Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): 3.5.14 Defensive Principles

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Name:	Frank Greenawalt
City:	Riverside
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up (15 mins)

Warm Up (15 min)

Juggling (5 min)

Warm Up (Stretching 5 min)

Long Passing (5 min)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Coordination & Balance Warm Up

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Coordination & Balance Warm Up (15 mins)

Coordinance & Balance (15 min)

Speed Ladder (7 min)

Ball Work-Shuttles (7 min)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pressure Activity

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Pressure Activity (15 mins)

Pressure Activity (15 min)

1 v 1 to Target. A passes to 1 & defends the ball, 1 receives and tries to pass to 2. Defender may play ball to A/B if posession is won. Repeat with B & 2. Switch ea 2 min. 2 points to connet, -1 for passes not connected. Coaching Points: Deny (Cut off opponents best option. Get attackers head down looking at ball), Delay (Immediate Pressure, Good body position), Dispossess (Block, flick or shield tackle)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 5 v 3 Sm Sided Game

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5 v 3 Sm Sided Game (15 mins)

Expanded small sided

5 v 3 into 3v3 + 2N

Cp's-Defensive priniciples(compactness, communication, pressure-cover-balance, line of confrontation(Explain where in the field this situation can happen 4/5 v 3)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Expanded Sm Sided

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Expanded Sm Sided (30 mins)

Expanded Sm Sided (15 min)

Play with the highest numbers allowed by field restraints

6 v 6, 9 v 9's or 11 v 11 (give formations)

Give teams defensive responsibilities

Yellow is demonstrating LOW PRESS

No Restrictions (15 min)

Cp's-Communicate, Read eachother, find/define line of confrontation, attention to dead balls (concentration needs to peak then, it is not resting time), Posession can be used as a defensive tool.