Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Understanding the Low block - 20/09/21

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Matt Carter
Name: Matt Carter
City: Leicester
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Focus on out of possession work, looking below...

•Compact deep defending shape, leaves little space for opposition to get behind us.

•Players close spaces between lines and units forcing the opposition to play wide, principles of our shape.

•Block crosses – Block Shots

•Players must always be prepared to launch forwards in a counter attack when winning the ball back

•Canbe very effective in drawing the opposition forwards to exploit the spacesbehind them


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm up

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Warm up (15 mins)

Warm Up

Tag Game arrival - Player Led - Individual stretches

into 1 v 1 Line ball.

Player in possession has to bet his oppnet and stop the ball on the line, change over and go other way.

Rotate players and opponents.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Lead In

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Lead In (25 mins)

Play 8 v 6

Blue (1-4-3-3) team try and defend deep in a low block, staying in a compact shape to prevent red team playing forward and through them. If red have success can they score?

If Blue win the ball can they play forwards into goal on half way.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Session

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Session (40 mins)

•Compact deep defending shape, leaves little space for opposition to get behind us.
•Players close spaces between lines and units forcing the opposition to play wide
•Block crosses – Block Shots
•Players must always be prepared to launch forwards in a counter attack when winning the ball back
•Can be very effective in drawing the opposition forwards to exploit the spaces behind them

Play 9 v 9 in central areas, wide areas out of use.. Ensuring that blue team keep close and compact. Minimising the space between units and between lines....

Hard physical work, reliance on everyone doing their part

Unit of 4, 8, 10 must stay in compace triangle, to force opponent to play round them and not through, 9 to drop into head of diamond with MF unit.

Full backs tucked in occupying half spaces.


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