Poaching: When to poach by Seb Allen

Smart defences are designed to stop specific offensive looks. Strategic poaching can be used for this purpose.

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How do we know when to poach and when to stay tight? It would be ideal if before every decision we made on the field, we had the luxury of time to analyse the situation to help us know when to poach. Instead, a split second is all we have to make the choices before both options start becoming less effective. We need to learn cues based on match experience to allow us to make sub-conscious decisions. If we could […]

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