| Name: | Gabriel Bolton |
|---|---|
| City: | Turlock |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
This session is intended to improve our ability to press as a team in a 1-3-4-3 formation. We are focussed on forcing the play to the outside.

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Dynamic Stretches
1. Legs apart, bounce L, C, R (5x)
2. Calves 1, 2, 3 switch (2x each leg)
3. Knee to chest into Figure 4 with footwork in between (2x each)
4. Quad strech with footwork in between (2x each)
5. Speed skater with footwork in between (2x each)
6. Spiderman/Rollback (4x each)
7. Reverse RDL + Reverse lunge + Overhead reach (4x each)
8. Open/Close the Gate (4x each)
9. Lateral lunge (2x each)
10. Squat Jumps (4x each)
1' FREE STRETCH

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Objective: teach the players how to presure the ball collectively and funnel the play into a certain area on the field.
Set-Up: 3v3+3 total of 9 players in a 16x18 grid. Play in 3-4 minute reps with 2 min rest. Rotate players.
Coaching Points:
1. Communicate press OR organize don't just chase;
2. Force the play inside to the bottom of the funnel;
3. Bend your run to pressure the ball if you are the left or right side of the funnel;
4. Read the pressure on the ball if you are the bottom of the funnel. The tighter the pressure the closer you can be.
5. Put pressure on the ball;
6. Recognize pressing triggers: bouncing ball, bad touch, bad body position, poor pass etc...
7. If you are in possession and lose it immediately try to win it back.

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Objective: improve our ability to press in a 1-3-4-3 formation.
Organization: 1/2 field. Big goal + 2 small counter goals placed 5 yards outside of center circle on either side.
Instruction: ball starts with a goalkick. The Pressing team must organize defensively based on coaching tactics. The build up team can only score in the goal on the opposite side the goalkeeper passes the ball to. Therefore they must switch it to score. If pressing team wins the ball they can counter attack and score. They have 5 seconds.
Variations: Have the pressing team start with the ball and they have 5 seconds to score. (2) Have midfielder on build-up team start with the ball but they have to go back to goalkeeper first.
Coaching Points:
1. Force the play to the outside
2. Find the free player
3. If the pressure is broken recover behind the ball at speed.

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Objective: improve our combination play and finishing
Organization: Use 4 mannequins set up in a Y shape + one at the top for the 9.
Instructions: players execute the pattern as indicated and then rotate to the next station. First is an Up/Back then Wall Pass around the first mannequin. Then play into the 9 who lays it off diagonally. Finally a thru ball is played to the other side for a finish. The 9 should also follow the shot.
Variations: numerous
Coaching Points
1. Quality of passes
2. Final pass quality
3. Finish
4. Following of shots.
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Transitional Rondo (10 mins)
Objective: improve speed of transition from when WE have the ball to when THEY have the ball.
Set-Up: Play 8v2 rondo. 10x10 grid. Players are in partners. Each set of partners wears a different color vest. When the player or their parner lose the ball both must go into the middle and try to press and win the ball back right away.
Coaching Points:
1. immediate transition;
2. communicate regarding the pressure on the ball;
3. intensity in defending.