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RSL AZ Curriculum - Defending - Protect the Goal - Close Down Wide & Deny Service

By RSL AZ, 11/04/24, 11:30AM MST

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Who: Defenders & MF/Wingers that are tracking/marking runners into our Box.

What: Eliminate space in wide areas to prevent service if possible & central players organized/alert to not allow attacking players space to receive/shoot in our Box. 

Where: Zone 1: our defensive 3rd

When: When our opponent has progressed the ball into our defensive 3rd but more specifically when we are unbalanced and they have gotten behind/around our backline.

Why: If we can prevent/block the service all together, terrific but that is difficult so we must be vigilant with our marking in the box to deny goal scoring chances.