Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defending overloads in wide areas

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Ben Adams

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Name:	Ben Adams
City:	London
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): WARM UP CIRCLE KEEP BALL

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WARM UP CIRCLE KEEP BALL

Learning Objectives CIRCLE KEEPBALL WARM UP

2 PLAYERS IN THE MIDDLE, PLAYERS ON OUT SIDE PLAY OF 1 OR 2 TOUCH DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COACH CALLS.

ENCOURAGE PLAYERS TO PLAY OF BOTH FEET INSIDE AND OUT SIDE OF BOTH FEET,

AWARENESS OF WEIGHT OF PASS AND EYE CONTACT IS VERY IMPORTANT

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skills Square

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Skills Square

All players head in towards the red cone and perform a skill and turn left.

This is repeated turning to the right.

The person in the leaders corner communicates with the rest of the players indicating when to go.

All players await for his instruction.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pressing Possession

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Pressing Possession

Objective:

Blues play left to right between their end men

Reds play top to bottom between their end men

Coaching Points: Pressing.

Recognise how much pressure is on the ball.

Press as the ball travels where possible.

Nearest man presses the ball.

Try to read the player in possession and predict where the ball is going (body language)

Recognise that you cant press the end man (discipline)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 4

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Screen 4

Learning Objectives

SMALL SIDED GAME 6 v 6

Use channels to encourage players to attack using width.

One defender only in channel. Encourage players to create overloads where appropriate.

Defending overloads:

Try to intercept / win the ball early if possible.

Press the ball quickly preventing the opposition exploiting the overload.

If not, apply some pressure cutting off pass,

Mark the nearest player to goal in the hope of delaying / denying the pass