Use the corner set up as a template for all defending when the ball is hit into the box.

This is the template so understand this first and then adapt this for fee kicks and crosses.

Defencive set up on corners.png

 

 

Defending Set Pieces : Free kicks into the box.

On free licks, at the highest level, there is man marking but only if players threaten the goal scoring zone. But as part of this man marking process, defenders get to the goal scoring zone first (they dont let the attackers have a free run onto this zone). By the time the free kick lands in the goal scoring zone, there is a large number of defenders in the zone ready to challenge and block shots.

Short analysis of defending free kicks and crosses.

 

 

Task

Watch a full game at the highest level : Study the starting positions and reactions of defenders when a free kick is hit into the goal scoring area.

  • Do you see what you would expect?
  • Was there anything you didn't expect?
  • If the defenders won the ball, why?
  • If the attackers won the ball, why?
  • Did you learn anything extra from this task that you can add to your game?

 

 

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