Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Individual Tactic: 1v1 defending on the wing (Start Time: 2022-04-08 08:30:00)

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Jordi Meijer

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Name:	Jordi Meijer
City:	Somerset
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

1v1 defending on the wing. The goal for the defender is to 1st deny to attacker the opportunity to score and 2nd to win the ball

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Exercise form

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Exercise form (10 mins)

Organization:

Field is set up with 2 attackers, 1 defender and 1 goalkeeper. On the side of the field (alongside the sideline) there is an defending zone. The defending zone is about 6 yards wide and 20 yards long. There is 1 ball in play.

Instructions:

Defender 2 (D2) puts pressure on Attacker 1 (A1), A1 then passes the ball into Attacker 2 (A2), the moment the pass is made Defender 1 (D1) can leave his cone and close down the space for the attacker. A2 has two options, he can try to beat D1 on the inside and go straight to goal or can go down the line and cross the ball to A1. D1 must force A2 towards the sideline and cut him off using the sideline. If the defender wins the ball he can score on the little goal

ROTATION: A1 becomes A2, A2 becomes A1. D1 and D2 switch.

Coaching Points:

1) Denying the middle option (body positioning, cutting off the left side)

2) Funneling the attacker towards the sideline (not over committing but guiding them into a position before attacking the ball)

3) If possible run next to the attacker and step over the ball and turn up the field, or kick the ball off the attacker out of bounce, or last resort just kick it out of bounce.

Progressions:

- Defender must engage with the attacker inside the 1st grid.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game form

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Game form

Organization:

Field is set up on a half field. There are 2 full sizes goals on opposite sides. On each side there is a zone which is the length of the field and 10 yards wide. There is also a halfway line set up. There are 2 teams of 5 players and each team has a goalkeeper.

Instructions:

This is a free game with a focus on defending on the wings. The wings are the areas indicated by the zone on the sidelines. Both teams try to score on each others goals. Once an attacking player has entered the offensive wing zone, he will be engaged by a defender. The defender must try to deny to attacker from dribbling out of the zone into the middle of the field, the defender must try to keep him in the zone and force him towards the sideline before trying to steal the ball.

Coaching Points: (Once the ball is inside the offensive zone only)

1) Deny dribble into the middle by cutting off the middle run option and turning your body to "give" the attacker the run down the line

2) Once the attacker takes the run down the line, the defender must find the right moment to engage.

- First the defender must gradually narrow the dribbling lane for the attacker

- Once the attacker is pinned close to the sideline the defender tries to win the ball by stepping over (see exercise form), kick it off the attacker out of bounce, or kick it out of bounce.