Sitting deep to soak up pressure is a great way to create space higher up the pitch. Use this session to teach your team to invite the opposition into their territory before winning the ball and counter-attacking at pace into the space left higher up the field.
To coach the team how to counter attack quickly from deep positions and create goal scoring opportunities as a result from this.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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