Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defending Long balls in behind (Start Time: 2018-12-07 07:55:00)

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Platform Sports Coaching
Name: Platform Sports Coaching
City: Surrey
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up
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Warm Up

Organisation

- Width of penalty area

- 2 small goals at both ends

- 6 v 6

Activity

- Fun handball game attempt to score with header or volley

- Can't move with the ball

Coaching Points

- communication

- Desire to win the ball

- Bravery in body contact use of body

- judge flight of ball to decide type of header or volley

- Read the game to intercept

- Heading technique


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Themed Practice

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Themed Practice

Organisation

- Half pitch setup

- Offside high defensive line put in with flat discs (Players can move if they want to)

- 6 v 6 with Blues having 2,3,5,6 & 4 & 8

- Yellows attack with 4,8,10,11,7 & 9

- Balls on half way line

Activity

- Yellows start play with 4 or 8 who look to play balls in behind the offside line into the 3 target zones

- Blues can go into offside zone once ball is play into it for emeregncy defending

- If blues win the ball they look to play into coach in red scoring zones quickly

- Play resumed with yellow 4 or 8 getting a new ball from coach on half way

- Yellows have 10 seconds to score once past the offside line

Primary Units

- Blue 2,3,5,6

Secondary Units

- Blue 4 & 8

Must haves from session

- MUST have back 4 recognising cues when yellows might play long

- MUST have back 4 dropping if no preessure on ball to kill space in behind

- MUST have 2 & 3 in good positions if ball is switched long

- MUST have 5 & 6 attacking balls with good timing

- MUST have pressure on the ball from 4 or 8


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG

Organisation

- Edge of box to edge of box

- Width of penalty area

- 6 v 6

- pitch split into 1/3's

- Teams play 3 -2-1

Activity

- Any ball played from a different 1/3 is worth 3 goals

- Other goals worth 1

- Attacking 3rd shot clock 30 seconds to shoot or free kick to defending team

- No corners normal rules apply

In game challenges

#9 -

Press - If close enough to affect play stop defender getting head up to play long

Position - if unable to press screen the midfield to stop them playing through

Protect - If ball is played long take up a position between their midfield & defence / ready for transition

#8 & 4

Press - nearest player press the ball other to screen ball into yellow 9

Position - if you cant press both drop compact to screen ball into yellow 9

Protect - space behind defence by tracking runners from midfield or passing on to defenders

#5 -

Press - If we have pressure on ball stay high (no threat to back line )

Position - Keep distances with 3 & 2 tight to prevent through ball

Protect - no pressure on ball (threat to back line) drop to protect space in behind

#2,3

Press - Nearest player press in wide aeas other full back tuck in

Position - If ball is central stay compact with 5 to prevent through ball

Protect - Have good positioning to protect space in behind if switched diagonally


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