LEVEL 4

Level 4 we look at many different ways of incorporating 1v1 battles, many top coaches will say that the game of soccer is a case of 1v1s all over the field, so as part of the program we re-create many different ways to simulate this and work on both aspects of attacking and defending. The majority of this section is actually working on the mental side and training the player to manipulate their opponent to suit their narrative and gain the advantage, for example a 1v1 attacking exercise may usually be taught that you must do a trick to beat the player, we like that but also like to add in the mental aspect of teaching the player to be smart and look to move or isolate the player to create a bigger advantage, this can be done by using a trick or even more so by clever craft of movement or certain body shape to draw opposition and so on. The defensive side of things is also very similar and we teach large portions on body shape and approach to help develop quality defending in 1v1 and also 1v2 outnumbered situations once appropriate.