 So we'll be the blue team. Yes, red is attacking us. This is Joel. This is Debo Okay, the way we defend is in a diamond So it's basically it's keep the diamond no matter what the diamond stays in the same shape It just rotates. Did you do this a bit at the national count the shape? Yeah Okay, so we'll say this guy's on the ball closest player to the ball presses everyone else covers in the diamond shape so If this guy's at the front of the diamond, look, there's the Attacker or like the highest guy the guy quarterbacks the thing and then two on the side. Yes, you guys see the diamond Okay, so if it's closest to the ball, this guy gets closest These shift this guy is the back of the diamond if the ball comes out here This guy is now the head of the diamond. That means that this guy becomes the back of the diamond And we go like this. Does that make sense? Okay, if the ball goes out here, he's the top He's the back. We stay in this diamond like this. We're not following men. We're just protecting the middle So as the ball shifts the closest player gets there everyone else shifts shifts shifts diamond makes sense Okay, we're gonna run through it. So it'll be easier to understand but just to see it if the ball goes here and Sometimes hey we both We kind of want to go okay, and maybe he should go maybe he should go but whoever goes everyone else reacts Makes sense. So if he goes then the diamond stays together if this guy happens to go then the diamond shifts like this Does that make sense? Okay, so if you're playing on the wings and You're your partner your wing partner is closest to the ball. Where are you? If you're playing on the wing And the ball gets shifted to your let's say your wing partner the other guy playing wing Where are you? Yeah, you're the back of the diamond here like this, right? Okay, if that ball comes here and he goes Well now this is the back of the diamond. Okay, we'll run through it But that's the whole shape was just stay in the diamond if a guy comes in the middle and he runs across Do not follow him like this. We lose our diamond. Yes, you you say yes He's coming across you communicate, but you let him go we protect the middle Okay, if we can keep them to the outside Where the fuck am I if we can keep them to the outside just keep that shape keep them to the outside Quickly get forward keep your diamond just push them back Just do not let them come in the middle if the ball comes in here We swarm the shit out of them like that. Okay, like obviously when you're in this shape I'm saying don't man mark, but you're still responsible for a man. Yes. Okay, so even though I'm watching the ball I'm still aware of this guy because if that ball gets shifted to him I'm pressing everyone else is covering in that diamond shape make sense. Okay, so we'll run through it and We'll each take turns defending We're just going to shift the ball across the field and we all rotate make sense. Okay goalkeepers biggest thing is communication Yes, because you can see everything The way it usually works is these three guys are in constant rotation To touch constant rotation in and out passing. I'll show you the movement this guy plays target So he might try to stay in here He might pop up out here But this guy does not go back in here usually unless someone comes forward and switches with him Then he fills in this role. Okay, but the passing rotation is like this So when we get the ball, this is how we want to try to play out if you can I'll show you this rotation But saying that if you can play forward and we can attack right away, that's your option play to score goals Play to attack right if they're pressing us. They're giving us trouble. This is when we run the rotation So the run rotation is like this If I remember and play footsball for a while Okay, this ball gets played into here So when you play a pass across you're playing a ball across the field like this After you play that pass you run forward diagonal run Hopefully these guys track you and this forces them to go backwards So you run into here at the same time this guy is running back to receive the pass All gets played into him. This guy goes forward run like this. We push him backwards This guy's continuing his run coming back like this to receive the ball. He's going to press The ball gets played across This guy runs through this guy's peeling back to get the ball and we're constantly pushing them back with our rotation. Does that make sense? Yes boys Okay, so does that make sense as far as the rotation we'll run the pattern It's easier once you get the motion going but all you're really doing is Playing a pass getting out of your feet making diagonal run pushing them backwards with your diagonal run and Then the other guys peeling out to receive the ball running keeping your width turning your body in running will run the pattern It's easy But just constant rotation of players what we were doing by the end of last season We became very predictable is we just stood like this and even though we move the ball And this is what most teams will do they'll move the ball like this It's so easy for us to just sit in that shape and other teams to sit in that shape When there's no movement of players like this make sense if you don't know about me I used to be a huge underachiever, but through obsessive self-improvement. 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