Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Midfield Players Defending Centrally in the Opposition half within a 7v7 Game (Start Time: 2022-05-06 18:00:00)
Premier Users' Club
Mark Langtry
Description
Practice Objective = Midfield Players Defending Centrally in the Opposition half within a 7 v 7 Game
Defending Principles:
- Identify and establish the line of pressure
- Narrow & Compact
- Angle runs to cut off passing channels.
- Defend as a team: If the ball moves, the team moves
- Establish triggers for pressing the opposition
- High intensity press
- Establish cover and balance in the back.
- Recovery runs to close gaps between units.
- Ball must be pressed in dangerous areas, no ball watching
- Players understanding roles & responsibilities for midfield players defending centrally in the opposition half within a 7v7 Game
- Players understand narrow & compact when defending along with other defending principles and know how to implement these skills into a game situation and why.
- Discipline and patience in executing decisions.
- How to force play wide and how to use the sidelines as an advantage to the defending teams.
- They have gained practical and theoretical knowledge of how to defend in the given situation.
Session Structure
- Intro & tactics board – 5 mins
- Open play 3 mins –Step in on issue – Coach starting point
- Open play 5 mins –Stepping in on issues – Coach next point following on from starting point.
- Open play uninterrupted remaining time – 4 mins
- Debrief – 3 mins
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Introduction & 7v7 Set Up
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Organization:
- 7v7 including 2 GK’s – Formation for both team is 1-2-3-1
- Red Team Defending & Blue Team Attacking.
- Set of bibs for each team.
- Full size goals at each end of the area.
- Group of balls at goals & sidelines to allow for quick restarts
- If the ball goes out over the sidelines it restarts with a pass in.
- If the ball goes out over the end lines or either team score it restarts with attacking team’s keeper at halfway line.
Area of the Pitch:
- Length- Just over half pitch x Width- 18 Yard box
Role of the Opposition:
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Building up from the back involving attacking play with emphasis on creating goal scoring opportunities through the central area of the pitch.
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Phase 1
Method:
- Play starts with Yellow Keeper passing to either Blue 4/5.
- Red team establish a pressure line - (Yellow Line)
- 9 Red arcs run to prevent the ball travelling to opposite CB while also forcing the play wide.
- Rest of midfield are using this pressure as a Que for them to startpressing and cut off passes into centre of pitch.
Coaching Points:
- Starting positions/Orientation on both teams.
- Identify and establish the line of pressure.
- 9 arcs run to stop to cut off the pass to opposite CB and aims to force play wide.
- First 3 minutes uninterrupted play to allow players to work on objective and to make mistakes.
- Opposition’s role is to build up from the back create goal scoring opportunities through central areas of the pitch.
- Create Width & Depth along with other attacking principles such as:
- Good quality/selection of passes
- Look for penetrating runs with or without ball
- Create space and angles
- Penetrating runs with or without ball
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Phase 2
Method:
- When the ball is moved from one side of the pitch to the other the Red team move together as a team to close gaps between the lines. (Shifting left & right together).
- Red 6 comes more central to cut off the passing lanes & to make the pitch narrow & compact.
- Pressure is applied to all Blue players from Red 10 onto Blue 6, Red 4 onto Blue 9.
- Cover is provided at the back by Red 5.
Coaching Points:
- Narrow and compact without the ball.
- Force play wide.
- Defend as a team.
- Ball must be pressed in dangerous areas, no ball watching.
- Coaching in the flow to coach players on the different scenarios that they may encounter.
- Encouragement to players to keep standards high while and coaching in the flow to give individual coaching points to the player but making sure the game is still playing.
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Phase 3
Method:
- Using the touchline as an advantage the Red team can apply the pressure to win possession back.
- When the Red team regain possession, they transition to attack by scoring into the opposition goal on the end line.
Coaching Points:
- Body shape to receive to play forward when ball is won back.
- Quality of passing (accuracy, weight, timing)
- Quick transition from defending to get your head up and see what the attacking options are.
- Open play for the remaining 4 minutes allowing both teams to play the game using the coaching points that you have focused on throughout the session from start to finish.
- Allowing the players enough time to get a chance to implement all they have learned in the session.
- Make it game realistic as much as possible – Even numbers.
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Introduction & 11v11 Set Up to 7v7
Method:
Organise players into positions to pick up bibs already placed in the playing area.