Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Low Block & Press

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Alexander Antolak

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Alexander Antolak
Name: Alexander Antolak
City: Liverpool
Country: Australia
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Goal: Defending in a low block in the defensive third

Overview: In this session, we are looking to create a low block in our defensive third to win back possession


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical

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Technical (15 mins)

Organisation:

3v3 endzone game. Where the team out of possession is looking to stay compact and shift as a team as they must defend the entire width of the field. 

Coaching Tips:

Principles of play
1 - Delay

2 - Compactness

3 - Depth & Cober
4 - Balance

5 Control & restraint

1 - Drop / recover, shape

2 - Compactness

3 -  Dictate play (press)

4 - Delay progress- prevent forward passes into central areas

5 - win the ball and counter


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

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Game Training (40 mins)

Organisation:

In this activity we have the attacking team (Blues) vs the defending team (Reds). The attacking has 6 players (6,8,10,7,9,11) while the defending has 8 players (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10). The Blues will start with possession and will look to score on the red's big goal. The reds look to defend and win back possession to score on the counter goals.

Coaching Tips:

The reds need to be compact and force the play wide in order to try and win the ball. We want to force play wide and shift as a team as the ball goes wide. In order to do that the reds need to be compact and minimize the distance between the midfield and defensive lines. Use the sideline as an extra defender to help win back possession to go and score on the counter goals.


Principles of play
1 - Delay

2 - Compactness

3 - Depth & Cober
4 - Balance

5 Control & restraint

1 - Drop / recover, shape

2 - Compactness

3 - Dictate play (press)

4 - Delay progress- prevent forward passes into central areas

5 - win the ball and counter


Questions

What must we be when defending? Compact

Where do we want to force play? Outside


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 11v11

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11v11 (30 mins)

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