Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): HCFC - defending 1v1

unopposed (20 mins)

Organization:

- Same organization as previous slide, however players are in corners of the square, diagonal from each other as shown.

- One player with a ball.

Instructions (passive defender):

- Players play 5 passes back and forth to one another.

- On the 5th pass, the player receiving stops the ball and the passing player closes down (1)

- Once the defending player closes the space, the player with the ball dribbles while changing direction every few touches until they reach the opposite corner of the square (2)

- Once reaching the opposite corner, the defender retreats to opposite corner, player w/ ball plays pass and process repeats.

Coaching Points:

- Close space quickly, smaller/shorter steps as you approach defender. Can I get attacker's head down?

- Bent run: make play predictable

- Distance between player w/ ball and yourself: based on defender's / attacker's speed and quickness

- Jockey: how (body shape) / maintain comfortable distance - close enough to win ball if needed

- When to tackle / How to tackle

Progressions:

- Attacker takes heavy touch, defender wins ball

- Go live, attacker must touch cone w/ ball

opposed (20 mins)

Organization:

- have players on each endline of the field

- give players the same number for each team ( if uneven in players. give a player 2 numbers )

- try to match up players facing each other evenly in skill

- when a number is called out. player runs to the middle and competes for the ball.

Coaching Points:

-same as previous

Progressions:

- call multiple numbers to creatve a 2v2 3v3 4v4 etc