Teaching Defense to Young Soccer Players
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Mason Bird has coached youth soccer for three years and believes it is important to teach defensive strategy and teamwork to young players. Coaches should ensure players understand why protecting the goal is their primary objective through drills clearing balls from the goal and intercepting passes. Children can learn the concepts of pressure and cover, where one player weakens an opponent's position for another to steal the ball. Performing tackling, interception, and covering drills helps develop these skills and teaches the importance of dividing the field and shielding the ball as a team on defense.
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- 1. Teaching Defense to Young Soccer Players Mason Bird
- 2. Teaching Defense to Young Soccer Players An avid soccer player, college sophomore Mason Bird has also taught the game to children in his community. Mason Bird coached Upward Soccer, a Christian youth sports organization, for three years.
- 3. Teaching Defense to Young Soccer Players When leading a youth team, a soccer coach needs to make sure that the players understand both what they are doing and why they are doing it. This is particularly important in the case of defense, which requires a high level of teamwork and strategy. The first thing that defensive players in youth soccer must understand is that protection of the goal is their primary aim. Exercises in clearing the ball from the goal and intercepting passes can help to drive this point home for young players.
- 4. Teaching Defense to Young Soccer Players Young defensive players also need to know the importance of teamwork in the defensive third as well as how to execute it. Children can easily understand the concept of pressure and cover, wherein one player tries to weaken the opposing player's position so that the cover can come in and take the ball. Performing drills in covering, interception, and tackling help to develop this skill.
- 5. Teaching Defense to Young Soccer Players Finally, young defensive soccer players need to know how to use one another to cover the sidelines and shield the ball. Exercises in this skill help all team members understand the importance of dividing the field .