OBJECTIVE:
To engage opposition. To maintain possession. To give teammates time and opportunity to support.
KEY FACTORS
- Pre-Contact.
- Options to avoid contact.
- Focus on contact zone.
- Ball in two hands.
- Low body position.
- Body before ball.
- Small steps on approach.
- Wide 'power' step.
At Contact
- Contact side-on.
- Maintain low stable base.
- Turn towards support.
Post-Contact
- Position body between ball and opposition.
- Consider options.
COMMON ERRORS
- Too upright at contact.
- Narrow base of support at contact causing instability.
- Front foot planted too far from defender.
- Too frontal at contact.
- Shoulders below hips.