Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Full Session Template **Defending in Mid Block- Countering against high full backs
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Uros Ivkovic
Profile Summary
| Name: | Uros Ivkovic |
|---|---|
| City: | Toronto |
| Country: | Canada |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
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Functional 1 (20 mins)
Description:
- 20x 45m (2 Grids)
- 11 players
- Red 3 plus 1 neutral play vs 4 greens. Objective of reds is to play between the lines and find gaps through the green unit.
- Gks play as neutrals.
- Greens can screen and slide or recognize a trigger to go and press. ( Backwards pass, poor touch, head down)
Player Detail:
- Compact and tight, distances between players and units.
Progression: If red drops in between the lines or comes and plays in front, who picks, who goes. Communication again crucial.
Transition when possession is won. Forward passes ideally into goals. If not, secure possession. Green now attack and reds defend.
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Functional 2 (30 mins)
Description:
Session starts with the opposition Cbs outside the grid. Once pass is played the game is live. Greens look to play through and score in the 2 central goals.
The reason the goals are central is because I want my team (Red) showing outside and forcing play towards zone 1 and 5 as much as possible.Objective of reds is to stop balls going through. Once possession is won back, they attack they play 4v2 and try and score.
Team of 6 waiting outside switch after every 5 attempts. Also focus on disorganized shape when switching teams.
Player Detail: My team(Reds)
- Show Outside (Zone 1 and 5)
- Dont Dive in
- Be patient, be brave
- Communicate
- Recognize pressing triggers (Bad touch, pass, head down)
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Phase of play 11v11 (25 mins)
Description:
- Phase of play
- 11v11
- Full Pitch
- Leave the game flow and let them play
- Looking at players ability to apply points worked on in previous exercises.
Player Detail:
- Educating the players on various ways of defending in a mid block (442) with T2A against high full backs(4231)
Opposition
- Look to play through the lines and go and score. Be patient and move us side to side with opportunity to penetrate using number 10 in between the lines.
- Full backs high and wide, wide players on shoulders of our full backs. CF high with #10 in between the lines. 2 Pivots looking to build as much as possible centrally.
My Team
- Two centre forwards use centre circle as line of engagement. Where is the ball, centre circle and anyone dropping off?
- 4 midfielders and 4 defenders stay compact
- Slide and Screen
- Show Outside (Zone 1 and 5)
- Delay deny and direct
- Encourage play outside into zones 1 and 5 or over the top
- Protect 2/3/4 at all costs
- Dont Dive in, use touchline as extra defender.
- Be patient, be brave
- Communicate
- Recognize pressing triggers (Bad touch, pass, head down)
- Body shape when no pressure on ball, use bounce and nudge to offset wide players and CF
T2A
- Secure the ball #9 and #10, play others into play or run yourself
- Support forward players quickly #7 and #11
- Get past the man your marking, foot race, determination, desire.
- Attack the gaps with runs
- End product, shots on goal. How many at end of session?
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442D Mid Block (25 mins)
Description:
- Phase of play
- 11v11
- Full Pitch
- Leave the game flow and let them play
- Looking at players ability to apply points worked on in previous exercises.
Player Detail:
- Educating the players on various ways of defending in a mid block (442D) with T2A against high full backs (433)
Opposition
- Look to play through the lines and go and score. Be patient and move us side to side with opportunity to penetrate using number 10 in between the lines.
- Full backs high and wide, wide players on shoulders of our full backs. CF high with #10 and #8 in between the lines. 1 pivots looking to build as much as possible centrally.
My Team
- Two centre forwards line of engagement is 10m from the centre circle.
Force inside and be aggressive
- #10 north side and #8 and #7 ready to jump to FBs.
- Show Inside (Zone 234)
- Delay deny and direct
- Dont Dive in,
- Be patient, be brave
- Communicate
- Recognize pressing triggers (Bad touch, pass, head down)
- Body shape when no pressure on ball, use bounce and nudge to offset wide players and CF
T2A
- Play in behind QUICKLY. Centre Forwards run into those wide chanels once turnover occurs.
- Secure the ball #9 and #10 and #11, play others into play or run yourself
- Get past the man your marking, foot race, determination, desire.
- Attack the gaps with runs
- End product, shots on goal. How many at end of session?
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T2A against High FBs (25 mins)
Method:
Coaching Points:
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Waterford Away (25 mins)
Description:
- Phase of play
- 11v11
- Full Pitch
- Leave the game flow and let them play
- Looking at players ability to apply points worked on in previous exercises.
Player Detail:
- Educating the players on various ways of defending in a mid block (442) with T2A against high full backs(433)
Opposition
- Look to play through the lines and go and score. Be patient and move us side to side with opportunity to penetrate using number #8 and #10 in between the lines.
- Full backs high and wide, wide players on shoulders of our full backs. CF high with #8 and #10 in between the lines. 1 pivot looking to build as much as possible centrally.
My Team
- Two centre forwards use centre circle as line of engagement. Where is the ball, centre circle and anyone dropping off?
- 4 midfielders and 4 defenders stay compact
- Slide and Screen
- Show Outside (Zone 1 and 5)
- Delay deny and direct
- Encourage play outside into zones 1 and 5 or over the top
- Protect 2/3/4 at all costs
- Dont Dive in, use touchline as extra defender.
- Be patient, be brave
- Communicate
- Recognize pressing triggers (Bad touch, pass, head down)
- Body shape when no pressure on ball, use bounce and nudge to offset wide players and CF
T2A
- Secure the ball #9 and #10, play others into play or run yourself
- Support forward players quickly #7 and #11
- Get past the man your marking, foot race, determination, desire.
- Attack the gaps with runs
- End product, shots on goal. How many at end of session?
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Warm Up (15 mins)
Description:
- 15x45m grid.
- Red act as screeners and defenders. Yellow try and move through each section with forward passes.
- If ball gets intercepted, play in the next grid.
- Rotate players after 3-4 mins of work.
- 15 mins Max
- 22 players, Gks Included
Player Detail: Focus is on defending as a pair. Checking shoulders and stopping forward passes into attackers. Constant slide and screen needs to be applied. Deny gaps with aggressive movement and body shape to block passing lanes.