{"id":126506,"date":"2025-07-24T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=126506"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:26:28","slug":"%e2%9a%bd%ef%b8%8f-how-to-teach-children-to-defend-1v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=126506","title":{"rendered":"\u26bd\ufe0f HOW TO teach children to defend 1v1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3go5rmEWZk?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\u26bd\ufe0f HOW TO teach children to defend 1v1!<\/p>\n<p>When coaching children to improve their 1v1 defending, it\u2019s important to focus on clear, simple skills and core principles that build their confidence and technique.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the key points to teach!<\/p>\n<p>1. Get low<br \/>\nEncourage children to bend their knees and stay on the balls of their feet. Getting low improves balance and allows quick changes of direction. This is a strong foundation for effective defending and helps them react faster to the attacker\u2019s movements.<\/p>\n<p>2. Get side on<br \/>\nTeach them to position their body sideways to the attacker, rather than facing them straight on. This side-on stance enables more efficient movement and keeps the defender ready to block the attacker\u2019s path or make a tackle. It also helps stop them from getting nutmegged!<\/p>\n<p>3. Tackle using your front foot<br \/>\nYour front foot, when side on, is the foot closest to the ball. By jabbing at the ball with this foot, you can remain low and on the balls of your feet and avoid overcommitting. It\u2019s also closer to the attacker, so they have less time to react!<\/p>\n<p>4. Be patient and don\u2019t dive in<br \/>\nPatience is often overlooked but critical. Teach children not to rush tackles or dive in prematurely. Doing so usually puts them out of position and gives the attacker space to get past.<\/p>\n<p>When these fundamentals are broken down clearly and practised regularly, children gain the confidence and skills to defend effectively one-on-one.<\/p>\n<p>As coaches, your role is to create an environment where these principles can be developed through fun, game-like situations that build both technique and decision-making.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udfe1<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd35<br \/>\n\u26aa<br \/>\n#FootballFunFactory #CoachJonnyFFF #Football #FunFootball #FootballFun #Grassroots #GrassrootsFootball #Coaching #GrassrootsCoaching #Soccer #SoccerCoach #SoccerDrill #FootballCoach #FootballDrills #FootballDrill #Teaching #Teachers<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V3go5rmEWZk\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26bd\ufe0f HOW TO teach children to defend 1v1! When coaching children to improve their 1v1 defending, it\u2019s important to focus on clear, simple skills and core principles that build their&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1102,"featured_media":126507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}