Curated Action

Step-In Body Check and Trajectory Cut on the Heavy Touch

General Training

Step-In Body Check and Trajectory Cut on the Heavy Touch is a reusable training action. Review its coaching notes and targets below.

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Step-In Body Check and Trajectory Cut on the Heavy Touch

The instant the faster attacker takes an aggressive touch past you, do not run footrace step-for-step; instead, step laterally into their running lane, initiate legal upper-body contact (forearm across chest, shoulder-to-shoulder, or hip-to-hip) to break their forward momentum, and position your body between the attacker and the ball. Exercise concludes at 370s (06:10); 371-394s consists of verbal recap, channel outro, and sign-off.

Key points

  • Step directly across the attacker's running line rather than turning to chase in parallel
  • Use subtle, legal body contact (forearm, shoulder, or hip) to disrupt their stride without pushing with extended hands
  • Get your body completely between the attacker and the ball to shield it out of play or win possession

Common mistakes

Trying to outsprint a faster winger in a straight footrace, or making blatant two-handed shoves that concede cheap free kicks.

Sets: 1Reps: 10 repsRest: 0 secEst. duration: 1 min 50 sec
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