RSL AZ Curriculum
Defending - Create Numerical Advantage: Provide Cover

Who: ALL Players but particularly important for WIDE players to SHIFT together with the group to provide compactness.

What: Coordinated movement of players as individuals working within partnerships & groups to create #'s up in all defensive situations.

Where: Mainly in Zone 1 and Zone 2 as it becomes riskier to commit more numbers forward into Zone 3.

When: As opponent is in possession and particularly as they are circulating the ball from side to side.

Why: To make sure that if our teammate loses a 1v1 defensive duel, then we have adequate cover to prevent further progress.

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
Week #9 - Buildup - Create Gaps & Skip Lines
Week #10 - Recovery - High Press: Close Down Defenders & Eliminate Options
Week #11 - Unbalancing - Draw Defense to SPOA(Switch Point of Attack)
Week #12 -  Collective Defending - Direct Pressure & Set the “Trap"
Week #13 - Finishing - Quality Service Into Goal Scoring Areas: "Bo Cross" & "COO"
Week #14 - Protect the Goal - Close Down Wide & Deny Service
Week #15 - Transition: Attacking -> Defending 2 - Delay Progress to Re-Organize Lines
Attacking 7 - Buildup - Create Numbers Up/Overloads
Defending 7 - Recovery - Interchange Positions to Prevent Progress
Attacking 8 - Play Between Lines & Through Gaps
Defending 8 - Create Numerical Advantage: Provide Cover