Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): defending the overload
FAW Coach Ed
Sam Wilkes
Profile Summary
| Name: | Sam Wilkes |
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| City: | Pentwynmawr |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
Description
This session is based on the FAW Welsh Principle of Play of Defending Overloads.
The aims of this session are to defend against overloads, communicate with teammates, stay compact, and close down quickly to block shots.
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Learning Objectives
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Technical accurate passing to team mates and staying composed in front of goals aiming for coners |
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Tactical blue stay wide to stretch the pitch and create opening for shots and for red can you stay compact and force passed out wide and close down quickly. |
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Physical wave game at high intensity covering and defending whilst also breaking on the counter and blue play out quickly. |
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Psychological concentration for the next play of the goalkeeper and countering quickly and red to stay focus on where play is. |
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Social communicate as defending to close down quickly and focus play wide and if intercept can red play forward quickly disrupting the blues formation. |
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Learning Objectives
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Technical accurate passing to team mates and staying composed in front of goals aiming for corners |
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Tactical blue stay wide to stretch the pitch and create opening for shots and for red can you stay compact and force passed out wide and close down quickly. |
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Physical wave game at high intensity covering and defending whilst also breaking on the counter and blue play out quickly. can blues get around the markers quickly to counter fast. |
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Psychological concentration for the next play of the goalkeeper and countering quickly and red to stay focus on where play is. |
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Social communicate as defending to close down quickly and focus play wide and if intercept can red play forward quickly disrupting the blues formation. |
General Practice progression (20 mins)
Setup
- Area size: 33x44
- Half a pitch with two mini goals on the halfway line with one big goal.
- 6 players in blue on the halfway line
- 5 in red beside the big goal with one goalkeeper
- 12 players
- Add poles/mannequins halfway between the big goal and mini goals near the edge of the pitch, leaving space through the middleConditions
- Goalkeeper plays a ball to one blue, and another blue joins in the attack to go score in the goal.
- One red player comes onto the pitch to create a 2v1
- Once the first play has gone through, the two blues have to run around the mannequin as the keeper play the next ball to the blue, creating a 3v2
- It then continues to a 3v2, 4v3 and a 5v4
- once all the players are on the pitch and the ball goes out, it resets and starts back from the keeper playing out to a blue.
- If the red block a shot or intercepts, they can go score in the mini goal to gain 1 point
- If the keeper saves a shot, they continue playing, and the keeper plays out to the red to try go and score in the mini goal to gain 1 point.
Targets
- 1 point if a blue scores in a goal
- 1 point if a red scores in one of the mini-goals
- 2 points if a red intercepts and goes scores in 10 seconds
Challenges
- Can the red score in 10 seconds after receiving a pass from the goalkeeper?
- Can the goalkeeper play out to a red if the keeper saves a shot to counter quickly to gain points for goals?
- Can the blue get back into the game by running around the pole in 7 seconds
Progression
The red team will gain a point for delaying, and the blue team will not score within 10 seconds of time pressure.
Regression
- Give the red team a point for winning the ball
Key points
Out of possession
1. Press Quickly
2. Protect the middle
3. Leave the furthest player
4. Show one way—don't let them switch the play.
5. Block the shot
In possession
1. Find the spare player
2. Exploit the numerical advantage
3. Make the pitch big width and depth
4. Fast passes and forward movement
5. Overlap /underlap
6. Decision-making (Weight of final pass to set up first-time finish)
coaching points
First Defender to delay: Prevent early penetration
Second Defender: Support
Compactness: Restrict space
Communicate to get covering help from teammates.
Decisions: Which players need to be covered? Who can be left unattended?
Interventions
- freeze session and talk to players and show alternative on how to improve
Individual feedback: speak 1 on 1 to a player and provide feedback and information on what they can improve on
- giving positive feedback on what a player or team did well, like great pass
- set individual challenges for individuals
- give out key messages like what pass can be made or when space can be made
See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Learning Objectives
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Technical accuarate and good weight of pass to teammates and composure in front of goal and dribble with ball quickly to counter the opposition team |
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Tactical stay compact as the out of possession team and force play out wide and close down quickly. for the attacking team can we utilise the space out wide and use the spare player to stretch the opposition. |
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Physical high intensity running when counter attacking and closing down players when defending |
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Psychological stay focused and concentrate when to close down and when recieving a pass and the next step of when to pass or dribble or take a shot off |
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Social communicate with team mates to push play out wide and marking players and when to press as a team |
SSG (20 mins) (20 mins)
Setup
- Area size: 33x44
- Half a pitch with two mini goals on the halfway line with one big goal.
