Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defending - Denying Switch Of Play ( Preventing Build Up in Opposition half )

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Shane McFaul

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Shane  McFaul
Name: Shane McFaul
City: CENTENNIAL
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Week theme : Denying switch

Numbers : Small

What (Game Model) - Defending

Where (Location on the Field/Phase) - Attacking Half (Preventing Build Up)

When (Moment of the Game) - Deny switch (keep the ball to one side)

Who (Focus Players) - Mid & front line

Why (Objective) - Regain the ball; prevent the opponent from playing forward ; deny penetration from dribble

Principle 1 -  CREATE DEFENDING SHAPE

Subprinciple 1  - Make team compact: vertical and horizontal

Subprinciple 2 - BUILD PRESSURE ON THE BALL

Principle 2 - Move as a collective unit: make play predictable

GK Theme - Primary (Secondary) Switching POA (Flighted high balls/crosses)


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

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Warm Up (15 mins)

4v2 into 4v2 with mini goals

Dimensions
20L x 40 W

Duration

15 mins

Intervals 

3 x 4 minutes work - 1 minute rest

Play starts with the coach passing to an attacking Red team

Red attacking team aim to switch the point of attack to opposite zone and score in the mini goal

2 Blue Defensive Players aim to deny the switching point of attack

Rules

Red team can only score when ball is played into opposite zone

All players must stay in marked out zones

When ball goes out of play - always re-starts with coach

Change 4 Defending Players Each Round


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 1

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Activity 1 (15 mins)

4v4 + 4


Dimensions
20L x 40 W

Duration

15 mins

Intervals

3x4 minutes work - 1 minute rest

4 Red v  4 Blue Inside Players plus 4 yellow outside bumper players situated as shown

Blue and Red teams aim to score into either mini goal using outside bumper players

Rules

Bumper Players have maximum 2 touches and cant score but can pass to each other one time before

play has to go back to inside players

When goal is scored in one mini goal , attacking team who scored receives a ball from coach to aim to score in opposite mini goal

When Defending Team win the ball , they can score in any goal and then attempt to score in opposite goal when receiving pass from coach

Change 4 Outside Teams to Inside each round


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 2

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Activity 2 (20 mins)

8v5

Duration

20 mins

Intervals

6 x 2 minutes work - 1 minute rest

Play starts with Blue Attacking Team Goalkeeper in clear possession for the build up phase

Blue attempt to score in one of the wide mini goals

If Blue team successfully switch the ball from one marked out Wide Zone to the other before scoring then they receive double points

Red Defending Team create a defensive shape and aim to deny the switch and keep the play on one side

When the Red team win the ball they aim to score in the Big Goal

Rules 

Players can go everywhere on the field

If Red Team win a corner kick they receive a ball from the coach to attack

If Blue Team win a corner kick , ball re-starts with Goalkeeper


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 3

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Activity 3 (10 mins)

7 v 6 

Normal Game

Blue Team score in combined mini goals

Red team Score in Big Goal

Switch teams at half time


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