Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): (D) DEFENDING IN CENTRAL AREA (FULL 1)

Screen 1 (10 mins)

Defending exersice 1V1 (WARM UP 10 mins)

• 8-16 Players, balls, bibs & cones

• defend Starts by pass to attacker in a different line
• attacker must driller pass defender and stop the ball on the line to score
• if defender win the ball or it goes out of their grid defender passes to another line 

Coaching Points

• bend run towards attacker
• get their quick
• stop at  the right distance from the attacker
• get into defending position IE side on, knees bent
• put presser on the ball
• he you have the attacker go backwards keep with going that way

Screen 3 (20 mins)

DEFENDING IN CENTRAL AREA

ORGANISATION

• 14 Players (7V7) games

• 7 blue bibs, 7 red bibs

• 2 goals, balls, bibs & cones

• area: L haft pitch, W 18 yard box

PLANNING & EXPLANATION

• use tactic board so players can see their position

• red attacking shape (1231) (KEEPER) (2 CH) (1 CDM) (2 CAM) (1 STR)

• blue defending shape (1321) (1 STR) (1 CAM) (2 CDM) (2 CH) (KEEPER)

• red team to build up from the & score a goal

• blue team to defend from the front win the ball and score

• game start & restarts with the red KEEPER

• when I say stop all player freeze in their positions

ORIENTATION 

• allow both teams to play at the start so the players get use to the session

• set up red team from KEEPER

• both CH to spilt either side of the KEEPER

• CDM to stay in the middle of the pitch

• CAM to go high & wide

• STR to give us depth 

LREANING PHASE 

• STR to ark run to force to play one way & cut off pass to other CH

• midfielder to shift in relation to the ball

• nearest CDM to put presser on the ball 

• CAM to drop and cover the passing lane to the STR

• CH to be the cover