Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Team Session: Pressing

Dribbling into Traffic (10 mins)

- Two teams split into even numbers, if possible.

- Each team split into two starting opposites side of the square.

- Both members of one team start to dribble towards the cone, meeting each other and knocking/ dribbling the ball to the side as instructed. 

- Once they've passed the cone, a pass will be played into the player waiting.

- The other team then repeats the process, each team taking turns.

Progression

- Ask the players how close they can get to the cone before knocking/ dribbling past.

- Recommend skills that the players can try before reaching the cone ie. stepover & knock

Focus

- Timing/ Triggers

- Dribbling

- Awareness

1v1 Pressing (15 mins)

- One team attacking, one defending. Defenders starting behind the beside the three possible goals, attackers starting opposite.

- The ball gets played into the attacker waiting near the cone, that's the trigger for the defender to press.

- It then becomes a 1v1 challenge, with the attacker aiming to dribble the ball into the goal.

- If the defender wins the ball, they can attack the goal opposite by passing into the goal.

Progression

- Change the trigger & starting positions. 

- 2v2 depending on performance.

- 2 attackers vs 1 player pressing, one to receive the ball, one to pass and move to the line behind the two sets of cones, aiming to receive the ball through one set.

Focus

- Identifying triggers

- Speed & reaction of defender

- Type of defending

- Dictating the play