Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defensive topic: Midfield pair screening the striker

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Name:	Billy Carter
City:	Bexleyheath
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Aim: Working with the defending team (white) the aim of the session is to work on the central midfield players (8&10) stopping passes to the blue striker.

Setup: 4 defenders vs 5 attackers. A goal for the attackers to score into, and two mini goals for the defenders to score into. In the diagram I've used poles to show where the defenders need to hold a line by minumum.

Instructions:

White team are instructed to look to win the ball back and score into the mini goals who would be the 2 or the 3.

The blue team look to work an opportunity to find the forwards feet. A pass into the forward will trigger allowing the blues to attack the shaded zone and score.

- if the two white centre mids are just being a shadow to the striker, on the coaches call allow the blue team to penetrate if you are happy with the way they have kept the ball. This should force the midfielders to pick up a better position instead of just sitting infront of the striker.

Counter Topic: Ask the blue players to move the ball quickly from side to side to open up a position to penetrate. Tell the striker he must only play within the width of the penalty area, and ask the wide players be quick to support once a ball is played into the striker.

Coaching the Topic:

- Challenge the centre mids to get pressure on the ball whenever possible.

- Ensure they understand the concept of one player pressing and the other providing cover.

- When they win the ball think about which mini goal is best to exploit based on where you have won the ball and who from.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression

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Now with an added forward or no10 for the attacking team, plus the full back 3 for the 1-3-4-3- formation that we play.

Attacking team can now play freely to try and score on goal.

- Encourage the back 3 to shuffle across to apply pressure on the wide players so centre mids aren't dragged too wide.

- With my support now, emphasis shoul be on the centre mids being able to play a little more on the front food to press the ball.

# if the attacking midfielders have too much time then condense the pitch so they don't have as much as free space.