Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Spring17-Phoenix-Defending1v1-5

warm up-flag football (10 mins)

Organization:

-Players pair up and find an area inside the grid to play

Instructions:

-Players play flag football with a pinnie tucked in as the flag

Defenders will try stop the before they get to the end zone

Coaching Points:

- Body shape / position (bent knees, on toes, quick movements)

1v1 defending with quick transition (15 mins)

Organization: Have equal amount of players in the teams. Have a few balls and a few cones to map out the field.

Instructions:

- 1 Team will start with the ball and pass the ball across to the other player and start defending. Each players will be able to score on each other if of course the defender disposes the attacker

Coaching Points:

-Observe attackers reaction

-Angle of approach side on

-force attacker where where you want them to go, away from goal, weak foot?

-patience when to step up

-Small little steps to unsettle the attacker

P- 1v2 defending

P-2v2 defending

conditioned game (30 mins)

Organization:

2v2 in the space.

2 pugg goals on each side

Instructions:

players are split into 2 teams

each team has two colors

players can only defend opposing player with their color

Coaching Points:

-Angle of approach

-patience when to step up

- Where should I angle my run to force the attacker?

- When to tackle

Progressions:

progress into scrimmage