The Basics of Defending as a Back Four



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General Information:
Min Players: 8
Max Players: 20
Duration: 20 min

Description
In this drill our experienced coach from Lusail SC shows you how to train the most frequent situations when it comes to defending for the back four. The focus is on the positional play of the back four when an attacker has the ball. The defenders are trained to move quickly and to position themselves correctly.
The idea is to form a defensive triangle when a central opponent has the ball or a curved line when a winger has the ball.

Variation
You can include a ball in the drill and let one team of four pass to ball to each other while the back four is moving.

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33 thoughts on “The Basics of Defending as a Back Four”

  1. good for basics but need to move across the pitch to make more realistic, also the pattern of the other players isnt right, one defencer stands right behind the pressing player…. coach didnt correct.. but basic idea good. just make spaces another 10 yards between the mannequins for me v rare to be 2-3 yards next to team mate.

  2. Distances were far too close and not corrected once.
    The covering player was stood directly behind the pressing player at some points.
    Quite poor coaching to be honest.

  3. Can I add in a progression for this drill that could be worth a try, if you where to add another line of mannequins/cones – my club don’t have mannequins so will need to use cones for this drill – The second line would be if a player goes past the defender to get them replicating that movement.

    Example If they are over at white and the “rb” is beaten then the RCB would press and the RB would come in and cover the RCB position.

  4. Once you watch the whole drill you actually see the gradual improvement, with more work on that they can perfect that and then it’s about taking it onto a game.

    Especially with kids I feel they just do drills to get through the session rather than remember how it benefits them In a game

  5. Anytime there’s a switch in colour the defender who pressed doesn’t retreat again he stays high. Players closest to us as example, when he shouts white then purple the player in white should drop back so the purple is marked and the rest are deeper but in line.

  6. Great drill but they are way too tight and narrow when doing it – balance of coverage isn’t there. Could throw the proverbial blanket over the four of them.

  7. I use this drill in preseason with high school kids pressure cover balance or I also call it 3 line defense when ball on outside amd 2 line defense when ball in middle

  8. The drills right…the players aren’t. Good coaching though so he’ll probably get them there given time so fair play 👍🏿

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