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| I couach an Under 7 tag team. They attack really well, but when the're defending, they seem to drop back in line with the ball making and run side to side as the ball carrier runs side to side, without actually stepping up to make a tag. This obviously leaves acres of space for the opposition to carry the ball into, usually ending in a try. Does anyone know any drills/games that we can do to encourage them to maintain a defensive line?
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Hi & welcome to the forum
I coach U8's and we have suffered from the same problem. The drill I use is to split the pitch length ways into 3 or 4 channels. Starting with the players spread across the pitch they are then only allowed to run in their starting channel or the one next to it but they can of course pass the ball across the channels.After a while take the cones away and see if they can continue to keep their positions. (usually not!) BTW this was an adaptation of one of Dan's drills which he posted again only this week. Maybe someone can add a link?
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| I know it is one of mine, but that does work well. Also, get a player to stand on each wing, and the other players start to fill in. Make a captain of defence is another trick.
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| If they have an understanding of the connectedness of the defensive line then they'll be able to function properly. This connectedness is part of a learning process for all players within a spatially structured team game - but especially for young (pre-11) players for whom spatial significance relative to their perceptive awareness is still being acquired. If you can give them a learning aid for that connectedness then it will accelerate acquisition through experience and understanding. Easiest is probably to get the defence to hold onto a clothes line (or string of bunting, say) of a length that you feel would accommodate as many as you want spaced about 2/3 metres apart and have them shuffle sideways and/or forwards/backwards but in unison. You could then adapt this into a game where the attack would have to play around them to score, and the defence would have to work together to shuffle laterally to block their path. Once they start functioning well in this game, take the connecting line away and see how they work then. Bonne Chance!
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