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Wayne Harrison 9/1/21 Wayne Harrison 9/1/21

Defensive Pressing to Push Up Without Touching the Ball with a Back Three

This is a great session to teach the players and shows how they can push opponents back even when THE OPPONENTS have the ball.

We will try to push them back without even touching the ball ourselves. We start on the edge of our box we try to get our back three up to the half way line. Set Conditions will help us do this to start the process off.

Wayne Harrison 4/16/16 Wayne Harrison 4/16/16

Italian Pressing and Conditioning Play Part 4: Basic Examples of the One Word Command Calls and When to Use Them

How to use the following call in pressing and conditioning play: Up and Hold Calls, Out Call, Drop Call and Slide Call