Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Specific practice : Defending the lines on high press

Defending the lines : High press (20 mins)

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Main topic Defending the lines : How to manage the 10. 

The red team are in build up, the topic for theme is to get out of pressure and aim to score in the mini goal.

My focus will be on the defending team. 

First of all we have to close inside and force the ball on the wide area. my 10 and 9 work as the first unit, to force the first passe to go outside and then go to put pressure on the ball. 

The midfielder's line 4 has to close inside first, waiting  the right timing to jump on the full back. when the ball is on the wide area we have to be agressif because this is the moment that we can create the superiority by coming to close and cover  with the away players. 

- On side ball we go to the references 

- opposite side we forget the reference and we come to cover and create the superiority. 

Thats will allow us to jump with one of the center back to the 10

, come to cover the space with one of the holding midfielders, opposite full back come to cover, opposite winger come to cover in the midfielder line and our 10 ready to jump to the goal keeper to not allow them to switch play.