Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Assumption Pressing Principles v1
Description
1. Timing: Pressing must be done at high speed and intensity, to reduce time available for opposition to progress.
2. Intensity: Players must work together as one unit to be effective. There must be understanding and communication in terms of who is pressing and who is covering.
3. Compactness: If there are spaces when a team presses, then the opponent can thread passes through those spaces. That applies both vertically and laterally.
4. Intelligence: Players must know when to stop pressing and start dropping into defensive shape, if opposition break out of the press. Also, we cannot press with high intensity throughout entire match, hence when to press and when to sit back must be managed.
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Single Striker Press - 1-3-4-2 (Shift & Pivot)
Single striker high presses with intensity while bending their run to ensure the opponent is going one direction. This triggers the midfield seven to shift hard to that side of the pitch to create a numerical advantage. If our opponent is successful in switching the play, this is another trigger for us to drop into a mid block and maintain a defensive shape that keeps the ball and our opponent in front of us and in their half of the field.
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High Block
A key feature of the high block is coordinated movement. This requires players to be very disciplined and fit. It is “high risk, high reward” tacticalsystem.The advantages of a high line lie in the distances between the defensive lines vertically and horizontally. Little space creates a compact playing area, making iteasier to close down the opposition. When we win the ball, we are in a position toquickly recycle the ball to the forward line. However, if the defending team has a lapse in their defensive line, they can findthemselves exposed. Because the line is high, opposing forwards can get in behind thedefenders.The high block requires a lot of energy. If we employ a high blockand do not implement high pressure, they are wasting valuable field position.
Patience to move as a unit in order to force a mistake from our opponent is the key, not an individual player pressing thus leaving passing lanes (gaps) for our opponent to play through. Based on video of our opponent it will be important to identify a point of confrontation (spot on the field) that we look to press hard as a unit.
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Winger Press - 2-4-2-2 (Shift & Pivot)
Our #7 & #11 take up starting positions outside of the opponents two center backs while our #9 drops centrally to provide a #1 in the midfield. Here our #11 is triggered to press using a curved run to put the opponents outside back in their cover shadow, forcing the CB to look to switch or play centrally. If the ball is played centrally we have the +1 in our favor, while man marking to win the ball and play forward. If the play is switched, the weakside winger in this case the #7 looks to jump the pass, deflect, intercept and attack the goal. Behind this press the team is centrally compact, immediately reacting to the flow of the game and shift to the side of the ball to out number our opponent.