Create your own Session Planns with stunning 3D in minutes Hundreds of soccer sessions in a searchable database Compile ready-made drills into your own session in seconds Adapt ready-made drills to make a customised session in moments Post on your website, e-mail to friends, link to non-Members, view on your phone Sport Session Planner: for a low yearly subscription, click here to join!

Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): 1v1 defending drills

Profile Summary

Rob Daleman
Name: Rob Daleman
City: Markham
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
Build 3D sessions in seconds
Access to 1000’s of sessions
Professionalise and modernise your coaching
Used by the world’s best coaches
US$
75
per year
Join today
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Arrival Activity/Warm-Up

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Arrival Activity/Warm-Up
Save Image: Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Arrival Activity/Warm-Up Create Video:

Arrival Activity/Warm-Up

Tail-Tag - 1v1

Organisation:

1v1 mini-games

Each player has a bib that they tuck in as a tail ON THE SIDE/ON THEIR HIP.

Have a central cone for players to move around

Make sure the bib is on the hip - players will automatically adopt a good defending position

Objective: try and take your partners bib and protect your own

Progressions:

- play against different people in the group, still 1v1.

- 2v2 or 3v3 games

- add a ball per person (they can hold it, bounce it, keep control with their feet, as they want), but it is still tail tag not tackling

Key Points:

- Body position

- eyes on the feet of opponent not their head

- waiting for opportunity to take their bib, not just chasing

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross the River

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross the River
Save Image: Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross the River Create Video:

Cross the River

Organisation:

- 15x15 yrd square

- 2 defenders in middle

- 4 players with ball on outside, 1 ball each

- 4 mini-goals (use cones as alternative)

Objective: Players with the ball have to try and get past the defender to the other side of the square. Players can move at anytime. 1 defender in the middle tries to win the ball. If defenders win the ball they can try and score in one of the mini-goals.

Progression Examples:

- to simplify: only allow 1 or 2 outside players to move with the ball at any one time

- defenders can work together to win the ball and score a goal

- 2v2 - one ball between the 2 on the outside

- players on outside can run and try and score in one of the opposite mini-goals

Key Points:

- Delay

- Deny

- Dictate

- Body position

- wait for opportunity to tackle

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): conditioned SSGs

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): conditioned SSGs
Save Image: Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): conditioned SSGs Create Video:

conditioned SSGs

Organisation:

- 3v3 or 4v4

Condition Examples:

1) Retreat into own half on GK - cannot defend until opposition are in your half (encourage players to run with the ball towards the defending team)

2) When receive the ball, must try and run forwards with the ball (giving defenders chance to practice their technique)

Build 3D sessions in seconds
Access to 1000’s of sessions
Professionalise and modernise your coaching
Used by the world’s best coaches
US$
75
per year
Join today

© Copyright 2022 Sport Session Planner Ltd.
Developed with Partnership Developers, a division of Kyosei Systems.

Animation Controls (PCs, Macs, Laptops):

Play animation
Play step-by-step
Repeat (toggle)
Full Screen
Pause
Stop

Back/Forward: Drag timeline button