Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Principles of Defending - Pressure, Cover, Support

Warm up -Continuos / Dynamic Movmt & Neural Prep (10 mins)

ORGANIZATION:

4 Lines of 3 players per line. Rows of 4 cones per line (16 cones), 2yrds apart.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Players will begin the warm up by going through a series of instructions through the cones (walk, light jog, skip, open gate, close gate, bushwackers, wrap arounds, quick feet, slalom, lunge, side shuffle, jockey, jog backwards, torso twist, etc.)

OBJECTIVES:

Physical and Mental Preparation

Warm Up- Technical Bayern Ball (10 mins)

ORGANIZATION:

Set up a 20x20yrd grid, 2 teams, one ball, 4 Players inside and 8 Players outside box

INSTRUCTIONS:

Players play 8v4, moving ball on the outside of grid, try to combine with players in middle

2 - touch restriction, Black playes the ball into area, then back out via wall pass,

Black can pass to both inside players and outside players

White wins the ball, try to maintain posession for 3 passes to score a point.

COACHING POINTS

- Communicate as defenders - pressure, cover, balance / support

- Shift as a Unit as ball travels between opposing team

- Get compact when lose possession

- Angle, Distance in Marking opposing player

- Speed and Timing when anticipating a pass from opposing player

Actvity#1 - 6 Goal Game (15 mins)

ORGANIZATION:

60 x 30, 6v 6with each team defending and attacking 3 goals, divided into three zones.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Open game, where the object it to score in any of the 3 the goals, but a team cannot make more than 3 passes in a specific zone. Can choose to have players dribble or pass the ball into the goals.

COACHING POINTS:

Pressure - Angle and Speed of approach. Go for ball if players takes bad touch, or else jockey.

Cover - Distance and Angle. Goal side.

Support - Distance and Angle. Anticipate