Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defensive Organization-High Pressing

FAW Coach Ed

Joseph Abon

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Name:	Joseph Abon
City:	Saskatoon
Country:	Canada
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition) 10mins

1.36yrdsby 28yrds with halfway line

2.Play4v3 in each zone (4mins with 2mins break)

3.Playersin blue (group 1) try to press on the team in white. While the team in white ingroup 2 presses on the team in blue within the same allotted grid. The playersin the middle aim to stop the team with the ball from playing through. Whilethe coach works with players in the middle alone.

4.The objective for the players in the middle is to plan to press on the team inpossession of the ball and possibly win it. The team in possession can keep theball and try to play while the coach picks areas for coaching points

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Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 20mins

The coach will use this playing section to properly structure the team to be coached (i.e., blue) on how they should approach high press runs to tract down the attacking team. Demonstrations of walk through into run on could be embarked with instructions. Players should keep an eagle eye on ball movements and time the high press as especially with the players on top. Using a coaching style or mixed coaching styles that fits the moments (autocratic, democratic, Q&A etc.) the coach will instruct the team he chooses to coach (e.g., blue team). The defending team can start with one player pressing and move to 2 and players pressing progressively to give proper understanding of what is required individually and collectively.

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Space between the pressing and the attacking team can be a challenge and flat runs without a cover could also frustrate the defending team. Therefore, the pressing team must always keep the space closed, bait the opponent slowly and explosively by keeping an eye on the body movement of the player with the ball and the direction the player intends to dribble and pass. Defending team must keep in mind that the target is to quickly press down and possibly win the ball or deny the progression of the ball to the next player. Players on the border line could be involved in set pass and move into the game every 3mins.

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Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions): 30mins

Both teams play on a half field 6v6 with goalkeepers. Coach will remind the opposing team of what is expected of them in the game. The opposing team goes to fulfil the high press as soon as the goalkeeper starts the game. Game continues as usual on both sides. Teams can play to score fulfilling moments of the game while the coach keeps on with concurrent, walk throughs and during breaks interventions (i.e., on individuals, or group of players).

Both teams when possessing the ball stays on conditional touches and try to make quick passes both ways and forward to encourage the opposing to fulfil those high press runs to win the ball, attack and score. The ball rolling time should the teams in maximum ball experience to achieve the objectives of the practice.