- 6 players in blue in the middle
- 5 in red also in the middle with one goalkeeper
- 12 players
Conditions
- The Blues are scoring in the big goal, and the Reds are scoring in the two mini goals.
- The coach will now play into the blue if the ball goes out.
Targets
- Goals scored is 1 point for either team
- If a team manages to score under 10 seconds of intercepting the ball, they gain 2 points.
Challenges
- Can the Reds stay compact and force play out wide and away from the goal?
- Can Blues counter quickly with the additional player and movement on and off the ball to make it more difficult for defenders, creating openings for opportunities to score?
Progressions
- The Red team must score within 10 seconds to get a goal
Regression
- Remove time restraints to make it more realistic if it disrupts the small-sided game.
Key points
Out of possession
1. Press Quickly
2. Protect the middle
3. Leave the furthest player
4. Show one way—don't let them switch the play.
5. Block the shot
In possession
1. Find the spare player
2. Exploit the numerical advantage
3. Make the pitch big width and depth
4. Fast passes and forward movement
5. Overlap /underlap
6. Decision-making (Weight of final pass to set up first-time finish)
coaching points
First Defender to delay: Prevent early penetration
Second Defender: Support
Compactness: Restrict space
Communicate to get covering help from teammates.
Decisions: Which players need to be covered? Who can be left unattended?
Interventions
- freeze session and talk to players and show alternative on how to improve
Individual feedback: speak 1 on 1 to a player and provide feedback and information on what they can improve on
- giving positive feedback on what a player or team did well, like great pass
- set individual challenges for individuals
- give out key messages like what pass can be made or when space can be made
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General Practice (20 mins)
Setup
- area size: 33x44
- Half a pitch with two mini goals on the halfway line with one big goal.
- 6 players in blue on the halfway line
- 5 in red beside the big goal with one goalkeeper
- 12 players
Conditions
- Goalkeeper plays a ball to one blue, and another blue joins in the attack to go score in the goal.
- One red player comes onto the pitch to create a 2v1
- It then continues to a 3v2, 4v3 and a 5v4
- once all the players are on the pitch and the ball goes out, it resets and starts back from the keeper playing out to a blue.
- If the red block a shot or intercepts, they can go score in the mini goal to gain 1 point
- If the keeper saves a shot, they continue playing, and the keeper plays out to the red to try go and score in the mini goala to gain 1 point.
Targets
- 1 point if a blue scores in a goal
- 1 point if a red scores in one of the mini-goals
- 2 points if a red intercepts and goes scores in 10 seconds
Challenges
- Can the red score in 10 seconds after receiving a pass from the goalkeeper?
- Can the goalkeeper play out to a red if the keeper saves a shot to counter quickly to gain points for goals?
Progression
The red team will gain a point for delaying, and the blue team will not score within 10 seconds of time pressure.
Regression
- Give the red team a point for winning the ball
Key points
Out of possession
1. Press Quickly
2. Protect the middle
3. Leave the furthest player
4. Show one way—don't let them switch the play.
5. Block the shot
In possession
1. Find the spare player
2. Exploit the numerical advantage
3. Make the pitch big width and depth
4. Fast passes and forward movement
5. Overlap /underlap
6. Decision-making (Weight of final pass to set up first-time finish)
coaching points
First Defender to delay: Prevent early penetration
Second Defender: Support
Compactness: Restrict space
Communicate to get covering help from teammates.
Decisions: Which players need to be covered? Who can be left unattended?
Interventions
- freeze session and talk to players and show alternative on how to improve
Individual feedback: speak 1 on 1 to a player and provide feedback and information on what they can improve on
- giving positive feedback on what a player or team did well, like great pass
- set individual challenges for individuals
- give out key messages like what pass can be made or when space can be made