Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defending - Attacker running at you 1v1/2v2

warm up (5 mins)

side on approach running warm up

players sprint out to meet the first cone

sidestep sideway with the side on approach back to the far cone

then sprint out to the end cone

high tempo, make sure they are ready for every whistle

time: 5 minutes

defending 1v2 winning the ball (15 mins)

advanced 2 v 1 defending

after the first 10 minutes you will notice the defenders win most of them but probably not all of them explain to the players how to tactically defend as a two

defender 1 who is closest to the ball will use the side on approach in the direction of his other defending team mate

once the attacker has taken that route down that side of the channel the first defender can attempt to take the ball off of the attacker while defender 2 will stay slighty deeper.

either:

1) defender 1 will take the ball from from the attacker

2) or the attacker will push the ball past the first defender and get tackled by defender 2

this defending technique will not work if the defenders are flat, defender 2 must stay deeper than defender 1 and pressure must be put on the defender once he has chosen to go down that channel.

time: 15m

defending 2v2 defending the goal (15 mins)

2v2 with the keeper

this time the attackers have been given more space to attack to, the defenders know how to defend

time: 15 minutes