K do u guys have any tips for defending and defenders. and i know to get the ball away from the attacker because i already know that so anything besides that
if ure a center back study sol campbell, hes a monster. if ure outside defender watch ashley cole. he rarely ever dives in and always makes runs down the wing.
Stay goal-side on your striker at ALL TIMES. Make sure if you are a sweeper that you are always behind your outside-fullbacks and giving depth so you are never "flat". Remember that it is your responsibility as an outside fullback to pressure the striker at all times. If the ball get played over your head, it is the sweeper's job to take it. You have to support your keeper and listen to what he says because he can see the whole field.
Stand the attacker up, wait for him to make a move or pass the ball, once he's passed follow him and stay goalside. If you close down, don't rush in too quick or too close otherwise he'll just skip past you and you look a mug. If he has guts he'll try and take it past you follow him until he either takes a heavy touch or you feel it's the time to tackle.
Use your bodyweight and shoulder to gain the advantage. When an attacker is running at you stand with weight balanced and just track him, watching the ball not his feints, wait until you are close enough and go in strongly. Defending is the most experience based skill in football in my opinion and you just have to play intelligently.
what I like to do when I'm defending- If it's one on one, if you can work at it hard enough, you can almost control where a player goes. Simply put one foot forward. Human nature makes you want to travel so that you are square with a person, so unless the attacker is used to this, he will travel acrossed your body, rather than cut it back behind your leg. Be warned, however that if he has been playing for a REALLY long time, then he will cut it back behind your forward leg, and it is REALLY hard to get back in position. For this reason, some people prefer to go at the attacker square though. I'm fast enough that I can make up for them begging behind me, so I put one foot forward. Human nature really screws attackers over.
Hips...the ball does not dictate where the player will move. If he's not running with the ball...he's just running!
Definitely the ball, ultimately that's what matters, Like on corners i tend to stand near the penalty spot and mark around there and let the player run around for a while and pick him back up when he's running in as the corner is being taken. Always push attackers out wide when theyre closing in on the goal (near the 18 yard box) closes their options and more than likely you can block the shot or pass.
No defender has ever watched an attackers hips, unless they are very shapely or something, the ball is what you must concentrate on so as not to be fooled by feints and tricks.
When you watch at his legs.. and he's going left with his left feet.. and after that he's going right with the ball.. like a skating movement.. he's gone ! when you watch the ball.. you don't make that mistake.. and you are still in front of him..
YH! neva look at da feet or legs! only the ball! u don;t wana give away a free kick on the edge of your box in the dying secs!!!!!!!
If you ask me, I say, look at both. Watch the ball, then watch the player. Keep repeating and soon it will become a windscreen like habit. It will help you to see where the ball is and at the same time how your opponent turn his hips(or change directions)
How would you defend the flip flap or elastico? If you watch the ball you get screwed, if the guy throws out his body and you watch that you get screwed.
elastico you wait until he runs to the outside and slide across him sending the ball out of play. As for the Flip Flap i dont know what that is
Having played keeper, defender, and striker (striker is where I settled) I have some thoughts... As a fullback or last line defender I'd be careful about putting one foot forward as this makes you inherently unbalanced with respect to lateral movement. That's a good way to get beat for a shot on goal....a good striker or midfielder only needs one step on you for one second inside 20 yards to get off a potentially dangerous shot on goal. When I played striker if I saw a last line defender favor me one way I'd always go that way with one slight touch then cutback (sometimes right between the legs) and he's toast. Maybe about 5-10% of the time I got the ball taken away from me by the immediate defender and another 40 or so percent by a nearby defender but I'll take those odds any day. If I beat him with a good touch I typically either got fouled (usually in the penalty area) or had a nice shot on goal. perimeter defenders might use an unbalanced defending style to push a player to his weak leg into a trap or make the defender to something rushed and stupid. On the perimeter you can afford to get temporarily beat for a step or two because at 30-35 yards plus from goal, you have some recovery time. The guy might be able to whip in a cross but if he can't take the kick in rythm chances are it will be ill aimed and will catch his strikers by suprise as well. One more thought: If defending along the base line it is generally preferrable to let a guy get a aerial cross in than to go 'balls to the wall' to block the cross, get duped, a let the winger cutback with a open look at the middle of the penalty area. When keeping, I used to get so pissed by this. With an aerial cross, the winger is 'maybe' trying to chip to an area but the offensive players don't know where this is and the goalie can clearly see the ball coming and so can all your other teammates. Scoring with a header much outside 6 yards is difficult and it is unlikely that an offensive player will be able control a cross get a shot on goal with a boot before being mobbed by defenders. If you try to block the cross and the winger cutsback and dusts you he/she now has time to look for an open teammate and aim a direct low pass which the offensive receiver of the pass may be able to strike on their first touch. Low passes are much harder for the goalie to track as they tend to get lost in the tangle of feet. Basically: conceding an aerial chip cross much better than get burned by fake and giving winger time to make a skid pass into box.
what i do is wait for him to make his move (cause im usually faster than him) then i get in front of him and take the ball or you can get really close to him (close enough to hug him) and make a step right at the ball, he'll trip over and you'll have won the ball.
Once you've played defence for long enough, even if you haven't played against the player before you start to pick up on the slightest things and know exactly what they're going to do
I agree with Dellci2001. Experienced defenders know what you will do before you actually whip something out and eventhough you have not played against him before.
I had a basketball coach from years back that told me to always watch the hips. "Fakes tend to utilize lots of arm/leg movement, while the hips stay pretty much the same. And once the hips start moving, that is where the attacker is going." Something like that. I have kept that philosophy to some extent. The 'goalside at all times on your man' is probably the most important tip to start with.