Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defending the switch of play UEFA C

FAW Coach Ed

Kyle Fascia

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Name:	Kyle Fascia
City:	Edinburgh
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Description

Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

Final third area size. mini goals representing striker positions

Defensive shape: 2 blocks of 4

Attacking shape: 2 wingers, 2 cM 2 attackers.

How, Coach, starts with the ball playing to the attacking team. The attacking team have to play into a wide player in the channel to start the attack. The defensive team must not enter the channel until the ball has entered.

The attacking team score a point each time both wide players receive the ball or when they score.

The defensive team scores a point for defending successfully and a further point for scoring on the transition.

Frame the defensive positioning beforehand; talk about pressing triggers when the ball is played wide and pressing triggers when wingers play into the CM.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Screen 1

8 red cones in shape of 2 blocks of 4 when ball is central.

Coach shouts blue slide across one cone to create shape when ball is in a wide area, if yellow is shouted alide to the left.

1 minute x 3. Allow lots of reps of shuffling side to side. In between each rep ask questions about distances and where to move depending on where the ball is.

Coaching points, speed we shuffle, distances between each player, be compact througout. Pressure Cover Balance

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

Can you shuffle quickly

Can you stay tight and comapct

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill practice

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Body shape and speed of press. 1v1 tackling technique, Low centre of gravity, show wide delay to allow the team to be positioned.
	Tactical A low block is compact and prevents playing side to side by squeezing out of possession and halving the opposition's playing area by sliding across as a unit. leave the furthest player free, as he is not a danger at this point; slide as the ball mives across.
	Physical Strength in 1v1s, speed, agility
	Psychological Decision making, awareness, confidence, understanding of triggers
	Social Leadership, confidence, communication

Skill practice

Triggers:

When the ball is played to the winger, the fullback steps out, showing wide and closing down quick and delaying; the CB and CM slide across, pulling teammates and shuffling as a unit. When the ball is wide, the team slides across; it should be no wider than half the pitch in width. Allow the opposite winger to be free, as he is not a dangerous player. Opposite-side full-back open body shape to allow quick pressing if balls are switched, but also, if the winger enters the box, he can be marked. if the ball is worked across the slide as a unit and create same shape on the opposite side.

Once the ball has been one, what is our movement? can we attack the space quickly and try to score in a fast transition. Once possession is won must score in 8 seconds.