Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): FUWSOCC 2023 Pre-Season 8/15 (Pressing AM)

Dynamic (10 mins)

Dynamic Warm-up Entire team 

• Dynamic Stretching

• 3 Light Jogs

• Quad Stretch

• Scoops

• Alternating Side Lunge

• Forward Lunge & Twist

• Single Leg Kick-back

• Skip

• Side shuffle

• Carioca

• Pogo’s

• L Pogo (Up)

• R Pogo (Back)

• Open Gates (Up)

• Close Gates (Back)

• Up and Around ACL Prevention

• Shoulder 2 Shoulder ACL Prevention

• Change of Direction Sprints

Pressing Diamond (10 mins)

4 Teams of 3 players. Only 1 ball is in play.

Each team stands behind a mannequin (or cone). Only when the player is next in line

to be involved can he step in front of the mannequin.

The coach begins the sequence by passing the ball to any player.

The receiving player must make a pass to the team to his right. At the same time he

is being "pressed" by a player from the team on his opposite mannequin.

After releasing the ball to his right, the passer must then run to the mannequin to his

left.

The trigger/cue for closing down the receiving player is when the passer releases the

ball.

Introduce the option to play in whichever direction the player chooses. If they play

right they must move to the group on the left and vice versa.

RB Pressing (30 mins)

ENTIRE TEAM TOGETHER

RED: Bertossi Braun Monge Kertez i, Eskridge

YELLOW: Vaas Revenga Tse Whaley, KDW

GREEN: Boddy Jenal Rappel Chiariello

GOALIES: Coach Justin & Lex

SUBS: Noonan, Franco, Vasquez, Ogando, Battiato, Koziol, Merz, LaBletta, Tierney, Drotos, Turi

Rules

• Playing area is split into thirds, with an additional goal area at each end
• Blues and Yellows look to retain possession, transferring the ball across the middle zone to each other
• Reds look to win the ball, with two players pressing and two covering in the middle zone
• If the Reds win the ball, they attack the goal they are facing, in a 4v4 against the team that lost the ball
• The 4v4 takes place in the middle zone and the zone the Reds were pressing in
• If the Reds score they stop being defenders and switch with the team that conceded
• You can also switch the teams round if one of the in-possession teams passes the ball out of play

Scoring

• Successful switch of plav = 1 pt
• Win the ball and score = 3 pts

Variations

• Change the pressing structure - 1 pressing, 3 covering
• Reduce the overload but have the goalkeepers as an extra player - Role of the keeper in possession
• If a pass splits the covering players, their team must win the ball back twice - Compactness covering
• Allow players freedom of how to press - Players must organise themselves and communicate
• Allow receiving players to drop into the middle zone - Extra challenge for covering players