Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Tactical Defending

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Dale Clark
Name: Dale Clark
City: Dunfermline
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Final Practice Plan:

Tom Flanders

Topic: Winning the Ball in Transition

Coaching Goals: #1 Emphasize the importance of team and individual principles of defending (pressure, cover and balance). #2 To properly illustrate each players role when gaining possession back from their opponent

Team: 12-18 Players

Equipment: goals, bibs and balls

Age: High School Age 14-18 yr olds

Summary of the session: The session starts with a technical warm-up and then the main activity. After the players are asked to partcipate in 2 seperate 8v8 activies that focus on winning the ball back quickly after possession is lost. All players are active during the session and players are placed in seperate stations when needed to maximize opportunities.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Warm up - 3 +1 vs. 3 + 1:

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Warm up - 3 +1 vs. 3 + 1:
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Technical Warm up - 3 +1 vs. 3 + 1: (20 mins)

Technical Warm-up 3 + 2 vs. 3 + 2:

Player Objectives:

The White players maintain possession 3v3 but can play to their target players and exchange positions

Red players defend with primary defender on the ball and 2 other defenders in cover. Red attempts to win the ball and then maintain possession. Red plays to the outside "target player" to ease the pressure and exchange place with them after the pass. Target player enters either with the dribble or pass.

Coaching Points:

Emphasize maintaining possession

Organize after the loss of possession to get compact, primary and cover defensive strategies

Defensive effort and answer the question "How do we win the ball back?" together

In transition, Defensive unit drop to get marks and stay compact.

**Water Break


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity 3 teams, 3 grids to large goals

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Main Activity 3 teams, 3 grids to large goals
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Main Activity 3 teams, 3 grids to large goals (30 mins)

Player Objectives:

WHITE team attacks RED

If RED wins the ball, they try to pass through the pressure to the middle neutral zone. If White wins the ball back from Red in the attacking zone, they try to penetrate and get a shot. If RED gets out of their defensive 1/3rd in possession, they reach the neutral zone and then can attack the team in BLACK.

White team has to run to the end line before coming back into now their new defensive 1/3rd ready to defend.

*Team attacking goal immediately after losing the ball

Coaching Points:

Shape in attack that allows the team gain possession quickly (High Pressure and then Low Pressure concepts).

Stay focued when the ball is lost

Condensing shape as a unit and getting compact

Team defending that denies the long ball service

**Water Break


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression: 8 vs. 8 + GK's with Neutral players on the flanks

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression: 8 vs. 8 + GK's with Neutral players on the flanks
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Progression: 8 vs. 8 + GK's with Neutral players on the flanks (20 mins)

Field: 45 yards wide and 50 yards long with neutral players on the flanks

Player Objectives:

*Teams play to score goals

* When gaining possession the teams must make one successful pass to one of their teammates before using the neutral players on the flanks

Coaching Points:

*Team should collapse on the ball to win the ball back quickly

*Deny the pass to neutral

*Keep defensive shape

*All players must understand their defensive role after the loss of the ball

**Water Break


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): End Game: 8 vs. 8 + GK's 50yd Field (No Restrictions)

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End Game: 8 vs. 8 + GK's 50yd Field (No Restrictions) (20 mins)

Player Objectives:

* Use both length and width of the field

* Players needed to be mindful of offsides

Coaching points:

*Emphasize the coaching points that were mentioned throughout the session.

* Importance of numbers around the ball for options for the 1st attacker

*Team organization to pick the best moment to win the ball back

** Water break


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cooldown and Closing

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Cooldown and Closing (10 mins)

Cooldown and Session Closing

*Players perform dynamic movements and streching

*Players ask questions and the coach checks for understanding

*Players end the session with a cheer


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