Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): High Pressure Defense

Technical Warm-up

Technical Warm-up: 30 sec-1 min

Half Players with ball, half without

1) pass and move; 5 yard sprint after you pass it

2) receive and dribble 5 yards before passing

3) half stay with ball and perform wall-passes for

4) every pass is 15+ yards

Defensive progression: 3X1 min intervals

1) on command, player without ball needs to close down a player with a ball and stay with them for 5 seconds. Attacker don't run away but try to beat defender.

2)

Coaching Points: Defender close down quickly, don't dive in.stay low and staggered, do not defend flat footed!

5v3

5v3 Progression:

1) Shape & Pressure: 5 attackers try to keep the ball, 3 defenders work on shape and closing down quickly, closing gaps.

2) Progress to Line: attackers get one point if they dribble or cross the 18 yard line

3) Progress to goal: attackers get one point if they score on goal

Coaching Points: Stay connected, step ball hard, cover angle hard, sprint hard, stay compact

12v6

12v6: 2 teams vs 1 team

-The team in the middle needs to press high but also stay compact. Nothing gets played through the middle.

- If the team in the middle finds a way to get the ball out, then team that lost it is in the middle.

Variation:

- If defending team gets more than 8 passes played against them, they have to sprint to end and back.

- if you get ten passes against you, you lose the game.

Coaching points: If one or two go 100% and the other players for 50% or 80% it won't work.