Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): U10 3v2 Centre Backs - Defensive Delay/Positioning (Start Time: 2015-10-28 19:05:00)

Boys U10 3v2 (60 mins)

Warm Up (10 minutes)

12 players dribbling in the box, inside/outside cuts, heel/toe/sole roll, inside/outside roll, toe taps/fancy toe taps etc

Set Up (30 minutes)

Half pitch

- 12 players (6 attacking, 6 defending), 3v2

- 3 attackers come from centre mid and wide positions

- 2 defenders come from beside the goal

Drill

- Centre mid starts with the ball, wide players move ahead and create triangles for passing (penetration)

- Centre mid has to decide whether to dribble, carry or pass (head up, 360 vision)

- Attacking team has to score

- Defending team takes up centre back positions, with a goal of creating delay

- Defending team must communicate with each other and reset when out of position

- Defending team has to clear the ball out of the playing area

- Rotate wide players and centre mid every 5 minutes, then switch attacking and defending teams

Progression

- 3 touch player possession from attacking team (fast movement of the ball), demanding better positioning and disclpline from the centre backs

Coaching Points

- take up a position inside the wide players

- one player goes to the player with the ball, one covers

- goal is to delay and force the attackers to make a mistake

- patience and watching the ball

- resetting positioning (one player goes to the ball, one covers the pass, reset)

SSG (20 minutes)

- progress to SSGs, with emphasis on centre back positioning, delay, watching the ball and patience