Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Defending compact

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Name:	Denzel Wiafe
City:	London
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Defending the Third

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Learning Objectives

	Technical timing of the header and starting position, good paring organisation movement for attacking the ball and convering
	Tactical Good clearing headers away from potential opposition and potentially back to teammates, how to be positioned when dealing with delievered balls from wide area.
	Social building relationships in pairs so that organisation is understtod throughout the unit

Technical Defending the Third (15 mins)

Technical Defensive unit

Organisation

This defending session is a technical practice that works paired defenders in

developing their individual and paired defending technique. With 1 goal protected

by a Goalkeeper and 2 Defenders, position 3 other players on each of the cones

as shown with a supply of 3/4 balls.

Each player must take it in turns to deliver a lofted pass or cross into the box for

players to clear. Work through all balls and rotate defensive players to repeat

practice.

Coaching points

paired defending

press and defending

Goal keeper instructing the unit

winning header and puttin them out of danger area or back into teammate

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Defensive Compactness

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Learning Objectives

	Tactical They must be intellegent in their pressure and covering lines
	Psychological commited in defending technique and awareness of opposition strategy to play through
	Social limit space wide as well as through the middle as a collective as well as good action instructions being given to teammates

Skill Defensive Compactness (15 mins)

Defensive Compactness

Set Up

40x35 area split into 4 horizantal lanes, 3 verticle lanes with a 5yrd channel in between. Bibs, balls, cones

Session

This defending practice is part 4 of theme 6 defensive compactness and

combines defending technical and skill elements.

With 4 zones 4 defending players must begin centrally

and look to cut off passing lines from the 4 players in possession and another 4

players in the opposite zone. Once the ball has been passed across each of the

4 zones, defenders can press.

Stipulations

introduce 3 touch stipulation once they are comfortable, then 2 touches to 2 touch 1 touch

focus unit

back 4. 2,3,4,5.

Coaching points

compactness

commiting an action required to support teammate (to cover when teammate presses)

body shape to cover lines

timing of press

recognising pressing triggers

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Function Defending scenarios (wide areas)

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Function Defending scenarios (wide areas) (20 mins)

Defensive unit Staying compact in wide and Goal box area

Function

following on from the skill practice on being compact we look to implement on what we praticed in a scenario where sky blues have to hold possession for 1 minute, in which the timer runs out on the blow of the coaches whistle they have another minute to score as many goals. Reds throughout the session will try to defend staying in their shape and look to win the ball back and counter through the 3 goals while trying not to concede in the 1minute frame. play will begin from coach always.

set up

3 goals, balls, cones, bibs

FOCUS UNIT

back 4 and midfield

Freeze moments

ball watching and wrong body shape

midfield too slow to squeeze

back 4 out of line

body shape in pressing

midfield unit not tight enough

both units not moving together

When individuals dont follow their runners

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Functions (Progression Goal box)

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Functions (Progression Goal box) (15 mins)

Progression

set up

cones, bibs, balls

organisation

40X20 5yards outside the goal box, this practice is for defending within our own box, reds look to score with support of bounce players, sky blue look to get a goal for every 10 passes.

focus unit

back 4

Coaching points

reducing chaotic defending

body shape when pressing

Gk comannding the unit

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (20 mins)

SSG

sky blue vs reds, looking at reds to apply what they learnt and for sky blues to attack whilst taking care of possesion and pressing high

key points

once ball possesion is lost can we be compact and sturdy in our shape

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