Improve your team's defensive abilities with this session, focusing on the closing down of the opposition and denying any space to the attacking players. With a number of competitive exercises, develop a decisive and dominant defence, getting your team to think of effective ways to halt the opposition in their tracks.
Turn your focus to improving your players' core skills as well, such as speed, decision making and reactions, so that they are fully prepared for their defensive duties on court. Build up their communication skills and help them understand how important teamwork is to maintaining a strong defence, by combining all the stages of defence.
Don't let any attacks slip through your defence!
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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