This game is to practice staying in front of the ball. Set up an area approximately 20ydsx10yds. The defender and attackers start at either end of the rectangle. The game starts when the defender passes the ball to the attackers. The aim for the attackers is to dribble the ball past the defenders end of the rectangle. After the defender passes the ball they should move to close the ball down but stay in front of the attacker (dont let the attacker dribble past). If the attacker passes to their team mate the defender should drop back diagonally to get between the attacker with the ball and the end. Game ends when the defender wins the ball or the attackers dribble past the end. To make it easer for the defender this GRP can be started as a 1v1 to progress to a 1v2
Defender Close the ball down quickly Focus on the player with the ball Move to protect the end zone
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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