Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): DEFENDING AS A UNIT (Start Time: 2021-09-07 18:00:00)
Premier Users' Club
Adrian Jasinski
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20 mins
Time: 20min Area: Full size pitch(inside area marked with red cones) with four zones as seen on the image Players: 18
Method:
Two teams start the game in their zones marked with the cones, one player from defending team can leave their defensive zone and apply the pressure on his defensive horizontal line, if team in possession plays the ball across he need to retreat to his defensive unit and other player can apply the pressure on the ball side.
When team in possession transfers the ball to the other attacking zone, players from that zone can attack the goal in 4v4 situation.
Transition T2A/D both ways, both teams can leave their attacking zone when in possession but only to go forward and score.
Coaching Points:
- communication within defensive unit
- work together as a unit to block the pass
- shift across as the ball travels
- when to shift, press, drop?
- who is applying pressure, what other defenders are doing to keep their shape to screen the zone and block the forward pass?
- quick transition to attack
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25 mins
Area: Full size pitch as seen on the image Time: 25mins Players: 18
Method:
Full game rules apply with emphasis on defending as a unit.
Defending team in low defensive block, two units of 4.
Attacking team Red formation: 1- 2-5-1
Coaching Points:
- communication within defensive unit
- work together as a unit to block the pass
- shift across as the ball travels
- when to press, when to drop?
- who is applying pressure, what other defenders are doing to keep their shape to screen the zone and block the forward pass?
- quick T2A
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15 mins
Time: 15 mins Area: 20x40
Method:
Two teams of 9 divided into groups of 4 and 5, each group stays in their zone.
Red team starts the game and their aim is to transfer the ball to other Red team in opposite zone after completing minimum of 4 passes.
Blue team is defending and can't leave their zone, they can only screen and shift across to block the pass, if they win the ball, their goal is to transfer the ball to the other Blue team in opposite zone, Red's becomes the defending team then.
Progression:
One of the defenders can enter the zone to win the ball, they can only press in their line if the ball is played across the zone they have to drop back to their defensive zone and player on the other end can apply the pressure on his side.
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