Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): W14 S30 17 - BPO defensive structure to cut off forward pass

Passing Practice (10 mins)

Football Problem

We dont position ourselves properly when in our defensive structure to send the opposition backwards. this is allowing to many balls to be played in behind our backline

Session Objective

Work collectively in defence to move together as a unit and understand positionally where to be to force the opposition backwardsor sideways

Organisation

Ball mastery for 5 minutes. 1 v 1 defending 5 minutes start by shadowing only as the player goes from one end of the grids to the other. when they get to the other side they swap attacking and defending roles

Progression

no longer a passive defender. if they win the ball they try and get it over the ned zone to acheive a point. keep score and the one that gets over the end of the defending players zone the most is the winner

Team Task

Player Tasks

position yourself while defending to try and dictate the attckers direction and slow them up.

Coaches Cues

positioning side on so they can recover quickly, can they stay on their toes, are they moving the attackers where they want them to go

Game Training (25 mins)

Football Problem

We dont position ourselves properly when in our defensive structure to send the opposition backwards. this is allowing to many balls to be played in behind our backline

Session Objective

Work collectively in defence to move together as a unit and understand positionally where to be to force the opposition backwardsor sideways

Organisation

6v7 in a condensed feild. Red team starts with the ball and the blue is defending in a 4 3 formation replicating 2,3,4,5,6,8

The red team are trying to score and the blue team must force the play back or side ways. they must not make a challenge to win the ball but work on their body position to force play in a direction backward or sideways

Progression

Blue team can now challenge and try to score if they win the ball in 10 seconds

Team Task

BPO team to maintain structure and remain tight

BP team coninue to switch play and to create holes in the defensive team to play forward

Player Tasks

6&8 ensure they are getting goal side of their opposition so we can dictate play

3&4 ensure they are side on and behind the 9 to force play backwards

Coaches Cues

Movement of BPO team and shape of BP team. Are all players in BPO working together to force direction of play. Are 6&8 getting in the right areas and is 3&4 positioned side on for the through ball. Was the passing option the right one for the BP team.