Skill Set Concentrations

• 1st Defender
• 2nd Defender
• 3rd Defender
• Strikers
• Principles
• Goalkeepers
• Midfield
• Angle of challenge
• Receiving ball
• Angle of intercept
• Predicting tackle
• Speed to challenge
• Angle of support
• Distance of support
• Balance
• Principle of defending
• Delay, depth, balance and concentration
• Penetrating by passing
• Technical ability to strike long ball
• Technical ability to serve ball away
• Technical ability to see and determine if pass is on
• Tactical ability to make passes (decision making)
• Penetrating by dribbling
• Technical ability 1 v 1
• Tactical ability to look through a defender
• Shooting with power
• Placement
• Serve
• Volleying
• Heading on goal
• Catching
• High shots
• Low shots
• Cutting out crosses
• Punching ball
• Diving
• Angles
• Ball distribution
• Vision - ability to see field
• Transitional play
• Decision making