Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Skill Center Defending
Ottawa Valley Football Club
Dave Barbier
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10 mins
One on one defending slolom
Players partner up with 1 ball
player with the ball dribbles at the player without
Defender starts by backing up straight
After a couple of gos, player with ball moves defender side to side (defender doesn't switch sides on their defending, they keep the attacker on their prefered side to keep team defensive pressure the same
After each go to the other side switch attacker and defender
Details
body position
distance to attacker
which foot is forward and why?
use of arms and feet to threaten
keeping the same foot forward by moving our feet (want to keep the attacker on the designated side of our choice.
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15 mins
One on one 2 goals
Player 1 passes to player 2 and then closes them down
Player 2 attempts to score in either of the 2 goals
Can be used for dribbling, dragging or turning as your theme of the session.
Depending on the theme, encourage the attacker to use that skill in the session.
After each go, players switch sides
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15 mins
1 on 1 in a square
- Line up defenders behind 1 cone with a ball each and attackers in front of them ready to receive the pass and attack.
- Defender passes to attacker
- Defender then makes a curved run to take away the goal and close the distance to the attacker
- Attacker attacks the goal and once the sequence is complete, they switch positions.
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15 mins
Jodar Drill
Set up
Split the team in half
Balls to the coach as indicated next to the attacking player
Defenders go on 1 cone each from the goal line and curling towards the attacking players every 5 or so yards
Play
Players match up and go one on one with a 60/40 ball sent from the coach to the attacking player to go to net
After they are done, the attacking player goes back behind his line and the defending player goes to the cones and moves up one spot (so if he was at the closest cone to the goal line, move forward one spot, if the player was on the closest cone to the attacker, they move to the back closest to the goal line)
After everyone goes, the first 2 go again but now the angle of the defender has changed since they aren't on the same cone.
Once everyone has gone from each defensive cone, teams switch roles
Details
Attacker identifies where the defender is coming from (distance and angle to them)
Attacker and defender need to close the ball at pace (defender must identify when to slow their approach)
Attacker should be thinking about shifting the ball across the defender where they came from or do a trick (dragging or dribbling) to create space to go towards the net to finish
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15 mins
6 goal game Dribbling
- Split group into 2 teams
- play possession game with the goals
being the 5 x 5 grids on either side of
the pitch
- dribble the ball into the front of the
boxes for 1 point on the wide goals
and 5 points for the middle goal
- Once the attacker dribbles into the
box, the defender cannot go into the
space
- If the ball goes in between the
boxes, restart with the defensive team
- extra balls with the coach at the
halfway point of the pitch
Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop
5 mins
Block Tackling
Players partner up with a ball between them
They time their tackle on the ball so that both hit the ball at the same time
Once they have success, they can back up and step into their tackle again timing it so as to not injure their opponent
Details
planted foot next to the ball
Inside of foot
middle of the ball
knee over the ball