Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Small group defending to large group defending

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Adonay Jovel
Name: Adonay Jovel
City: Springville
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Phase I: warm up (groups of three ) - Players will pass the ball and defenders will shift depending on where the ball is and apply principles of defending (passive pressure as a warm up)

Principles of Defending: Pressure, Cover, Balance, and compactness. 

Phase II: progress to active pressure - Apply only three principles 

Principles of defending: Pressure, cover and balance 

Coaching points: 

players will read the moment of the ball and pressure the ball depending on the area of the field. 

What tells the players where they should defend? The ball will tell them and numbers around the ball will be dictated with how many player are supporting the ball. 


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Phase II: progress to active pressure - Apply only three principles 

Principles of defending: Pressure, cover and balance 

Coaching points: 

- pressure, cover, balance 

- Pressing angles

- Approaching angles 

- Speed of approach 

- Body shape

Players will shift depending on the movement of the ball

What tells the players where they should defend? 

- The ball 

How do the players know if they are in a good position to defend? 

- Goal side 

- Ball side 

Progress to 4v4:Pressure, Cover, Balance and compactness with the same set up.


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Phase III: 6v4 

- Attackers vs 4 defenders 

- Progress 6v5 

Coaching points: 

- Pressure, Cover, Balance and Compactness. 

- Numbers down situation 

- What's more important to defend 

- As a coach we will give them tools to recognize cues to step or hold depending on the situation 

- How will you cover the width with less players?


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Phase IV:

- 6v6 -8v8 - Depending on the numbers 

- Focus on all four principles and we will paint a great picture how the four principles connect the whole team together. 

Coaching points: 

- Apply all four principles

- Staying connected as a team will be important 

- Importance of passing players 

- Tracking players 

Also understand that we will need to modify trainings depending on how the training is developing. 


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