A coach breaks down NC State centerback play from an NCAA tournament match, showing how top defenders wait to face forward before passing, favor central passes, and create 3v1 situations to build from the back. These patterns signal a high-level player and belong in highlight reels.
Scouting a center back to see if they're gonna play counter-attack, aka they're in the NCAA tournament. Okay, watch this guy right here. See how he doesn't pass the ball until he could face directly forward. Now the keeper's gonna get it here again. Watch the center back. There he is, opens up right away. You're gonna see it again in a second. Boom. When they pass back and forth, they always look to play central first. See how he waits and waits and waits, and then he's making the striker run. Now it's a 3v1, so now the center backs can play out of this. This is NC State. And same thing, watch, he's going to try and play through the middle first. If he can't, he'll go to his outside back or to his opposite center back. But they're looking through the middle first, which shows their high level. Now this time the center back's going to go long. You're going to see this in a second. See how he goes long here? This is something that we do need in your highlight videos. It didn't work out this time, but in, in essence, we do want to see this quite often. The center backs are now equally wide, but they don't get passed to in this instance, but they're still able to play out of the back. If you're a center back and you want to play call soccer, comment the word center back and I'll send you a list of tips on how to do just that. Let's watch the sequence. Can they score? They're gonna get a good chance. Watch, it happens right now. Watch this chance. Good defending in the end. Common center back.
