Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defending-pressure cover balance 2018

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Myron Tkachuk

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Name:	Myron Tkachuk
City:	Linden
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): warm up - defending

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warm up - defending

Organization:

as shown

Instructions:

ball being passed from cone to cone and defensive unite adjusts accordingly to defend

Coaching Points:

pressure

cover

balance

shift as unit

stay compact

Progressions/Regressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v3

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3v3

Organization:

35x40 area

Instructions:

3v3+gk play

defending team - score counter goal

Attacking team - score standard goal

Ball always starts from attackers

Play starts when an attacker passes the ball to one of the outside players and overlaps him

Play until ball goes out or one of the teams score.

Coaching Points:

pressure cover balance

stay compact

communication

if ball gets switched to the other side of the field defenders switch roles and adjust their positions accordingly

Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Conditioned game

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Conditioned game

Organization:

35x35 area

standart goal

2 counter goals

Instructions:

The attacking team has five players in a 3-2 formation and the defending team has four players and a goal keeper in a 3-1 formation (option 2 : attcking team has 6 players in formation 2-3-1 and defending team has 5 players plu GK in formation 1-4-1)

The attacking team score by scoring in the full size goal. The defending team score a goal by passing it into any of the 2 counter goals.

Play starts from attacking team most of the times, unless it is a throwing or a corner.

Coaching Points:

Nearest player to the ball applies immediate pressure.

Communication and Organisation.

Cover and Support (i.e. Mark your man and half of someone elses).

Track forward runs.

Individual defending technique (slow on approach, sideways on, show outside)

Offside Trap(see progression)

make play predicatable - force player wide

Progressions:

introduce offside rule for an attacking team