Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Press/Counter Press (Start Time: 2022-07-30 09:30:00)

Description

Overview of session: Working on pressing as a team, starting small sided and building to 7v7. 

Player Availability: 14+2

GKs: ZG BD PG MR RH DH TD DS SM DM CL OM KR LB JS CG KMc LD JY SB JW AMc

Coaching Points:

• PRESS & COVER: Basics of the concept, pressure on ball by curving run, delaying and directing out and back, cover in behind space, adjusting as ball moves
• COMMUNICATION & AWARENESS: Scanning out of possession equally as important as in, teammates, opposition & space, adjusting to these things, use eyes and body position to help communication key here as well to help players awareness, especially from behind, see the whole picture

• CONNECTED AS A TEAM: Vital we press as a team, one player cannot go, must be all players working as a unit together, if we're not set to press, stay and hold position and make it difficult to play through, make sure as a team we are connected

• TRIGGERS: Make sure we are aware of triggers, bad pass/touch, eyes down, back to goal, backwards pass, area of pitch, lofted pass etc

• DEALING WITH BREACHES: What do we do if the press doesn't work? We recover, quickly and in the pitch, shortest route to goal, remaining compact and narrow. Vital now that we delay and force away from overloads to allow for recovery so the team is connected again