Aim is to encourge the center back to travel with the ball or try to force the ball through channels.
CF- on the hot line to start. Then as the ball is passed they must step through and cover the pass back to the other center back. RF- must travel to the area where the center forward has just left. LF- must not commit to the ball and cover right back, encourgaing the player with the ball to travel. CM- starts on the left foot of center forward then must travel at angle across the ptich filling the inside channel. LM- Starts inside the line of the left forward and finds the line of the inside ball and channel covering the right mid of oppostion. RM- Tucks in and covers the center Mid has just left. Help side cover. Sweeper- As the ball is moved the sweeper must step forward and up the pitch allowing mids and forwards to step up. Covering the hot line to goal. Left Back- Travels forward and at an angle looking to win any crash ball down the line or on the inside. RB- Tucks in and across supporting the opposite side filling the area left by the sweeper. Help side. CB- Must step up and cover the channel between sweeper and left back.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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