Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defensive Transition Session (WIP)

WARM UP (10 mins)

Movement Preparation exercises:

- Light Jog

- Arm Swings

- Side Shufles

- High Knees

- Butt Kickers

- Short Sprints

- Stretching

Defensive Transition Activity 1 (15 mins)

Topic: Defensive Transition upon losing the ball

Attacking Team (RED)

GK + 5 Players

Defensive Team (BLUE)

Sweeper + 5 Players

Coaching RED team on defensive transition

Start Point: Sweeper (Green) player passes the to closest player who starts to build the attack

Restarts: If ball goes out of bounds play restarts on green keeper position

Red defensive line 5 yards in front of mini goals

One player (Sweeper) from red team has to stay within the 5 yard zone. No other players can move into that zone.

Red Team attempts to score on large net

Blue team can pass to the mini nets from anywhere to score, without entering the 5 yard zone.

Focus on RED team transition to defend, applying pressure to the ball carrier and coach cover by nearest teamate.

Visual Cues/Coaching Points

- Ball carrier under pressure -> compress around the ball carrier to retrieve the ball. Cover support pressure to force play/challenge.

- Ball carrier has time and space -> delay the play - nearest player to ball carrier position protect space behind, and prevent immediate pass to the mini nets

- Negative pass by ball carrier on blue team? -> compress the play fast, prevent player from moving forward.

Progression:

Remove the 5 yard line restriction and allow blue to pass to the yellow flags to score (CF Position). Increasing the number of targets that Red has to defend and making it more challeging.