How To Defend A 1v1 In Football | Learn With The 3 P’s!

Defend a 1v1 by following the 3 P's rule - Pressure, Positioning and Patience. Where most players go wrong when defending a 1v1 in soccer is 'diving in' - in other words rushing into the challenge too quickly. Follow these defensive football training steps and make it difficult for any player to ever get past you!

[@hubbix4339]

This stuff actually worked I use it to 1v1 my friend since I sucked at 1v1 situations

[@WantTheBall]

Very pleased to hear the video helped you and thank you for feedback 👊

[@hiralaltudu1888]

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[@aniyikayeoluwatosin7932]

I played as a Right Back in my Academy, and it this video has improve my ability to defend well against attackers. Great video mate👍🏿

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you mate and delighted to hear it has helped you in some way. Keep pushing on 👊

[@aoimuir]

Good effort buddy and props for trying to break down what seems like a basic enough thing, but is in a fact a highly technical and fluid action: defending a 1 v 1. However I have two points to make. 1) You say to close the distance to 'about a yard' but that should (imho) be to what we used to call 'touch tight'. You close the distance steadily and try to make contact using an outstretched arm (touch-tight). Then you can influence the opponent's movement and balance and adjust yours to match or counter it and to help make the tackle and to recover if it fails. 2) Your body position from 2:12- 2:50 would be better reversed against this opponent. They are right-footed and you are showing them the easier side for their preferred foot. Granted, you might be showing them the outside but if you reversed you are taking their right-foot away from them and forcing them too wide to hurt you or on to their weaker foot. Also your surf-board position needs to crouch lower and bend more at the hips so you are in what i'd call a lower 'start-up position' (quads and calves are more loaded to make counter movement more explosive) making your reaction time much quicker. But respect for tackling an under-researched aspect of defending.

[@WantTheBall]

Thanks for this mate! Honestly, the beauty is football is open to interpretation no coach would ever advocate what they say is exactly how everything should be done. Trust me I am learning new viewpoints everyday, including yours. All people need to really take from this video IMO is the 3 P's - Pressure, positioning, patience. Easy to remember and prevents inexperienced players from rushing in (which is the main thing players do wrong in 1v1 defending). Aside from that the small details you mention are exactly that - small details. Of course we want to show the player onto their weaker foot but kids watching this may well want to worry about the fundamentals firstly. Touch tight...this is an interesting one. You see it a lot in American sports like basketball etc but I'll be honest bud in England coaches are not really telling the defender to be worrying about this (touching the player in front of you). We say touch tight sure to give a good gauge of how far away you should be - 'about a yard' like I say. Ultimately, if a player is flat footed and slow they will not be a good 1v1 defender anyway. I'd also completely disagree with crouching too low. When we use terms like 'surf-board' this is literally to help novices understand to be sideways on. If i tell a kid to be sideways on he/she may be like 'yeh but sideways to what?'. But saying surfboard they understand ok he means facing forwards but being side ways to facing this way - this is coaching bud. RE crouching deeper and really low this is a no no for me. If you are too low personally I think it is actually harder to react from down there rather than in between a deep squat and being upright. Again my friend your time to write this and produce conversation is truly appreciated.

[@DavidJanssen-ec8sn]

Thank you so much I've got tryouts in two days last year I didn't make the team but this year I'm planning on it. I've been practicing at least three times a week. Wish me luck!

[@WantTheBall]

Best of luck David, you will smash it. The beauty of football is you can really improve every day.

[@danielngene2325]

Quite inspiring video bro...i will need more defensive clips like this ...thanks🎉

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you bro! I'm pleased you liked it and it can help.

[@949surferdude]

I really enjoyed the video and THANK YOU for using a good mic!

[@WantTheBall]

Really pleased to hear that!

[@niklasbc]

Great Video. Thanks for the 3 Ps. Now I can always remins myself of them in Game. 👍

[@WantTheBall]

Thanks Niklas, glad that it helps!

[@drsmelly8657]

Thanks mate

[@tshimologomakgopela2491]

Love this channel👊🏼

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you Tshimologo for the feedback 👊

[@enrry_xd8477]

Thanks this helped me in 1v1 with my friends

[@WantTheBall]

Great to hear and thanks for feedback

[@johndrebasson2235]

Great stuff and keep it up👌❤

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you Johandré 🤝 More videos pending…

[@israelallan4169]

My friend told me to just rush in and make the challenge and I ignored him and followed these rules and now I'm sooo much better,so thanks

[@WantTheBall]

Excellent bro. This is definitely the main takeaway from the video - don't rush in! You are a good student of the game 👍

[@clarence3568]

good explanation, thanks!

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you Clarence for the feedback.

[@Yamin_Alasmari]

Thank you so much coach

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you for feedback 👍

[@Yamin_Alasmari]

@@WantTheBall Your welcome coach 🙏 actually thank you for the good and direct lesson 😍🙏

[@brettwilletts]

Great videos, please keep them coming.

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you for the feedback!

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[@WantTheBall]

I can try for dribbling yes bro 👌

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[@vcufan]

Good Stuff! Love your videos

[@WantTheBall]

Appreciate the feedback, more to come!

[@thefantorangster2491]

quality stuff

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you for feedback 👍

[@thefool827]

Great video. 👍

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you.

[@wiredfreebird]

Great video

[@WantTheBall]

Thank you for the feedback 👊

[@manigiabdulnoor6134]

Just get low and your eyes on the ball always

[@simonriley1981]

It’s best to not just look at the ball, you should also look at their eyes to try to read where they’re going, you could tell if they’ll fake by body language.

[@pu_168]

@@simonriley1981 how do you know if its a fake?

[@Kratos4637]

If a man running from the other post if my team mates are near me could i press him while he running

[@WantTheBall]

Please explain this one again?

[@popkritajjananan7284]

May I ask you a question? Can I do like what you have told in the video in the 2v1 situation?

[@WantTheBall]

Hi Popkrit, thank you for your question - we will get how to defend in a 2v1 done very soon for sure.

[@popkritajjananan7284]

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[@Nick-bh5bk]

Cut the distance and slowly let the attacker make the mistake while your teammates fill in the gaps to the sides and behind.

[@lemei1095]

nice pitch bro

[@WantTheBall]

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[@WantTheBall]

Thank you.

[@timoschar]

I play as a defender for years (CB). My new coach said to rush and be vaery close to them. Which i dont because they will dribble me and score. Now i am on the bench. 0 defending knowledge by the coach

[@WantTheBall]

For me you would only rush in if you can see the player has taken a heavy touch and the ball is there to be won. Otherwise you need to time what you are doing in the press. Often we can force mistakes and slow the attack down just by getting in and then slowing to a couple of feet from the player with ball. The second you over engage the ball carrier will know to just push it past you 👍

[@GoofyGamesWithKelan]

I think what your coach means by rushing in is to get a body on them not stab and miss

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