Soccer Defending Drills - Defending against a counter attack

Set up: • 1 big goal 3 smaller goals • 4 defenders, 4 attackers, and 1 goalkeeper • 2 soccer balls. Instructions: The goalkeeper will be in the big goal and 3 the goals will be set up on the halfway line, one in the middle and 2 on either side where the sideline meets the halfway line. This will be a defending drill that has 2 phases of play, the first phase will be a 2v2. both attackers will start at the halfway line and they will try and score a goal, if the defenders win the ball back they can score in either of the 3 smaller goals. When the phase of play ends either through a goal being scored or the ball going out of play a new phase of play will begin with a new soccer ball with 2 more attackers coming into play. 2 defenders will start 5 yards back behind the new attackers and can pressure as soon as the first phase of play ends. This will now create a 4v4 that represents a counterattack with the same goals. https://soccersourcecoaching.com/soccer-defending-drills/