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Former FC Barcelona Women’s Coach and Saudi Arabia women’s National Team
APFC The Backline
Who Is This Course For?
Professional Coaches- Youth Academy Coaches
- Academy Managers
- Heads of Methodology
- Coaches of Player Development
Why Choose this Course?
In this course, you’ll learn every movement, key element, phase of play, intention, and fundamental principle of the backline. With a level of depth and expertise you won’t find anywhere else, we break down every single detail of defensive behaviors to give you a rich tactical understanding and a practical approach you can implement directly with your team.
Whether you coach youth, semi-professional, or professional players, this course will show you how to structure, organize, and communicate with your defenders so they perform consistently under pressure. You’ll discover advanced positioning strategies, timing for pressing triggers, coordination across lines, and how to turn defensive solidity into attacking opportunities.
Unlock the secrets of the backline and guide your defenders to the next level of performance, helping your team dominate games, minimize mistakes, and gain a competitive edge. By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools to train smarter, coach smarter, and see measurable improvements on the field.
📈 Don’t just teach defending—master it, implement it, and transform your team.
Course Curriculum
- Chapter 1: Phases and moments of the game(23:30)
- Chapter 2: Defensive Intentions(10:44)
- Chapter 3: Key Elements(9:39)
- Chapter 4: Individual defensive foundations(21:16)
- Chapter 5: The movements of the backline(21:02)
- Chapter 6: The balance of the backline(46:13)
- Chapter 7: The backline vs the direct attack(25:40)
- Chapter 8: From the field to the training and backline positional game(1:00:00)
What you’ll Learn:
- Every movement, phase of play, and fundamental principle of the backline, broken down in detail.
- How to structure, organize, and communicate effectively with your defenders for consistent performance under pressure.
- Advanced positioning strategies to maintain defensive solidity and control the game.
- Techniques to ensure coordination across the backline, minimizing gaps and errors.
- How to turn defensive stability into attacking opportunities, transitioning smoothly from defense to offense.
- Practical methods to train smarter and coach smarter, applicable at youth, semi-professional, or professional levels.
- Tools and exercises that help your defenders perform at their best, giving your team a measurable competitive edge.