Alex Patel
| Name: | Alex Patel |
|---|---|
| City: | Montclair |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
Learning Outcomes
1. Introduce players to proper defensive stance.
2. Introduce players totechnique of block tackling.
3. Develop players' ability to close down with speed.
4. Develop players' ability to close down at an angle.
5. Develop players' ability to identify when to tackle.

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Organization:
1. 20x20 area.
2. Players work in pairs.
3. Balls set up halfway between pairs.
Instructions:
1. Players look to close down on the ball together.
2. Focus on body shape, proper stance, and angle of approach.
3. Players look to mirror each other before returning to start line.
Coaching Points:
1. Speed and angle of approach.
2. Proper defensive stance - "surfer" position.
3. Close space quickly and slow down on approach.
Progressions:
1. Ensure players work on both sides.

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Organization:10x20yds
2 grids
2 or 3 players on a line
Instructions:
Defenders will pass ball to attacker and release upon pass
Defender tries deny the forward from scoring, if wins caps the ball on the cone line
1 pt for a goal
1 pt for defender
Swicth after 3 minutes
2nd round switch the goal to the other side (2)
Coaching Points:
Close down the space quiclkly ( why)
Body Shape ( Where)
Patience for the cue to win the ball ( 3b's) What
Reminders of when to poke (toe) vs block (back foot)
Progressions:
Pr- Have attackers start with ball
Pr- Add nets on both sides of the grid
R- Put a gate and make attacker dribble through

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Organization:
30X20
3v3 - 2v2
Instructions:
-Players can only defend their own player
-If you block or poke tackle and transiton to a goal 2
points
-all other goals 1 point
-When ball goes out must restart with a ball from your net
Coaching Points:
Close down the space quiclkly ( why)
Body Shape ( Where)
Patience for the cue to win the ball ( 3b's) What
Progressions:
PR- Bigger Goal/Field
Rg- Touch restriction/Smaller Field

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Organization:
5v5
Instructions:
Play Game
Coaching Points:
Close down the space quiclkly ( why)
Body Shape ( Where)
Patience for the cue to win the ball ( 3b's) What
Progressions:
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Animation Controls (PCs, Macs, Laptops):
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
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Back/Forward: Drag timeline button
Warm up
Organization:
Patners 10 yds apart each at cone
Instructions:
Partners stay on the line and try tap the opposing players knee
one point for every time player cleanly taps their knee
-Must stay on the line can shuffle foreward or back and switch body position
Coaching Points:
stay low
stay side one
stay on your toes
patience
surf
Progressions: