How To Train On vs. Of The Ball Defending
This lesson follows up on the on vs. off the ball defending concept and shows you how you can train the two different defending approaches with drills and practice scenarios.
Lesson by TaZz covering the concept on vs. off the ball defending.
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Check OptionsKey takeaways for this lesson:
- On the ball defending means using your selected defender to approach the player with the ball and try to cover or pressure him directly.
- Off the ball defending means that you drop your selected defender back a bit and try to cover passes or spaces. At the same time you can use second man press to pressure the ball.
Practice scenarios:
- In skill games you want to first head into "Practice Scenarios" at the top and then play "Defending Scenarios". This drill will give you lots of repetitions of switching in between your defenders and trying out both approaches.
- Next up you can also play the "Counter Attack Scenarios" to combine both defending and attacking right afterwards.
- Finally head into a kick off game against the AI and practice your player switching and on vs. off the ball defending approach in a real game scenario.
About the author Georg "CruZzAve" Raffelt is creating tutorials since 2013 around which time he also started his competitive journey in the game. He was able to qualify for the Grand Final of the German National Championship "Virtuelle Bundesliga" twice in 2014 and 2015. Online he managed to reach the weekly and monthly Top100 in the Weekend League numerous times.
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