Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Emergency Defending (Blocking, Clearing and Recovery Runs)
Premier Users' Club
Ian Dawson
Description
Emergency Defending
- Who: Working with the #4,#5,#6,#2,#3 and #1 players
- What: Emergency Defending, looking to block shots, recover quickly, delay shot/attack and form compact shape to prevent shots/through passes
- When: Last chance defending when defending against overload, countered or shot impending
- Where: defensive third and in and around defensive penalty area
- Why: To prevent easy goal scoring opportunities against and make opponent work their hardest to create shots
Focus on: Blocking, compactness, recovery runs and clearing into half spaces
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Learning Objectives
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Technical quick feet, balance and body position |
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Tactical When to step vs when to stay compact, directing play |
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Physical Aggressing the play, blocking shots |
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Psychological Competitive environment - winning vs losing |
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Social Working as a group |
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Learning Objectives
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Technical Body position |
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Tactical Blocking shots on goal, shifting and sliding to where the ball is going. |
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Physical Change of speed and direction |
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Psychological Fearless |
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Social Setting the example |
15 mins
Skill Phase - Emergency Defending
The Blue players passes the ball to the Red Player
The Red player will then look to shoot into goal A or B
Blue needs to react after his pass to defend the goal and block the shot.
Red has to hit the shot on their 2nd or 3rd touch. Once Blocked, Blue player looks to dribble through wide gates and pass into goal for =2 goals or Blue clears into goals before penetrating wide gates = 1 goal
Coaching points
- Quick reaction after pass to block the goal
- Keep feet moving and focus on committing to your block with power
- Stay big and wide with arms by side
- Block shot with your leading leg
- Slide Block technique
- Powerful calculated clearance into the half space Goals
- Stay on your toes and be ready
- Be dynamic and sharp
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Learning Objectives
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Technical defending, tackling, blocking and stopping attacks. |
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Tactical Recognizing how to defend in an overloaded situation, |
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Physical Aerobic Endurance to maintain shape |
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Psychological Dealing with adversity, positive mind set to defending. |
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Social Working as a group to achieve and prevent shot/through pass |
20 mins
Organization
GK- 3 red vs 5 blue
4 Blue players outside box look to posses left - right for 5-7 passes
3 Red players look to stay compact maintaining a strong non penetrable shape to prevent through pass(can not tackle or engage 4 blue players, yet.)
Upon the 5th or above passes, Blue look to pass into the blue PK player, reds look to intercept/block through pass. If it gets through game goes live full pressure.
Red's look to win possession and hit half space goals.
Progression: After 5 passes can go Live and shots from all players allowed.
Coaching points
- Pressure, cover and balance while staying compact
- Quick change of speed to close down entry passes
- Stay Big with arms down to block/intercept shot/through pass
- Slow the attacker down, pressure the players dominant side
- Disrupt the play when action allows to commit to ball fully (run through), 2nd defender pressures behind looks to win possession on ball
- Don't dive in (Protect your goal)
- Counter pressure from Blue to make hard for Reds to score on counter
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Learning Objectives
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Technical All technical aspects with main focus on defending, tackling, blocking and stopping attacks. |
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Tactical Recognizing how to defend in an overloaded situation, recovery runs when penetrated |
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Physical Aerobic Endurance, strength and change of direction |
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Psychological How do we react after shot is scored and or attacking team is having success |
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Social Working as a group / unit. |
20 mins
5v3 + 2 + 2
Ball is played into #9 from #6 to start, #9 will turn and look to shoot within 3 touches. Red look to Block, intercept shot. Upon shot (no matter the result expect goal being scored) game goes live and wide players join the game to make GK-5 Red vs 7 Blue
Offside active, normal rules
Defenders need to protect the goal
Red look to immediately counter attack to the half space Goals.
Use words like:
- Be Brave, stay Big
- Compact
- Can you block
Coaching points
- Work together as a unit
- Protect the goal at all costs (no foul), stay on feet until no other choice can be made!
- Stay compact and big
- Keep your feet moving
- Force attacks away from goal or negative
- Constant communication on pressure, cover and balance
- Recovery Runs from #2 and #3
- Angle, timing and speed of recovery runs
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Learning Objectives
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Technical All aspects of the game. |
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Tactical Working on defending an overloaded situation, understanding when to drop in as a group and win the ball. |
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Physical Aerobic endurance and physical strength. |
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Psychological Dealing with adversity of facing an overload |
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Social Working as a team. |
20 mins
Game Phase
GKs + 6v6+1 Neutral (creating overload and more repetitions for emergency defending)
Review all coaching points when possible
Keep using the same terminologies/words such as:
Coaching Points
- Stay compact
- Block the shot / goal.
- Don't drop too deep!!!
- Disrupt play with 1st defender (don't slow down), 2nd pressure defender winning the ball following right behind 1st defender.
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop
15 mins
Play Phase
3v3+1
Introduce key words to theme of session.
Key Words
Defending as a 3v4
Coaching Points