Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Session plan 5 - Defending (Start Time: 2024-11-05 18:00:00)

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Ryan Taylor
Name: Ryan Taylor
City: Barry
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Organisation (Practice Layout & Transition)

Session set up for 8 players

Pitch 25x35

Cones

Goals

Bibs

Balls

Warm up will be a game of bulldogs, one defender in the center and the other players must dribble to the other side passed the defender, once tackled they will join the defender until only one player left.

 The idea of the drill is to win the ball back by either winning the ball or pushing them out of touch.Then the next person will go. Once they’ve had a few goes, the players switch sides


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defending

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Defending (15 mins)

 Defending Mechanics:

1. Get in line with the ball

2. Pressure on the ball

3. Deceleration

4. Body position

5. Stay on toes

6. Be patient

7. Decision to win the ball

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

  • Progress to 2v1 / 3v2

  • Could make area smaller, more compact to promote the tackle, less space to run into. 

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

  • Give the defender a time in which they must win the ball back. E.g 10 Seconds

  • Red team v Blue team and see who can win the most balls back

  • Challenged defender to win ball in opposite half, creating a press

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defending progression

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Defending progression (20 mins)

Defending

The idea is to have the playing area compact, creating lots of tackling, their able to score now but if the defender scores that’s 2 goals

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

  • 1v1 but add goals 

  • 4v4 but create zones and individual battles across the pitch

  • Alter pitch size to achieve session goal, if too much space for attacker, close area in

  •  If I’m not achieving the session topic of defending I would maybe 

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

  • Win the ball back in 10 seconds

  • Stay on feet to tackle 

  • Send attacker into touch by cheafering. 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (20 mins)

SSG

The idea is to have the playing area compact, creating lots of tackling, 1v1, 2v2 battles across the pitch

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

  • Add/remove zones to achieve defending goal

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

  • Win the ball back in 10 seconds

  • Stay on feet to tackle

  • Send attacker into touch by cheafering.

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