Football Association of Ireland

Defending

1 v 1 Dribbling with Transition to Defend

A Practice designed to improve players 1 v 1 Dribbling with Transition to Defend.

Key objectives

Positive first touch, get the ball out of your feet Attack the defender with the ball under control Keep your head up to assess defenders position Make your move (Skill, trick or speed) Accelerate into space created Transition to Defend quickly but under control

Organisation

Area 15 x 20 metres 4 Goals – two for Blue players to attack and 2 for Yellow players to attack, to score a goal players must dribble through the goals Blues (Attackers) must dribble and try to score in either of the two top goals, If the Yellows (Defenders) win the ball they can try and score in either of the two opposite goals

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