Teams that defend well ensure that their team is always competitive in a game and can initiate the attack for their team.

George Kuntz shows you how to improve your team's individual skills and group defending tactics using small group training. He begins by walking his athletes through proper body positioning for defending an attacker on the ball. He shows you how to apply pressure without the risk of getting beat and how to dictate your opponent's movement.

This DVD includes four basic small group exercises:

• Defensive Mechanics & Techniques - This progression will help program your players to keep their knees bent, eyes up, and read the attacker from the waist down. The exercise progresses to tackling and using your body properly to keep the opponent off of the ball.
• 1v1 Defending Progression - Emphasizes the proper defensive stance and tackling technique. As attackers progress to shooting on a target, the defender's positioning becomes even more crucial.
• 2v2 Defending Progression - Works on directing the attacker to the supporting defender for help with containment. During this exercise, Kuntz identifies the importance of communication between defenders as it relates to defensive coverage movements.
• 4v4 Support Exercise - Focuses on defensive vision, shifting, organizing and switching with supporting defenders that mimics the demands of a full size game.

As each exercise increases in difficulty, Kuntz adds objectives to each exercise for the offense and defense in order to increase confidence, effort and enjoyment for the players.

Build better support for your defense with these proven defensive principles and techniques.

47 minutes. 2010.

Coach Schellas Hyndman, who has a .773 career winning percentage with over 400 collegiate level wins, teaches how to build a dominating pressure defense through multiple 2 v 2 defensive drills. Using markerboard presentation and on-field player demonstration, Coach Hyndman diagrams and demonstrates each drill emphasizing ball pressure, early/clear communication, and forcing the ball wide. He teaches strategies through each drill to stop opponents from passing and scoring and regaining possession close to the opponent's goal. Each drill focuses on stopping penetration and passing by forcing the opponent into a position that benefits your defense. Coach Hyndman emphasizes the keys to defensive support using clear communication, excellent positioning, and closing out the gaps. These enthusiastic and competitive drills will help your defense get more interceptions, force low percentage shots, and gain great position to transition into scoring opportunities for your offense. Use these drills to build a great pressure defense and complement Coach Hyndman's 7 Full-Field Defensive Pressure Drills video!

45 minutes. 2004.

Coach Schellas Hyndman, 27-year college coaching veteran and six-time conference coach of the year (WAC, MVC), shares the pressure defensive methods and principles that rank him second in wins among active Division I college soccer coaches. Through seven full-field drills, Coach Hyndman uses markerboard presentation and extensive on-field demonstration to teach the defensive pressure principles that each player and team needs to function as one unit and to aggressively win the ball. Each drill emphasizes and breaks down the strong zones for your defensive unit including attack, midfield, and strong-side pressing. Coach Hyndman will teach you how to attain good, consistent positioning for each player to maximize defensive pressure and move together as a team unit. Each of these drills will help your team take and maintain control of the game by staying aggressive, winning the ball, and getting to the goal. With a 21-1 record in 2001, Coach Hyndman's Mustangs scored 45% of their goals by winning balls in the opponents half of the field and these drills show how to practically achieve this objective using full-field defensive pressure to result in team success. This video, along with the 2 v 2 Pressure Defense Drills video, will help you build a dominant defensive pressure system that every team needs!

42 minutes. 2004.