Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): FUWSC 2024 Pre-Season 8/29 Session (Low Block & Counter)

Dynamic (15 mins)

Dynamic Warm-up Entire team

• Dynamic Stretching

• 3 Light Jogs

• Quad Stretch

• Scoops

• Alternating Side Lunge

• Forward Lunge & Twist

• Single Leg Kick-back

• Skip

• Side shuffle

• Carioca

• Pogo’s

• L Pogo (Up)

• R Pogo (Back)

• Open Gates (Up)

• Close Gates (Back)

• Up and Around ACL Prevention

• Shoulder 2 Shoulder ACL Prevention

• Change of Direction Sprints

Pressing Diamond (10 mins)

4 Teams of 3 players. Only 1 ball is in play.

Each team stands behind a mannequin (or cone). Only when the player is next in line

to be involved can he step in front of the mannequin.

The coach begins the sequence by passing the ball to any player.

The receiving player must make a pass to the team to his right. At the same time he

is being "pressed" by a player from the team on his opposite mannequin.

After releasing the ball to his right, the passer must then run to the mannequin to his

left.

The trigger/cue for closing down the receiving player is when the passer releases the

ball.

Introduce the option to play in whichever direction the player chooses. If they play

right they must move to the group on the left and vice versa.

4v4+1 (30 mins)

A passes to the #7 and then passes to B, who passes to C, C then goes 4V4+1 with green. Rotate left and right side after 4 reps. #7, #11 are neutrals on the outside, #6 is neutral central.

Defensive Team Focus on:

- We are working in zone 2,3,4 when they are below our LOC.

- #9 is marked up with the #6

#7,#11, #10 are compact behind the ball protecting the small goal

- We only press at our LOC. Make sure we drop behind our line

- Anticipate the ball out to the wide players and focus on your wide approach

- Let them possess, once they ball is played to the LB/RB press to force inside, dont press the CB. We want them to play negative.

- 7/11 continue to defend 2/3 if they take touch inside and dribble. Look to win the ball on that trigger.

- Keep the middle compact. 

- If the CB dribbles into the midfield space, 9 step, 10 drop behind, 7/11 tuck inside and let them go wide.

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11v11 (30 mins)

Defending team

- We are working in zone 2,3,4 when they are below our LOC.

- Hold your line of contration (white line)

- #9 marks the #6 | 7/11 tuc, in centrally | 6/8 mark 10/8, 10 creates 3v2 in middle

- Once attacking team hits the line we engage and squeeze middle.

- Stay compact behind ball.

- As ball goes wide, we force back in centrally to our #'s

- When we win the ball, our first objective is to play a forward pass

- Get numbers into the attacking 1/2

- If we lose the ball on the attack, the closets player to the ball presses, remaining team recovers behind our line of confrontation.