Do you know all the ways to beat a defender? Would you like to learn how? 

Then check out our new-look and new improved home training programme!

This week we will show you how to master the art of beating a defender – a key skill perfected by all the top players in the world!

We still have time to keep improving your skills, so the programme will now turn to focusing on an individual skill each week.

As always, this week’s activities will be broken down into each aspect of New Zealand Football’s four-corners training model as follows:

Technical – learn the ways in which you can beat a defender
Tactical – analyse how the world’s best players do it
Physical – improve your fitness to perfect the skill 
Mental – build up your confidence by visualising the skill

What skills do you use to beat your defender? What did you learn from the top football players?

Let us know what else you learned in this week’s programme.

You can create a video like Annalie and email it to us or why not tag us on any of our social platforms. But don’t forget to include #StayHomeStayActive

Article added: Tuesday 05 May 2020