The Role Of The First And Second Defender | Preventing Forward Play Pt.2 | England Football Learning

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England national coach, John Griffiths, delivers an out-of-possession session with our U17 Women's team, focusing on preventing forward play.

Throughout the three practices in this session, players will develop an understanding of:

- roles and responsibilities of the first and second defender
- preventing forward play by defending early
- forcing play backwards and sideways
- why control of deceleration and movement are key to 1v1 defending
- setting traps to intercept forward passes
- using intelligent recovery runs.

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