Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Preventing the Switch of Play Out of Possession

Preventing the Switch of Play // Out of Possession (10 mins)

Specfic Session - 10 Minutes

Objectives Welsh Principles:

Understand when and how to stop the switch of play byforcing the

direction of play, defending narrow and leaving the furthest

player/s.

Pressure must be on the ball , Force one Direction, make play

predictable.

Organization & Objectives: 3/4 Pitch - Blues are trying to score in

the 3 mini goals, Red have 2 counter goals to playtoo or pass the

ball to the assistant coaches feet at the top of the field. Blue must

playthe ball through the 4 boxes before theycan score. Before play

begins one of the blue players must get a new ball from the

assistant coach, the assistant will wait for the next play, he is

looking for the reds to be in place, the two lines are the starting

points for each line of players, make sure the assistant varies the

starting ball and goes left and right alternatively. This will enable

the Reds to get in position after each attack.

Red in a 1-4-3-1 and Blue in a 2-4-2 the blue have a common

player on the end line that anyteam can playtoo.

Activity = 8 mins split into a 2 min intro to the activity and then one

6min block split with a short terminal coaching invervention.

How: We are working with the out of possession team, blue, we

will be encouraging the blues to split the field in half and force play

outside into our pressure and players. Reds will shuffle across

and leave the far side blue open

Points & Scoring:

Reds - If reds break up a attack and then score on a counter in the

small goals or byfinding the target = 3 points

Blues - If theycan score after clearing the 4 boxes = 3 points

Challenges:

If Blue intercept theycan immediatelyscore in either the small

goals or finding the target player in yellows feet.

Conditions:

Red must clear the 4 boxes with the ball before theycan score

Challenges:

Can the reds win the ball in the top two boxes for 2 points

Key Points:

-Force the ball down one side, continue to show outside

-Leave the furthest player of the field

-Defend narrow and keep lines together

-Timing of pressure on the ball, ensure the ball has been played first then get close

What Ifs:

What if the opponent is able to switch?

-If we are able to get good pressure on the ball without the opponent being able to advance towards our goal we should do this. If not

then we will drop until we get in line and then we can begin to press again

What if we have overlapping movement, how do we deal with it?

Specific Practice (25 mins)

-If we are beaten by good movement then the next closest player will leave his/her line and apply pressure and someone from the next

line can drop in or the player that was just beat could recover