Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): DEFENDING EARLY & DEFENDING LATE

Tzeachten Chilliwack United

Kevin Raffle

Build 3D sessions in seconds

Access to 1000’s of sessions

Professionalise and modernise your coaching

Used by the world’s best coaches

US$

per year

Join today

Description

This intro activity defines the differences between defending early and defending late.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): DEFENDING EARLY

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Capture Image

DEFENDING EARLY10 mins

SET UP: Groups of 4, 3 cones spaced out 10 yards apart.

INSTRUCTIONS: Player at the top will deliver a pass to the player at the bottom. The defending player will close down the attacker to deny them space or opportunity to advance with the ball. After each pass the players will rotate to the next cone, and the process will be repeated, always starting back at the top.

COACHING POINTS: Teach players to read the play and anticipate the pass before it happens. Arrive as the same time as the ball.

PROGRESSION: Defending players can win the ball.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): DEFENDING LATE

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Capture Image

DEFENDING LATE5 mins

SET UP: Groups of 4, 4 cones spaced out 10 yards apart.

INSTRUCTIONS: Player at the top will deliver a pass to the player at the bottom. The player at the bottom will receive and attempt to dribble to a cone. The defending player will close down the space to deny them space or opportunity to advance to the cone with the ball. After each pass the players will rotate to the next cone, and the process will be repeated, always starting back at the top.

COACHING POINTS: Teach players to close down space, and get in a good defensive position between the goal they are defending and the ball. (fast, slow, angle, low)