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Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): FAW C Defending

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Stephen Swanger (PA)

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Stephen Swanger (PA)
Name: Stephen Swanger (PA)
City: Spokane
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

Technical, skill, small sided game

Session area size of 20 x 42 

Equip - balls, cones, bibs, goals.

Duration 60 minutes  

Encourage one-to-one defensive skills as well as a team defending. Be sure to focus on the coaching points for technical defending but also encourage pressure cover and balance concepts as well as compactness

-- Possible Interventions:  Whole group to help with fast pressure and where to force attacker,  individual; assist in footwork, 1-1 talk about player's preferred position and how defending is applied

1. Get in Line

2. Pressure on the ball 

3. Deceleration

4. Body Position

5. Stay on toes

6. Be Patient

7. Decision

8. RecoveryRuns(Movement) 

9. TrackingPlayers

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Defending

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Technical Defending (25 mins)

 

Equip - balls, cones, bibs, goals.

Duration 15 minutes  



Area ayout:  Divide area of 20 x 42 into 3 equal areas with partners in each area (4 players)

Equipment: 

Balls, cones, field makers, Bibs

Player passes to teamate and "shadow defends" the player dribbling at them.  Focus on Technical points 1 - 6 

Players should alternate with their partner group (other 2 players) taking turns. 

Conditions can include: Must force attacking player left or right, 

1. Get in Line

2. Pressure on theball 

3. Deceleration

4. Body Position

5. Stay on toes

6. Be Patient

7. Decision

8. Recovery Runs (Movement) 

9. Tracking Players

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill: Defending

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Skill: Defending (20 mins)

Pressure, Cover, Balance Game

Equip - balls, cones, bibs, goals.

Duration 15 minutes  

To encourage defending as a group, Pressuring the ball when it comes to your lane, 1 to 1 defending, stealing, intercepting the ball, and transitioning to the attack. 

Focus On Transioning to defense as a unit. 

  • Being Patient
  • Decision - Press or hold?
  • Recovery Runs (Movement) - cutting off passing channels
  • Tracking Players 

Teams on the outside are attacking and score points by passing through the defensive line.  Defending team tries to steal or intercept the ball and make a successful pass to the team that did not give the ball away.

Ex. When White loses the ball to Blue, and Blue makes a successful pass to yellow, White then defends in between blue and yellow.  Or, if white loses possession by kicking out of bounds then white defends yellow (Ball is played in by the coach quickly.)

Conditions:  Progression: Limit the number of passes between the same colors,  "Press two always" 

Regression: 

  • To encourage orgaized pressing, create channels with cones and only one player may press at a time in their channel
  • all defending players must organize first by returning to the center line to get into shape
  • create a free zone to encourage better possesion. 
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG: Defending

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SSG: Defending (30 mins)

Defend the area in front of the goal. 

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Build Out - Breaking Lines

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Build Out - Breaking Lines

Set up:  on a 7 v 7 Field size for US Soccer two teams set up in a 1 -2-3-1 formation and one team works on building out from the goalkeeper. 4 v 2 in the first zone 4 v 1 zone "2" and 7 v 4 in zone 3. 




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