Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): S and C GK pressing/Through Balls

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David Wilkinson
Name: David Wilkinson
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Objective.

To prepare the GK for a pressing session where the GK may have to be quick off their line due to team playing high and the opposition counter attacking.

 

Utilise S and C segment to work on explosiveness and speed due to the GKs role within the team when pressing.


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15 minutes S and C segment (incorporating handling)

 

Focusing on ploy metrics to improve speed and explosiveness 

 

Station 1 

tuck jumps over hurdles  into handling at the end.

-focus on minimal contact with floor and driving knees to chest, use balls of the feet

 

Station 2 

Lateral Slalom runs through poles into handling.

 

-Focus on a sprinters stance to start with, GK react to servers trigger to start (front foot, replicating a through ball, push off laterally with big toe)

- include crossteps for change of direction 

 

Station 3 

Broad jumps x4 

 

-focus on explosive distance and control


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15 minutes

Power movements into shot stopping 

1) Gk performs a vertical jump to immediately drive into a sprint into mini goal for handling 

- focus on explosiveness on contact with floor.

- speed over 15yards (replicating coming off line for through ball)

-decelerate into mini goal for handling 

 

Progression

2) Gk catches a high ball with a 2 footed vertical jump and discard ball immediately, on coach with the floor, coach rolls a ball for GK to drive into a pass into a mini goal ( replicating a sweeper keeper)

 

- focus on explosiveness, speed into ball, decelerating to find and scan a pass

 

Progression 

3) Repeat previous drill, add a recovery run back into goal for an angled strike to protect the goal (replicating back pedalling on transition)

 

- focus on crossteps initially to gain momentum and decelerating into set position for shot.


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Small side specific pressing 

Organisation - 6 v 6

Structure - Gk clips ball into other GK, Blues must look to build play and score into mini goals. If reds win ball back they must score with a through ball with in 8 Seconds 

Condition - Blues can only score once they have completed 4 passes (to encourage transition)

 

Coaching points for Gk

- Antincipate through ball, adopt sprinters stance and be ready to act a sweeper

- be explosive if committing to coming out

- if retreating to goal, get in position quick by adopting cross over step for speed and balance.

- decision making 

 

 

 


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Pressing small sided game

organisation 8v6

Conditions 

Red back 4 are limited to defensive third.

red wingers can only enter attacking third for a through ball, using the halfway line as an offside line

Structure

play starts with Red GK goal kick. Reds look to build play and play into 6 who has to play a winger with a through ball. Reds cannot be offside using halfway line as offside line.

if blues win the ball back they have 10 seconds to score.

GK coaching points

Blue GK 

- High starting position to act as sweeper keeper due to high press.

- front foot stance ready to sprint for through ball

- decision making, if not getting to through ball, retreat back to protect goal/area.

Red GK

- be ready for transition in case blues win ball back high up the pitch

- speed across ground if pouncing on loose ball.

- decision making.


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