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Front Defensive Stance in the Triangle

Skills
Footwork & Agility, Defensive Moves.
Purpose
Defender must be alert and work to the best position to cover their opponent
difficulty
Difficulty
Basic
group
Players
5+
ball
Balls
1
cone
Cones
3
  • Setup

    Create a triangle with cones approximately 3m apart for adults. Each group starts with 4 attackers vs 1 defender. Create 2 groups if 10+ to reduce inactivity.
  • Step 1

    Give the ball to an attacker on a cone. The players on the cones work the ball between one another, aiming to feed a pass into (A) in the centre.
    (A) cannot move from their spot, only pivot to face the ball carrier.
  • Step 2

    Defender (B) must use fast feet to skip around stationary (A) and assume a forward defensive stance
    Standing between (A) and the player with the ball eliminates the simple pass
  • Step 3

    When an opportunity arises, a player on the outer passes to (A) while (B) attempts to intercept
    Only allow flat passes to (A); lob passes are disallowed
    If (A) catches, pass to any outside player, then continue.
  • Step 4

    (B) spends about 30 seconds defending. Stop, sub-on reserves and rotate so everyone has a turn as defender
  • Step 5

    Optionally progress by bringing the cones closer (2m apart) to increase difficulty for passing team.
More Drills
demo
play
video
Difficulty
skill level
Medium
Players
group
6+
Balls
ball
2+
Cones
cone
3
Skills
Preliminary Moves & Passing.
demo
play
video
Difficulty
skill level
Medium
Players
group
7+
Balls
ball
1
Cones
cone
6
Focus
Fitness Conditioning.
Skills
Preliminary Moves & Passing.
demo
play
video
Difficulty
skill level
Basic
Players
group
6+
Balls
ball
5
Cones
cone
5
Skills
Preliminary Moves & Passing, Goalie Preliminary Moves, Shooting.
play
video
Difficulty
skill level
Medium
Groups of
group
group-arrow
icon-group
2
Balls/grp
ball
1
Cones
cone
9
Focus
Fitness Conditioning.
Skills
Preliminary Moves & Passing, Footwork & Agility.
drill
Difficulty
skill level
Basic
Groups of
group
group-arrow
icon-group
2
Balls/grp
ball
0
Cones
cone
10
Skills
Footwork & Agility, Defensive Moves, Basic Technique.
play
video
Difficulty
skill level
Medium
Players
group
8+
Balls
ball
1
Cones
cone
4
Focus
Attacking Systems, Defensive Systems, Games & Races.
Skills
Preliminary Moves & Passing, Defensive Moves, Vision & Quick Decisions.
drill
Difficulty
skill level
Basic
Groups of
group
group-arrow
icon-group
2
Balls/grp
ball
0
Cones
cone
0
Skills
Footwork & Agility, Defensive Moves.
play
video
Difficulty
skill level
Basic
Groups of
group
group-arrow
icon-group
3
Balls/grp
ball
2
Cones
cone
8
Focus
Fitness Conditioning, Games & Races.
Skills
Footwork & Agility.
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