Defending Defending Coaching Methodology Command Question & Answer Observation & Feedback Guided Discovery Trial & Error Player/Coach Interventions Coach tells and shows required solution Coach leads with question to gain response from players Coach and players observe Coach asks a question or issues a challenge Players and/or coach decide on the challenge Description I want you to mark ball side & goal side How can you position yourself to help you to be able to intercept? Watch Georgina. Do you see how she came round towards John and slightly deeper to provide some support? She is also close enough to be able to close her opponent down should the ball travel there Show me how you can prevent the opponent playing forward (Highlight the different ways – e.g. drop and protect, press, prevent turn) Remind that there is more than one way to achieve the outcome Try to recognise when to recover to the ball and when to recover to the space