Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defending Principles - Man Marking

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Matt Brewer
Name: Matt Brewer
City: Seattle
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Tech: Defending stance

Tact: roles as a individual/team unit off the ball

Phys: ABCS/Mobility/endurance

Social: Communication/teamwork/understanding

L/O: understand individual roles in a unit

identify when to follow or pass a marker


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Possession Warm Up:

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Possession Warm Up:
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Possession Warm Up: (20 mins)

Set up area suitable to players and age, 3 teams of 4 with two keeping possession in the middle and one supporting on all 4 corners.

Team in possession can use outside players for support - score by either making a number of target passes or playing from one side of support player to the other (split).

Defending team must win the ball back and score with same rules. Play time limit and rotate outside team.

Activity time: 2 mins Rest: 30 Secs Intervals: 6

Coaching points:

Pressure/cover/balance

angle and distance

tight and compact

shape as a unit

Communication

Q: what must we protect first? which player has what role?


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Phase:

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Phase:
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Skill Phase: (20 mins)

Set up as shown - focus on red (defending team) players are ristricted to their boxes. Ball can start from both ends to keep all players active but focus from half way.

Blue play ball in from the top box and look to score from distance or play in the blue forward. Red must intercept ball and play into the red 9 for a goal.

AT:4 R:1 I:4

Coaching Points:

Defensive triangle - seeing the player/space/ball

Defensive shape to prevent penetration

mark closest players to maintain shape

follow diagonal/vertical runs

pass on/rotate lateral runs

Q:how do you know when to pass or follow? what happens if a defender follows their man? when do you press/steal ball?


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Function:

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Function: (20 mins)

Remove boxes and progress into function. Play within channels for compactness then can play wider. Set up formations relevent to teams/players/numbers. Can also have attacking overload.

Ball starts from half way line and reds have time limit to score in 3 small goals.

AT:6 R:90 I:3

Coaching Points:

Previous points

5Ws of defending

cues: movement/speed of play/number of attackers vs defenders


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