Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Warm up and cool down - Defending (Start Time: 2017-09-18 18:30:00)

Stage 1 - Continuous movement with dynamic ROM (10 mins)

Organization:

- 12-16 players, in the 18 yard box

- equal numbers of yellow and red cones are placed inside the box, balls on top of cones

- players are asked to move to different colored cones when performing movements

Players move around in the box performing different movements, called by the coach:

- skipping, shuffling, jogging ( forward / backward), high knees, back kicks, squats above the ball, jogging and stop in defensive position in front of cone

Coaching points:

- DO NOT COACH, guidance only

- slower movements first, linear movements at the beggining.

- while increase the tempo, try multidirectional moves

- focus on movements on lower extremities, not on muscles

- gradually increase heart rate and slowly increase muscle and body temp.

- Stay focus on , body position, stay low (from the hips), eyes on the ball

Stage 3 - Technical Preparation (10 mins)

Organization:

- 12-16 players in a 25 x 40 area

- cones, balls, pinnies

Players work in pairs as per diagram, in a 3 x 15 channels

Player in line 1 starting with a ball and play a pass to player in Line 2 and follows his pass.Player 2 starts dribbling the ball slowly in zig zag, while player 1 works pasively on proper defending ( position, quick feet, distance).

Switch roles after every full sequence.

Players face each other at line 1, player 1 pass the ball through player 2 legs and goes around him to defend. While ball is played through his legs, player 2 turns and try to chase ball and dribble it over the line 2.

Switch roles often

Coaching points:

- DO NOT COACH, guidance only

- make sure all players are working

- maintain same heart rate