Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Skill Center week #5 Defending (Start Time: 2025-06-16 17:30:00)

One on one defending slolom (10 mins)

One on one defending slolom

Players partner up with 1 ball

player with the ball dribbles at the player without

Defender starts by backing up straight

After a couple of gos, player with ball moves defender side to side (defender doesn't switch sides on their defending, they keep the attacker on their prefered side to keep team defensive pressure the same

After each go to the other side switch attacker and defender

Details

body position

distance to attacker

which foot is forward and why?

use of arms and feet to threaten

keeping the same foot forward by moving our feet (want to keep the attacker on the designated side of our choice.

https://app.veo.co/matches/20230930-1-on-1-slalon-2cfcf5c6/

Defending as a unit (basic) (15 mins)

Defending as a unit (basic)

Pressure/cover/balance

Number the cones off 1-4.

Call out the numbers for the players to pressure. 

Talk to them all about

1) Pressure is the first player in, body position, angle of approach and distance on the ball

2) Cover has to think about their angle, tucking in to the pressure to remove the split and being at a good distance to not be so far that they can't support but not so close that they can't adjust when the ball moves

3) Balance needs to still think about tucking and not being split but also think about the proper position to be ready to pressure and remove skip passes when possible.

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