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Pros & Cons of Pressure Defense
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Pros & Cons of Pressure Defense

Many teams, especially less experienced or skilled teams, can not handle pressure. When I coached games where both teams are less skilled I found a lot of success in forcing the offense to make quick decisions. Typically I found that they would go to the goal and run into the defensive help. Obviously putting pressure can work in other situations as well.

By Joe Juter

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