Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Body on the line (Start Time: 2021-01-11 19:20:00)

FAW Coach Ed

Darren Brown

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Name:	Darren Brown
City:	Abergavenny
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Body shape, defending unit distances.
	Tactical Understanding the importance of keeping the defensive unit tight and forcing the opposition wide.
	Physical A mix of aerobic and anaerobic within the session, high tempo session
	Psychological A test to be thinking about defending distances whilst in a game situation, psychologically will be testing.
	Social Extremely important that communication between the players is at a high level to make the session work, Also through concurrent coaching I will be engaging.

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Key Factors

Whilst I coach the defending side MI will manage the opposition. He will be looking for width and depth, combination play, decision making when to switch play, exploiting the space, final pass and finishing.
Between the break I would to use a terminal coaching intervention on a white board to express what I would like them to do in this block. This will enable more ball rolling time time within the block session.

Organisation

During this block I will look to use a concurrent coaching method as I will look to encourage a high tempo and busy attitude towards the session principles.
I will look to encourage a good defending position and a willingness to tackle/block the opposition or ball. For example Virgil Van Dijk. ( Good defenders don't need to go to ground)
As I talked about in the last session I would always look for the full backs or centre halves to be in a position side on to the attacker, this will allow the player to be able to be in a good starting position to be able to sprint or swivel off the back foot and turn quickly, never sat on there heels.
To be able to put your body on the line it is important the defender looks for the trigger pass to the opposition player he is marking so he can engage the attacker quickly to block a shot or cross or stand him up, close the space or force him backwards, if this happens the back line as a unit must be aware that they all step up together forcing the opposition back but staying narrow and compact and in a good line/shape.
If the attacker doesn't pass the ball backwards but moves the ball sideways quickly the defender must retreat quickly to get back in to a good line/shape to ensure he doesn't get played around and they exploit the space he has vacated.
If the ball does get in and behind the defence I would encourage quick thinking and bravery to get to the ball and block any cross or shot, this could be because the full back has had a 1-2 played around him in to the inside channel and the centre half has to cover him/space, spotting this early gives the centre half a much greater chance of being able to cover and put his body on the line to stop a shot or cross