Week #1 Attacking - Buildup - Creation & Use Of Space
Week #2 Defending - Recovery - Close DGC & Prevent Penetration
Week #3 Attacking - Unbalancing Phase - Find A Player Behind The Backline
Week #4 - Defending - Defending - Collective Defending - Protect the Space Behind when the BC is NOT Framed
Week #5 - Attacking - Adjust & Re-Adjust To Shoot: Finishing Phase
Week #6 - Defending - Protect the Goal - Anticipate & Adjust to Intervene
Week #7 - TRANSITION: Attacking -> Defending 1 - Counter Press to Regain Possession
Week #8 - TRANSITION: Defending -> Attacking 1 - Establish Possession: Connect Passes out of Pressure
RSL AZ Curriculum - Week #9
Buildup - Create Gaps & Skip Lines
Who: GK, defenders & defensive midfielders as catalysts to connect vertically with forwards as TARGET players.
What: Connecting VERTICAL passes in Buildup to bypass opponent's high press by creating "diamond shapes" with a forward TARGET option to exploit GAP between opponent's defensive line.
Where: Zone 1 with progression in buildup into Zone 2 and more specifically finding space between opponent's midfield and defensive lines.
When: When opponent is high pressing in Zone 1.
Why: When an opponent over commits numbers high up the field, we can exploit of SPACE they are giving up behind their midfield and in front of their backline to progress.
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