Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 1v1 Defending U13-U15 session

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Haris Memisevic

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Name:	Haris Memisevic
City:	Melbourne
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Warm Up (10 mins)

Organization:

1 box. 20yds in length and 20yds in width. 1 group of players with a ball each, in the box dribbling without pressure. 1 group of players surrounding the box without a ball. Players in the box are dribbling until the coach gives a signal for the players in the middle to run and try and steal the ball from an attacker. Once the defender successfully steals the ball, they look to dribble the ball out of bounds.

Rules:

Once a defender picks an attacker to shut down, they cannot change who they are defending.
If you win the ball from the attacker, 1 point. If you win the ball from the attacker and dribble out of bounds, 2pts.

Play 8-10 rounds of 15-20 seconds in length.

Coaching Points:

SHUT DOWN: Shut down the space between you and the attacker.

SLOW DOWN: As you get closer to the attacker, start to slow down to not over run the attacker.

SIT DOWN: Get nice and low, knees bent, on toes, anticipating the movement of the attacker.

STAY DOWN: Stay low, knees bent, arms length away from the attacker. On toes. Weight for the decision of the attacker and then step in to win the ball.

Challenges:

Keep score. Make it a competition.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Practice 1v1

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Technical Practice 1v1 (25 mins)

Organization:

3 lanes, 8 yards in width - 16 yards in length. Player with the ball passes to the line in front of them and immediately shut the ball down and defend. The attacker receiving the ball is looking to beat the defender and dribble around to the opposing gate.

15 min activity: 3 rounds of 5 mins.

Coaching Points:

SHUT DOWN: Shut down the space between you and the attacker.

SLOW DOWN: As you get closer to the attacker, start to slow down to not over run the attacker.

SIT DOWN: Get nice and low, knees bent, on toes, anticipating the movement of the attacker.

STAY DOWN: Stay low, knees bent, arms length away from the attacker. On toes. Weight for the decision of the attacker and then step in to win the ball.

Challenges:

Keep score. Make it a competition. If you dribble around the defender and get to the gate, 1 point. If the defender wins the ball back and gets to the gate in front, 2 points.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skills Game

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Skills Game (25 mins)

Organization:

2 grids going at the same time(15yds in width and 20yds in length).
1 mini goal positioned on one side. Two cones in the middle of the field 5yds apart where the players in between and check to one cone to receive.
Player A plays in the middle to Player B who checks to one of the middle cones and is looking to receive the ball. Once the ball is played to Player B, the defender is able to shut down the ball and defend 1v1. Attacking player is looking to score in the mini goal for 1 point. If the defender wins the ball back, 2 points. At the end of each repetition, players go to the END of their own line. At the end of each round, attackers will switch to be defenders and vice versa.
6 rounds of 2 minutes. Attackers and defenders switch after each round.

Coaching Points:

SHUT DOWN: Shut down the space between you and the attacker.

SLOW DOWN: As you get closer to the attacker, start to slow down to not over run the attacker.

SIT DOWN: Get nice and low, knees bent, on toes, anticipating the movement of the attacker.

STAY DOWN: Stay low, knees bent, arms length away from the attacker. On toes. Weight for the decision of the attacker and then step in to win the ball.

Challenges:

Keep score. Make it a competition.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Small Sided Game

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Small Sided Game (30 mins)

Organization:

1 field going to mini goals. 40 yards in length and 25 yards in width.
5v5 small sided game.
Rules of the game: 1 point scoring a regular goal. 2 points for the team if a player successfully wins the ball back defending 1v1 and scores. The player that wins the ball back needs to score in order for 2 points to count.
3 minute games. Team that is off comes in then. Fast tempo. Encourage players closest to the ball shutting down the ball quickly. Coaches energy NEEDS to be high!

Coaching Points:

SHUT DOWN: Shut down the space between you and the attacker.

SLOW DOWN: As you get closer to the attacker, start to slow down to not over run the attacker.

SIT DOWN: Get nice and low, knees bent, on toes, anticipating the movement of the attacker.

STAY DOWN: Stay low, knees bent, arms length away from the attacker. On toes. Weight for the decision of the attacker and then step in to win the ball.

Challenges:

Keep score. Make it a competition.
WINNER STAYS ON.

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