Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Moving as defensive unit (back 3)

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Name:	Emma Morris
City:	Mankato
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Guided questions:

 Who applies pressure?

 Who provides cover? Where?

 Who is providing balance? Where?

 When to drop?

 When to step up?

 What should be the angle of

approach?

 How fast to approach?

 What is the distance of approach?

 What is the angle of recovery?

 How to get compact when the ball is

wide?

 How to get compact when the ball is

central?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Moving as defensive unit (3)

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Moving as defensive unit (3) (20 mins)

Moving as a Defensive Unit:

In a 15x20 yard grid divided in three sections, one being three

5LX5W as show in the diagram.

Place 3 defenders in the each 5x5 section and 3 passers in the

larger 10x15 section. The passers will connect passes and the defenders

will move as unit to press the ball.

Defenders will tell each other "Shift right, Shift left, Drop,

Press, Step up” etc.

The players will drop when the central player receives the

ball and fakes a long pass.

If you have a GK, he or she can be behind organizing

the defenders.

When the central attacker has ball, the middle defender must press high, the left defender will be positioned at their inside cone at the back, and the right defender will be positioned at the inside cone at the back of their 5x5 grid. This can be referred to as "pinching in".