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this issue: left back and right wing
introduction Where you play and how you perform do you know what you should be doing?
is one of the most important factors in Here we give you a brief guide to what is
winning and losing a game, but are you expected of each position.
playing in the right position, have you Right and Centre backs coming up in
played there before and more imperative issue 19.
left half/left
DEfENSIvE ATTACkING:
To mark the opposition right wing if Good distribution to the inside left
defender:
the team has three forwards. and left wing.
Work with inside left/left midfield to Use of the centre-half and full-backs to
organise the left side defence. help with transferring possession. Offer
Offer cover for the full-backs when good width when attacking down the
team is defending the right hand side. left when possible.
Defensive co-ordination with full-backs Step up when attack progresses
in marking opposition forwards. to help prevent fast counter attack
Delay and prevent fast counter attacks behind your midfielders.
by channelling attack wide where
possible. TIP! Don’t dive in and be
eliminated too easily.
right wing: DEfENSIvE: ATTACkING:
Track back when left defender Maintain relative team width and
overlaps. height.
Have good intensity to try and force Good support and linking with inside
pass error from opposition defenders right/right midfield and link with
distribution. centre forward and left wing in the
Don’t be eliminated too easily, it circle.
creates the overlap immediately. Make quality decisions in the circle,
Don’t give away cheap free hits that to create goal shots or win penalty-
releases the pressure on oppositions corners.
defenders. Awareness of others in the circle who
may have better scoring opportunities.
set pieces
this issue: free hits round the circle
basics
This is an area of the pitch where
some teams just crash the ball in to
the circle and ‘see what happens’.
The result is often either a miss-trap
from the defence or a foot to win a
corner or it misses everyone and hits
the back fence. Sometimes if there is
good co-ordination from an attacker
it finds a stick and goes in the goal.
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The percentages of success at free-
P hits round the circle are quite low,
especially against a set defence.
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