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Re: Assist/defense team club

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Originally Posted by safiq10 View Post
I understand your pain! I hate when our C-RIO had to reboot. So here is a question how do you improve defense?
We are for sure a part of this club when called upon.

Playing smarter defense involves more in depth analysis of your opponents weaknesses. My students excelled at this at the Orlando Regional. We even managed to defeat the at the time number one seeded team using smarter defense. If a team has a specific spot the need to be in to shoot, keep them from getting there. If the team has to be a certain distance away to make their shot. Push them closer or further away.

Also prevent teams from getting to their target. I.e the ball. We kept teams away from their ball for almost 1/2 a driver control period once. By that point youre opposing team is sure a loss. This involves less pushing and more of an agile, get in front of you, approach.

http://youtu.be/rBbD0Hr1D3M

This match really was a highlight of how anoyying we were. Yes, that penalty was really badly called. The ball barely popped up onto our bumper and we were called for possession not pinning like the GA thought.

6CIMS all day.
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