Futsal Session (Senior): Oxford University Women's Futsal: Out Of Possession Principles (Start Time: 2025-01-30 17:00:00)

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Luis Melville

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Name:	Luis Melville
City:	London
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Futsal

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Defending Principles

Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2-2 Set Up

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2-2 Set Up

In futsal, like football there are various 'formations' that you can play IN POSSESSION depending on the player capabilities and the coaches playing philosophy. I like to be a very attacking coach when IN POSSESSION but defensively sound when we lose possession.

OUT OF POSSESSION: I also like to be an attacking coach and press the ball intelligently to try and win it back as quickly and efficiently as possible but with an important caveat that we are patient in doing so.

The basic attacking set ups (FROM THE GK) are 2-2, in this graphic, where 2 deeper players (W2/W3) are either side of the GK and 2 higher placed players (W4/W5). Sometimes one of W4 or W5 might be a bit higher or come in more to centre.

3-1 (on next slide) is what we play and then there is 4-0 (which is a very high level set up and I've never seen it played at Tier 2 or Tier 1 at University level.

Every system has it strengths and weaknesses and of course will depend on players understanding of their roles and capabilities and how well the opposition defend it.

It is likely most sides will play 2-2 at Tier 2 level so we will focus mainly on that with a look at defending a team which plays 3-1

Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3-1 Set

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3-1 Set

Here is the 3-1 set up.

I have split the court into 3 corridors where from the GK the 3 deeper lying attackers (W2/W3/W4) occupy a corridor each with the Pivot (W5) much higher up the court. The Pivot can occupy whichever corridor they wish.

For this we would effectively operate an 'Individual Defense' strategy where each player has a player they are responsible for. Again there are some caveats to this and at some point you will be 'marking' them and others 'tracking' them.

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2-2 Set Up

Defending against a 2-2 Set Up.

This is a mixture of zonal marking and individual marking.

By setting up like this they are giving us a lot of court to cover if we tried to mark them individually.

In this set up, I have put our defenders (purple) against the white team 'player to player'. As you can see there is a lot of space for the white team to run into and the GK could throw directly into W4 or W5. So we need to control and manipulate the space. I have drawn a green line down the middle of the court as a reference.

On the next slide we will see how we will set up from the GK restart. Please be aware that in the game opposition players may set up slightly higher, deeper, wider or narrower on the court so our own awareness of this is key and being able to adjust is important. So we are looking at our basic principles in defending against a 2-2.

Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2-2 Defensive Set Up

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2-2 Defensive Set Up

Defending against a 2-2 Set Up.

In this example, Our team in purple have now taken up positions that protect the middle of the court as we don't want teams playing through the middle of the court. Our principles are to BLOCK THE MIDDLE and force them to play across the court and out wide where we can force them off the court.

PRESSING/PRESSURE: I think this is really misunderstood in football and futsal. We can win the ball without making a tackle or touching the ball. Pressing is forcing the player on the ball to hurry up their decision making so they can either mis-control the ball, play a poor pass because of the mis-control (which can be intercepted or is played out of the court so we regain possession) or take a poor/negative touch (which forces them to go back to their own goal). All of these 'pressure' actions can lead to winning back possession.

Our defensive structure and our ability to adjust to our opponents is crucial.

Here, P3 is on the midline of the court blocking any potential ground throw into W4/W5 who might run into the centre of the court. P2 is slightly behind P3 to cover the space behind P3 but is responsible for W2. P3 is responsible for W3 and P4 for W4 and P5 for W5. As you can see from this example they are protecting the shaded area on the court.

Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2-2 DS Pt 2

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2-2 DS Pt 2

Defending against a 2-2 Set Up.

Here the GK rolls the ball to W2, so P2 presses. TRIGGERS:- The trigger to press is the exact moment the ball is released. Don't go before or delay going. Assess where the ball is going, Is it a good roll, a poor quality roll where it is bobbling/slow or the player has to turn to their own goal to receive it. This will depend on how aggressive you can be.

At this point, P3 drops a bit deeper to cover P2 in case they get beat but W3 is still P3s responsibility.

W5 has dropped a bit nearer the goal so P5 tracks that but doesn't need to mark tightly. W4 hasn't moved so at this stage P4 doesn't really need to move yet.

Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2-2 DS Pt 3

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2-2 DS Pt 3

Defending against a 2-2 Set Up.

The pressure from P2 is good so W2 decides to pass to W3 on the other side of the court.

P3 recognises this and starts to press W3. P2 reacts off this and starts to drop to take where P3 is vacating to cover their teammate but can also still be responsible for W2.

Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2-2 DS Pt 4

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2-2 DS Pt 4

Defending against a 2-2 Set Up.

The ball is now with W3 but P3 again has good pressure on W3 and P2 is now covering P3 in case they get beaten but can still see W2

Futsal Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2-2 DS Pt5

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2-2 DS Pt5

Defending against a 2-2 Set Up.

Here you can see W3 is on the ball with P3 marking.

W2 has made a run to the halfway line which P2 has tracked and but can still cover P3 if they get beat. W5 has also made a run forward so P5 also tracks that.

So from this picture you can see the Purples have controlled the space and are able to mark/track players.

The key things are not to get in front of the line of the ball. Track your opponent and DO NOT EXCHANGE WHO YOU ARE TRACKING.

Principles are the same for a kick in but we can look at this at training.

W4 has made a run to back to help and P4 has tracked that run but stayed central to BLOCK the middle of the court.

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