ELIMINATING LINES = WINGER DOMINANCE

Every defensive team has a shape, and that shape is made of lines. As a winger, your job is to break those lines.

Your line is not set by the ball, not by your teammates, not by offside. Your line is set by the nearest defender marking you. Right now, the fullback sets your line. By standing in front of her, you make her job easy. From her perspective, she can see the ball, see you, and see the whole play. That is a dream scenario for any defender.

Instead, your position needs to either be level with her line or beyond it. When you move beyond her line, two things can happen. If she follows, she moves away from her original position and creates space for your fullback to advance into. We see this happen in your clips when you break the line and the fullback chases you. Use this pattern. If she does not follow, the ball can reach you behind her, already facing forward, already breaking the defensive shape. That is the ideal scenario.

I notice a habit you have that I also had as a young player. You tend to drift toward the ball too often. That pulls you inside the line instead of stretching it. Your value as a winger is in stretching the defensive line, not joining it.

The simple rule for your next game is this: focus on being beyond the nearest defender marking you. Not in front, not inside the line. Beyond her line is where you control the attack, dictate the rhythm, and create opportunities before the defense even knows what hit them.