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Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): SAQ - Coaching focus defensive

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Nicole Carroll
Name: Nicole Carroll
City: norwalk
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

This is an SAQ session with a focus on Defending. 

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tag square

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Tag square
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Tag square

Organization/Setup:

  • Set up a 15 x 15 square 
  • create 3 lines of 3-4 cones 
  • create 4 even teams  or 3- 4 players 
  • Time frame - 10  mins

Instructions/Achievement Criteria:

  • You will assign footwork through the cones 
  • Players will do the footwork when the coach says "GO"
  • Once players are coming towards the box the coach will yell a players name, this player will be the tagger
  • The tagger has 30 sec to either tag each player or force them out of the square
  • the tagger gets a point for every tag or force out. 
  • Make sure you are always calling different teams so that they can  all have the opportunity to achieve points

Coaching Points/Questions:

  • Speed 
  • quickness 
  • body shape

Regressions/Progressions:

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Attacker / Defender TAG

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Attacker / Defender TAG
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Attacker / Defender TAG

Organization/Setup:

  • Seat up two cones about 5 yrds apart 
  • Both Players stand about 8 yrds distance from the gate opposite of each other 
  • One player is the Tagger (defender) one player is the attacker
  • 15 - 20 mins time frame 

Instructions/Achievement Criteria:

    • The tagger is trying to tag the attacker before they are able to run through the cones
    • If the attacker gets through without being tagged they get 1 pt if the tagger tags the attacker they get a point add up points at the end.

Coaching points

  • Angle of approach
  • speed of approach 
  • Body shape 

regressions/Progressions:

  • Progress to attacker having a soccer ball and trying to dribble the ball through the gate if the defender is able to steal the ball by taking possession or knocking it away the defender gets a point if the attacker dribbles through they get a point
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1 v 1 's

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1 v 1 's

Organization/Setup:

  • Create teams of 2 - 3 players each 
  • 4- 6 small goals 
  • reps should be Max 1 mins if rep is approaching 1 min end and go to next group .
  • field should be 20 x 15 
  • 15 - 20 mins time frame 

Instructions/Achievement Criteria:

  • one team starts with the ball and is trying to score on the opponents goal
  • the other team is pressing the attacker and trying to win the ball , if the defender wins the ball they can score on the opponents goal
  • after each player from the first attacking team goes two times , you switch the attacking team.

Points/Questions:

  • Speed of approach 
  • Angle of approach 
  • Body shape

Regressions/Progressions:

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