Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): BPO - Pressing in the Final Third (Start Time: 2016-04-19 19:15:00)

Game Training (10 mins)

* GRID APPROX. 50M X 50M DIVIDED BY A HALFWAY LINE.

* RED TEAM - #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8.

* BLUE TEAM - #7, #8, #9. #10, #11.

* TEAM BEING COACHED IS BLUE.

* RED STARTS WITH #1 IN POSSESSION. THEY PLAY OUT AND TRY TO SCORE BY DRIBBLING ACROSS THE BACKLINE.

* BLUE TEAM TRY TO PRESS AND WIN THE BALL. AS SOON AS THEY WIN THE BALL, THEY TRY TO SCORE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

* PLAY ALWAYS RESTARTS WITH #1.

* RED IS NOT ALLOWED TO GO BACK ONCE BALL HAS CROSSED HALFWAY LINE OF GRID.

Team Task, Player Tasks, Coach Cues (20 mins)

TEAM TASK

* CAN THE BLUE TEAM (ATTACKING TEAM) #7, #8, #9, #10 & #11 WIN THE BALL BACK AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE NEAR THE OPPONENTS GOAL AND SCORE.

PLAYER TASKS

* FORWARD 3 (#7, #9 AND #11) TO PRESS AS A UNIT.

* #10 TO SUPPORT #7, #9 AND #11 TO MAKE IT 4 V 4 IN ATTACKING THIRD.

* # 7 AND #11 SHOW ME HOW YOU CAN FORCE THE #2 AND #5 INSIDE AND PREVENT THE BALL BEING PLAYED OUT DOWN THE LINE.

* # 9 AND #10 SHOW ME HOW YOU CAN BE IN A POSITION TO PREVENT #3 AND #4 PLAYING IT FORWARD.

* #9 AND #10 YOU NEED TO SUPPORT #7 AND #11 WHEN #2 OR #5 ARE IN POSSESSION.

* #9 AND #10 CAN ALTERNATE WITH WHO PRESSES HIGHER ON THE 1ST BP LINE TO ASSIST RECOVERY.

* #10 TO SUPPORT #9 ON PRESSING ON #3 AND #4, MAKE A 2 V 1 WHERE POSSIBLE.

* IF THE BALL IS PASSED BACK TO THE GOALKEEPER CAN THE #9 GET IN A POSITION TO PRESSURE THE PASS FROM GOALKEEPER?

* BPO PLAYER CLOSEST TO BP TO CLOSE SPACE QUICKLY AND FORCE PLAY TOWARDS BPO TEAM MATES.

* ALL PLAYERS HOW CAN WE PREVENT THE FORWARD PASS, FORCE PLAY SIDEWAYS OR BACKWARDS.

* #6 AND #8 SHOW ME HOW YOU CAN CUT THE PASSING CHANNELS OUT TO BP #6 AND #8 AS WELL AS BALLS DOWN THE LINE.

COACH CUES

* #7 AND #11 AS THE BALL TRAVELS TO THE #2 AND #5 SHOW THE SPACE INSIDE.

* #9 AS THE GOALKEEPER PREPARES TO PASS SPLIT THE #3 AND #4 ENCOURAGING THE PASS FROM GOALKEEPER.

* #10 AS THE BALL TRAVELS TO EITHER THE #3 OR #4 CAN YOU SUPPORT YOUR #9 BY CLOSING OPPOSING CENTRAL DEFENDER.

ALL BPO PLAYERS

* AS THE BP PLAYER IN POSSESSION PREPARES TO PASS LEAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO ENCOURAGE PASS TO THEIR CLOSEST PLAYER BUT BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO PRESSURE PLAYER AS THEY RECEIVE PASS.

* AS THE BALL TRAVELS, CLOSE BP PLAYER DOWN QUICKLY WHO HAS TURNED BACK TOWARDS GOAL TO RECEIVE PASS, DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO TURN TO PLAY FORWARD.

* START TO MOVE TO CLOSE DOWN THE SPACE WHEN THE BP PLAYER MAKES TO PASS.

* PLAYERS NOT CLOSEST TO THE BP RECEIVER TO MOVE AS BALL IS TRAVELLING INTO POSITION TO BE READY FOR NEXT BP PASS.

* WATCH THE CONTROL OF THE PLAYER ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE BALL, IF THEY HAVE POOR CONTROL OR NEED TO PUT THEIR HEAD DOWN SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE DOWN QUICKLY.

* IF PLAYER IS NOTED AS HAVING POOR FIRST TOUCH ATTEMPT TO ENCOURAGE PRESSURE TOWARDS THEM AS LIKELY CHANCE OF WINNING BALL BACK.

* BE IN A POSITION THAT PREVENTS THE BP TEAM PASSING FORWARD EASILY.

* AS YOU APPROACH THE BP PLAYER, SLOW DOWN AND SHAPE YOUR BODY TO FORCE PLAY IN DESIRED DIRECTION (TOWARDS YOUR BPO TEAM MATES).

* IF WE PRESS AS A UNIT THE CHANCES OF WINNING THE BALL BACK ARE INCREASED.

* ALL PLAYERS TO BE COMPACT AND SQUEEZE OPPOSITION INTO SMALL AREA, THIS MAKES PASSING THROUGH OUR LINES DIFFICULT.