Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Functional Training: Defender 9/30/2015 (Start Time: 2015-09-30 18:00:00)

Phase 1 (20 mins)

Objective: Improve defenders' ability to clear balls out of air.

Activity: Servers throw ball over Coerver (goal) and player on other side must clear ball back over the top of the goal.

Coaching points: Body position, shape your foot, little to no movement from the hip, redirect ball in air back where it game from.

Progressions: 1) Dominant foot 2) Non-dominant foot 3) Head

Phase 3 (20 mins)

Objective: Improve defenders' ability to deal with balls facing their own goal as a back 4.

Activity: Servers play ball behind or over defender. Red player puts pressure on back facing their own goal. Keeper cannot come claim the ball. Get ball back to server.

Coaching points: Body position before service and after service, get body across the forward, players should take a bigger first touch to get from pressure, check shoulder, GKs should show at an angle to play out, if played back to keeper- are they supporting, use foot furthest from pressuring forward, check shoulders, coach overall shape of the back 4 relative to the ball, Keeper should act as 5th defender