Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defend the final third - Specific to SSG

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Calum Vaughan

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Name:	Calum Vaughan
City:	Llanfyllin
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

- Specific Practice (Defending the final third) Defend the middle, minimise box entries, stop crosses.

- RED team (coached team) set up into a back 4 + goalkeeper defensive unit.
- BLUE team (managed team) set up with 2 central midfielders, 2 wide players and 1 striker.

2 x 4-minute blocks of play. Can defensive unit hold out under sustained pressure for the duration of these blocks?

- RED team are coached to use penalty area as a defensive line in order not drop too deep.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Specific practice

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Specific practice

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Challenge - RED team is to defend the final third by protecting the middle, minimising box entries and defending the box. Blues challenge is to switch play and attack the final third.

Conditions: Full width of the pitch and 1/3 of a full pitch lengthways.

Target; RED team to defend the final third.

for each block they do not concede a goal in the central big goal the RED team will gain 5 points. If reds can win possession and play the ball into the coach they receive a extra point for their team.
Target for blues is to score in the fixed goal (3 goals) or in the wide mini goals (1 goal).

Key Points:

- RED team out of possession (COACHED)

Defend the middle, minimise box entries, stop crosses.
Concentration, communication, cohesion needed throughout

BLUE team in possession: (MANAGED)

speed of ball
width and depth
risk taking
finishing.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG

Defending the final third by minimizing space, defending crosses and protecting the central area.

RED team being coached playing in a GK-4-3-3 formation missing 3 forward players).

BLUE team being managed playing in GK- 2-2-3 (missing both full backs and 1 central defender)

Central midfielders looking find false full back position (challenged to find space for other players_

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Progress specific into a SSG by addition of a goal at the halfway line and removal of restricted zones. SSG played for 2x4mins blocks

Regress by giving a time limit to the attacking team if defending team struggling to win the ball