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Off the Shoulder Movement and How to Combat It
(3) Watches the ball and allows the wide player (B) to get beyond him. A ball in behind always beats him. Centrally the centre back (4) does the same, he watches the ball and the striker comes off his shoulder and he gets caught with the ball in behind him. This will cost us in unless we work on it with the team.
This often goes wrong. Here’s how you can fix it.
Positioning At The Back When Losing The Ball
Both wing backs attacking. We lose the ball, the most vulnerable place for us is now the wide area. We mark “goal-side” and leave the wide area open. We are exposed with a 1 v 1 wide. Here we show how we can prevent this before it happens.
Game Situation Problem: Getting Tight To A Striker Dropping Deep To Receive To Feet
Striker comes short, center back lets the striker go, and the striker receives and
turns and runs at the back four who now are in a vulnerable position. Being able to
immediately run at the back four means the striker and teammates have not been
delayed which would help other players on our team recover back.