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My name is Joe Lowry, and on this episode, we're getting a little defensive.

Not in an argumentative way or anything like that.

No, today we're here to talk about two closely related defensive tactical concepts,

manmarking and zonal marking.

First, we're going to figure out what manmarking is and what zonal marking is.

And once we get all that sorted out, we're going to talk about the pros and cons of both methods.

Are you ready to get started?

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Let's do this thing.

Before we talk about these two different types of marking, it's important for us to get to the bottom of what marking is.

Marking is just another word for defending.

It's how teams keep track of opposing offensive players and defend against their offball movements and attacks. And there are two

primary ways that soccer teams defend against offensive players. That's right, you guessed it,

by using manmarking and zonal marking. Don't take my word for it.

According to Barusia Munchin-Gladback assistant coach and tactics guru Renee Marich,

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