Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): UEFA A: DEFENSIVE PRINCIPLES 4-4-2 AGAINST 4-3-3 FORMATION (Start Time: 13-Feb-2018 11:00h)

1/3 rds game

* COUNTER PRESS FINAL 1/3 WITH CLOSEST PLAYER + 1 PRESSING HIGH UP PITCH > UNITS SQUEEZE & SHIFT TOGETHER WITH PRESS IN RELATION TO THE BALL

* CAN WE PRESS AND FORCE CHANNEL SIDE ON TRANSITION TO STOP SWITCH TO OPPOSITE WIDE PLAYER OF FRONT 3

* MID 1/3 THINK OF DISTANCES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS IN UNIT AND HEIGHT/DEPTH > LEAVE FURTHEST MAN AND AIM TO BE NARROW AND COMPACT + IN TOUCH WITH DEF UNIT

PROBLEM 1:

YELLOW TEAM PLAYING OUT TOO EASILY FROM THE BACK

SOLUTION: PRESS HIGH OR DROP FOR MID 1/3 BLOCK ( DISCUSS WHO/WHEN/WHERE/WHY & HOW) + WHAT IF YELLOW No 4 DROPS CENTRAL TO MAKE UP A 3 ( ? RED 8 PRESSES WITH WIDE PLAYERS 1 1/2 JOBS WITH EMPHASIS ON PROTECTING CENTRALLY

ENCOURAGE YELLOW TEAM TO STRETCH RED TEAMS PRESS WITH FB'S WIDE AND HIGH

** PHASE 1 = 5 MINS STAY IN 1/3RDS WITH RED 7 & 11 CONDITIONED TO STAY IN WIDE CHANNEL OF MID 1/3 (TRY AND BLOCK PASSING LINES INTO 3V2 OVERLOAD IN CENTRAL ZONE)

** IF RED TEAM WIN IT THEY CAN ATTACK OPEN PLAY WITH YELLOW TEAM STILL ON RESTRICTION WITH 15 SECONDS TO SCORE

PLAY STARTS FROM YELLOW GK WHO MUST PLAY OUT FROM DEF 1/3 > MID 1/3 INTO FINAL 1/3 TO SCORE

PHASE 2: 5 MINS ( Y GK AS TRIGGER TO START PLAY & CAN PLAY CENTRAL ZONE)

1 YELLOW PLAYER CAN ENTER NEXT 1/3 > 2 ENTER TO CREATE OFFENSIVE OVERLOADS

(ENCOURAGE RED TEAM TO STAY COMPACT AND NARROW AND FORCE WIDE WHENEVER POSSIBLE**)

DISCUSS DEF PRINCIPLES IN EACH 1/3 WITH PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS Q&A

**RED 9 & 10 CAN PIVOT TO STOP YELLOW TEAM PLAYING OUT OR RED 8 CAN PRESS HIGH ONTO YELLOW 4 (IF Y 4 & 8 DROP DOWN R 8 SPLIT WITH R 4 STAYING TO SCREEN Y >8)

PHASE 3: KICK END ZONE WITH OPEN PLAY (R TEAM LEAVE FURTHEST PLAYER ? Y FB ** MOVE IN RELATION TO BALL TO STAY COMPACT/NARROW WITH DISTANCES BETWEEN UNITS/INDIVIDUALS/TEAM CONSTANT OUT OF POSSESSION

PHASE 4 OPEN PLAY

4 PHASES OF 5 MINS TOTAL 20 MINS AND PROGRESS LEAD PHASE INTO 11 V 11 10 MINS

PREP X 20 MINS COACHING BIOMECHANICS/DEF PRINCIPLES WHEN/WHO/WHY/WHERE AND HOW TO PRESS

**POST SESSION ANALYSIS

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT

1/ MY COACHING POSITION CAN BE CHANGED TO ENABLE ME TO SEE THE WHOLE PITCH/PICTURE: USE TOUCH LINE AS A REFERENCE POINT AND ENTER THE PITCH WHEN MAKING A COACHING POINT. I CAN STILL USE CONCURRENT COACHING STYLE OFF THE SIDE. MY POSITION ALSO INTERFERES WITH PLAY AT TIMES.

2/ I NEED TO THINK ABOUT MY TERMINOLOGY WHEN MAKING COACHING POINTS AND NOT REFER TO THE 1ST PERSON (FOR ME/WHEN I PLAYED/I WAS COACHED ETC) AND RELATE TO WHAT WE EXPECT AS A TEAM OR IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL. EMPHASISE A COACHING POINT WITH " I WANT YOU TO".

3/ STAY WITH MY COACHING OBJECTIVES AND EXPLAIN THE CONSTRAINTS MORE CLEARLY USING COACHING AIDS PRE SESSION, ESPECIALLY IN THE 1/3RDS GAME.

STRENGTHS

I LIKE TO REWARD AND ENFUSE AS A COACH AND I WAS CONSTRUCTIVE WITH MY INTERVENTIONS.

I THOUGHT I GOT ACROSS THE KEY COACHING POINTS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DEFENSIVE PRINCIPLES (NARROW & COMPACT) WITH DISTANCES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS/UNITS AND TEAM IMPORTANT BITH IN/OUT OF POSSESSION.