Ian Dawson
Name: | Ian Dawson |
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City: | Pennsburg |
Country: | United States of America |
Membership: | Adult Member |
Sport: | Football/Soccer |
Emergency Defending
Focus on: Blocking, compactness, recovery runs and clearing into half spaces
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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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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 |
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
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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 |
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
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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. |
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.
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Coaching points
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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. |
Game Phase
GKs + 6v6+1 Neutral (creating overload and more repetitions for emergency defending)
Review all coaching points when possible
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3v3+1
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Key Words
Defending as a 3v4
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