Does anyone have a good exercise for under 11 to encourage closing down of the ball?

I run an under 11 development team moving into their second season.

They are progressing well but struggling with closing down the ball when defending.

Does anyone have any fun drills I can try?

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  • You could try a small sided practice line-ball game.

    Team in possession score by dribbling the ball over or stopping the ball on the line, instead of shooting at a goal.

    Effectively the line is too big to protect by dropping back so the most effective way to defend is to try and pressurise the ball carrier to win the ball or force mistakes. if you can't pressurise the ball carrier, position to intercept the next pass. 2v2 / 3v3 etc. Hope that helps.

    Good Luck 

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