Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): MCAA 568 - Amani Walker - Pressing - Men's U-19

3 Corners (10 mins)

Set Up:

• 5x7 grid; cones at 3 corners.
  • As many grids as you have couple partners
• Two players opposite of each other, one in a corner with no cone.
• Play 3 minute rounds or first to 11 points, 

• 1v1 game; defending player passes the ball across the square to the attacking player to initiate the action.
• Attacking player (G8) tries to dribble and stop the ball in one of the remaining 3 corners.
  • 1 point for short width corner
  • 2 points for longer length corner
  • 3 points for opposite corner
• Defender presses the attacking player to stop them from advancing
• Action ends after ball is scored or knocked out of bounds
• Attacker/Defender changes after every action
• Winner of the round moves up to the next square and losers stay to meet another challenger

• Defending player needs to sprint to press attacking player to prevent easy points
• Defending player must protect most important corner and look for opportune time to tackle
• Attacking players need to have excellent first touch and saavy to score the most points.

Defending GK Press (25 mins)

Defending Goal Kick

Set Up:

• 9v9, with one goalkeeper working at a time
• Goal kick situation with one goal and two small goals just past halfway line.
  • White will try to build out and score in small goals
  • Green will attempt to press, win the ball, and score in the big goal.
• 2 rounds of 10 minutes, switching sides between rounds

Description

• This is an exercise to set the template for high pressing an opposition goal kick. Start from an opposition goal kick. Once kick is played to centerback (W4), attacking forward (G9) cuts off the angle back across the goal to the goalkeeper and opposite centerback. Once the ball is played to right back (W2), left winger (G11) immediately puts pressure on them to try and force a turnover. The rest of the team shifts towards the ball, leaving the far side White players (7, 11), condensing the space that be played through. Once the ball is won, Green should attack the goals as soon as possible.

• G9 must prevent the ball from moving across the goal without first going back or else the press will fail.
• G11 must be close enough to W2 so they cannot play a long ball over the heads of their teammates to the far side.
• G3 must be vocal and tell G11 which way to press.
• G6 needs to be able to anticipate any misplayed passes and start the attack.