Masterclass: Goalkeeping and Defending

With Simon Mason & Brett Garrard

A specialist course for experienced coaches, providing an in-depth understanding of areas of the game which are vital for team success.

Goalkeeping with Simon Mason

• Equipment for optimum performance
• Modern techniques for the goalkeeper
• Stay up or go down? Dive or kick?
• Come out or stay put?
• Practices to develop the goalkeeper
• Incorporating the goalkeeper in team practice
• Dominating the defensive penalty corner
• Tactics for the penalty stroke

  Defending with Brett Garrard

• Advanced Defending

• Individual defence – how to win the ball off the attacker

• Team defence Principles (Man to Man v Zonal) 

• Team pressing (CF Press / Wing Press /1/2 Court / ¾ Press)

• Outletting – playing out of deferent forms of presses, rotating from a back 4 to a back 3 and how to use the extra player overload.

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