WORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS PATTERN OF PLAY PART TWO PREVENT COUNTER-ATTACKS DEFEND THE BUILD UP PART THREE HIGH PRESSURE AND COUNTER PRESSING DRILLS AND EXERCISES PART FOUR DRILLS AND EXERCISES General Observations and Patterns of Play Even if inverted fullbacks have
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO PREVENT COUNTER-ATTACKS DEFEND THE BUILD UP Prevent Counter-Attacks and Defend the Build Up Prevention of the opposition’s counter attacks and possession phases: the high pressure with equal number of players and the counter pressing If we talk again about
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE HIGH PRESSURE AND COUNTER PRESSING DRILLS AND EXERCISES A need: the first kind of inverted fullback But again, we must "thank" Pep Guardiola for believing in principles of play rather than in the roles on the field. Principles of
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Defending By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR DRILLS AND EXERCISES Exercise 1: Alternate 2 v 2 small sided game with goalkeepers A rectangular small sided pitch is divided into different areas: • two center areas • two first/final thirds • four corner areas • two flanks
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART ONE WHY INVERTED FULLBACKS THE ADVANTAGE OF INVERTED FULLBACKS THE NEW CONCEPT OF INVERTED FULLBACKS PART TWO BUILDING UP FROM THE BACK HOW TO COACH INVERTED FULLBACKS DRILLS AND EXERCISES PART THREE POSSESSION PHASE PART FOUR DRILLS AND EXERCISES A
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART TWO BUILDING UP FROM THE BACK HOW TO COACH INVERTED FULLBACKS DRILLS AND EXERCISES The "inverted fullback" and "La salida lavolpiana"; how to build up from the back From this point of view, it's very interesting to analyze how this
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART THREE POSSESSION PHASE Exercise 3: from 1 v 2 to 2 v 1 duels to finish or 2 v 2 Two squares are placed inside and outside the penalty area. One defender is outnumbered, playing 1 v 2 inside the
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Winning With Inverted Fullbacks - Attacking By Luca Bertolini Table of Contents PART FOUR DRILLS AND EXERCISES 1 v 1 wide duels Having the numerical advantage and high density of players in the center area of the middle third, there should be more space out wide, as the opposition wingers must run inside
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