Coaching Early Contact
Defence
Straight Lines
Straight Lines
Back to Defence
Numbers
Groups of 4-5
Equipment
Cones
Description
- Working on holding a defensive line without focusing on attackers
- Drill involves a series of up/back/across movement to get individuals to get the concept of working as a line and working in a team
- Huge focus on communication and organisation
Diagram
Coaching Points
- Communication
- Peripheral vision to keep the line of defenders
- Hands high (boxers hands) Chest Height
- Awareness of positioning - spatial awareness
- Look and face forward
Variation / Progression
- Walking/Running - Speed of Line
- Different distances of grid - increase or decrease distance between spacing of defenders
- Different distances of grid
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