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Championship Progression for Individual and Team Defending

Item Number: RD-04025B

Currently 3.00/5 Stars.

3.00/5 Stars (1 Review)

Bring together individual and team defending concepts required to force your opponent to play backwards or to win the ball and attack
Conduct a step-by-step training progression to instruct defenders on individual and team defending concepts
Train defenders to close in on attackers and to use their body to isolate attackers
Train players to understand the concepts of pressure, cover, and balance

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Bring together individual and team defending concepts required to force your opponent to play backwards or to win the ball and attack
Conduct a step-by-step training progression to instruct defenders on individual and team defending concepts
Train defenders to close in on attackers and to use their body to isolate attackers
Train players to understand the concepts of pressure, cover, and balance

with Betty Ann Kempf-Townsley,
West Chester University Head Women's Soccer Coach,
3x PSAC Tournament Champions; all-time winningest coach in West Chester history

Betty Ann Kempf-Townsley presents a progression of drills that will help your players understand where they need to be on the field to stifle your opponent's attack.

Coach Townsley presents a step-by-step training progression filled with defending fundamentals. She begins with 1v1 defending drills to instruct players on the importance of closing space quickly and controlling the attacker's options. Once mastered, Townsley increases the number of players and field size but again starts at a slow pace and gradually increases intensity. Each progression involves more players and space but the core theme never changes - team shape wins the ball or forces the opposing team to retreat. The sessions conclude with a 6v6 training session emphasizing team shape.

Coach Townsley has designed a defensive training progression emphasizing that defenders need to communicate and understand their role depending on the movement of the ball. However, all the drills require attackers. This means that even though the coach is focused on a defensive training session, attackers are able to participate and learn.

88 minutes. 2012.

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Championship Progression for Individual and Team Defending
on November 18, 2019

Currently 3/5 Stars.

3/5 Stars
by Anonymous

Betty was very detailed in how to defend in a progression all the way from 1 v. 1 to 6 v. 6. Although she had some valuable insights into team defense I did have some reservations. First, it didn't seem that she conducted a functional practice. In other words, I couldn't tell if she favored a back 4 or a back 3 let alone the rest of the formation. Secondly, her approach to team defense felt extremely complicated for a college team let alone any team that would be playing at a lower level (like high school or club soccer teams). It might be helpful for some but it wasn't one of my favorites.

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