Defensive Game Understanding

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Defensive Game Understanding

Enhance Your Defensive Game Understanding with Pivot’s Specialized Course. Dive into the tactical intricacies of defense in soccer, equipping both parents and youth players with valuable insights on how to excel in this critical aspect of the game. Learn when and how forwards, midfielders, and defenders should press, master the art of team defense, and discover effective training methods to elevate your defensive skills.

This course is tailored to all players on the field, emphasizing the significance of defense in soccer regardless of position. Led by the ex-Technical Director for Espanyol and Sabadell Academies in Barcelona, as well as for Andres Iniesta, this program offers a unique opportunity to learn from a seasoned expert in the field.

Join Pivot’s Defensive Game Understanding course to unlock the secrets of effective defending, improve your tactical awareness, and refine your defensive techniques. Gain the knowledge and skills needed to excel in defense, enhance your overall game performance, and elevate your soccer abilities on the pitch. Empower yourself with the defensive strategies and expertise necessary to succeed in the competitive world of soccer.

Course Curriculum

Defensive Game Understanding Topics

Defensive Game Understanding
Dominate the opponent in competition through ball possession
Initial Basic Defensive Positioning
Recovering- the basic defensive position
Defending the opponent’s ball initiation in the defensive line
Defending the opponent’s ball initiation in the defensive line
Defending opponent’s defensive line ball initiation
Ball circulation from center-backs to midfielders through the central lane
Ball circulation from center backs to midfielders through the central lane 2
Ball circulation from central defenders to central midfielders or wingers on the side line
Ball circulation from center backs to central midfielders from the central lane to the lateral lane
Full-backs in possession of the ball receives support from the upper line winger
The full-backs in possession of the ball receives support from the attacking midfielder of the interiorly and breaking the line
Defense of frontal aerial balls to the defensive line
Defense of aerial balls towards the defensive line
Defense of air balls to the back of the defensive line
Defense of diagonal aerial balls
Defending the ball carrier’s progression
Pressure on opponent in different situations
Support from Cover
Help through shifting
Defending the imaginary line between opponent and goal
Defending while watching ball-opponent
Gain positional advantage on opponent