Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Defending - Timing of tackle + transition into attack (Start Time: 2023-01-20 19:00:00)

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Name:	Govinda Sharma
City:	DERBY
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Week 3 - Defending principles - Timing of tackle + transition into attack

Timing of tackle is recognising when and how to tackle - What are the risks if you miss the ball? What are the rewards if you win the ball?

Coaches must encourage players to be brave but also cautious - think of the situation and the risk to reward

Players must recognise triggers such as: backwards pass, heavy touch, indecisiveness in order to make a good decision

Players must reflect - was that the right time to tackle? Yes or no? What could I do better next time?

Players will make mistakes and hopefully learn from them

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm-up

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Warm-up

King of the ring

Each player has a football which they must protect (shield, encourage skills, be brave in-possession)

Players must tackle each other in order to score points - one point if the tackle results in the ball going out of the zone - score system important to set focus on tackling

Set-up area (red cones in diagram) where players must complete a challenge to then join back in the game (kick-ups, dribble through cones - up to coaches)

Decrease the size of the area as the game progresses - results in more tackles which is our focus

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v3

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3v3

Small sided 3v3 game (can be 2v2 or 4v4 if numbers need adapt - also add in-possession floater if uneven)

There will be a lot of actions during small sided games - lots of touches, passes, tackles etc

No goalkeepers

Allow free play and for the players to be creative

Coaches may choose to work with individual players here

Change teams every 5 minutes to allow players to work with new players

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Timing of tackle

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Timing of tackle

Even sided game

ALL players must be in the opposition half (over white line) for a goal to count - encourages players (reds) to push high and allows counter-attack as space in behind - encourages opposite team (blues) to drop deep and must time tackles

Players cannot tackle in opposition half - encourages dropping deep to allow players to time tackle

Focus on delay, deny, cover as covered previously, now to add TIMING of tackle (see session description)

Feel free to add GKs or play first time finish only

Coaches to work with individual players - one coach per individual

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Transition

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Transition

Same game but a follow on from previous slide

When a player wins the ball from a tackle, if they cross the halfway line (and under 3 passes) a goal scored will count as two

The entire team will need to be over the halfway line for this to count

Players cannot tackle in opposition half - they must drop and reorganise into their half to tackle

Encourages a fast transition from defence to attack - high intensity, fun and will engage all players

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