Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): USL Blue Session 8 Pressure/Cover/Balance

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Name: Scott Maloney
City: Wayne
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Sport: Football/Soccer
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OBJECTIVE: Pressure/Cover/Balance with the defending line 

COACHING POINTS:

- If 7 or 11 get the ball 2 or 3 steps and forces outside with passive/aggressive pressure. 4/5 shift around and pull opposite outside back over to close gaps.

- If 10 or 9 get the ball, 4 or 5 steps and foces into partner CB, 2/3 tuck in level with the covering CB.

- Travel as the ball is being played


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dynamic

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Dynamic
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Dynamic (20 mins)

Dynamic warm-up with a ball. Players dribble around and on the coaches command perform a skill (Toe taps, boxes, L-Turns, V- Turns, Scisscors, step overs, etc)

 

They perform this for 2 Minutes, and then dynamic stretch for 1 minute. Captains lead and pick which stretch to be performed in what order.

 

15 Minutes total (7.5 Dribbling, 7.5 stretching)


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Pressing Diamond

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Pressing Diamond (10 mins)

4 Teams of 3 players. Only 1 ball is in play.

 

 

Each team stands behind a mannequin (or cone). Only when the player is next in line

to be involved can he step in front of the mannequin.

 

 

The coach begins the sequence by passing the ball to any player.

 

 

The receiving player must make a pass to the team to his right. At the same time he

is being "pressed" by a player from the team on his opposite mannequin.

 

 

After releasing the ball to his right, the passer must then run to the mannequin to his

left.

 

The trigger/cue for closing down the receiving player is when the passer releases the

ball.

 

Introduce the option to play in whichever direction the player chooses. If they play

right they must move to the group on the left and vice versa.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1v2 PZ

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1v2 PZ (15 mins)

1 Small Goal and an endzone

 

Ball starts from the Red group. They play the ball to the player at half way, who opens up and plays to the Green attackers.

 

Green dribbles and attacks the endzone. Red looks to defend 2v1 and win the ball quickly and score on the small goal.  

 

Focus on-

- Red stepping up right away and pressing the attacker away from goal. 

- Travel as the ball is being played

- Second Red player drops for cover.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4v4 Small Sided

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4v4 Small Sided (30 mins)

Green 7/10/9/11 move the ball side to side to each other. 9 and 10 cannot pass to each other. As the ball moves side to side, Red is focusing on stepping and applying pressure.

 

If 7 or 11 get the ball 2 or 3 steps and forces outside with passive/aggressive pressure. 4/5 shift around and pull opposite outside back over to close gaps.

If 10 or 9 get the ball, 4 or 5 steps and foces into partner CB, 2/3 tuck in level with the covering CB.

 

On the coaches GO, play is live. Green dribbles into the endzone, Red if they win the ball scores on the small goals.

 

Focus on

- If 7 or 11 get the ball 2 or 3 steps and forces outside with passive/aggressive pressure. 4/5 shift around and pull opposite outside back over to close gaps.

- If 10 or 9 get the ball, 4 or 5 steps and foces into partner CB, 2/3 tuck in level with the covering CB.

 

 

- Travel as the ball is being played


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