Sesión de Fútbol (Difícil): Escaping pressure

Escaping Pressure (10 mins)

Key coaching points:Intensity of the 1v1 competition - must be played at match pace

Player 2: ability to handle ball under pressure and escape pressureDeception - upper body and hips, footwork and exit

Player 1: ability to defend in 1v1. Pressure, brakes, body shape, footwork. Arms

5v2 transition game

The final exercise asks the players can they succeed in keeping possession in a tight area with the goal to find the nuetral (yellow) and then a red make a longer forward pass to the blue box.

Coach starts the exercise by passing into the red zone.

yellow player joins the red zone and must get on the ball before the forwsd pass can be made into the blue zone.

2 blue defenders pressure quickly to go and win possession or disrupt the play in the red zone.

If the red team is succesful in retaining posession, linking the yellow and then making the longer pass out of pressure, they gain 1 point.

Quick Transition then occurs.

Two red players quickly press the blue zone, the two blue defenders along with the yellow neutral must support back in the blue zone quickly also.

Key points for coach

Developing on from the 1v1 situations. emphsaizing the importance of movement to create space and pasing lanes, creativity and speed of play.

Great touch, Quick feet and a quick mind in a pressure situation!