By Bruce Brownlee Youth soccer players often receive a ball with their back to goal, usually with pressure from an opposing defender raging on their back to push them away from the goal. Here we describe a selection of back...
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Teaching the Flat Back Four
By Bruce Brownlee Players will look at the flat back 4 as 1v1 marking. This will create dangerous space behind the defender furthest from the ball, who will get caught ball watching. It will also leave space open at the...
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Striking the Ball
By Bruce Brownlee You will hear many suggestions from coaches about how to keep your shot under the bar. Some of these include: knee over the ball standing foot beside the ball lean forward get your chest over the ball...