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SportsLab360: Defensive Shifting

Written by Cal North Soccer | Sep 30, 2020 11:07:00 PM

This month's theme is on defensive shifting. It will be available through the month of October exclusively to Cal North members at no cost.

We are constantly looking for new and valuable content and resources. Our partnership with SportsLab360 has helped us in that effort. Each month, in partnership with SportsLab360, we provide an accessible, practical, organized, and easy to-use program that is focused entirely on tactical development. 

Here's how it works: 
Assign the SportsLab360 modules to your team and players, customize the content to suit your style of play, track the scoring of your players, and even tap into the library of session plans that they offer.

October's tactical theme focuses on defensive shifting. Specifically, the October module educates players on how the back line should shift when the ball is in a wide area. It will cover concepts such as

  1. Pressure, cover, and balance, 
  2. Help players in the back line understand how and where to position themselves

The module concludes with a quiz to test your Soccer IQ and challenge your teammates! 


Here are two available modules you can share with teams this month:

9 v 9 
11 v 11