Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Defensive Principles

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Rob Betts
Name: Rob Betts
City: Smithybridge
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defenders Warm Up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defenders Warm Up
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Defenders Warm Up (15 mins)

  • Players have to "tag" their partners back of their legs
  • encourage the players not to "run away"
  • Weight on the balls of the feet, one foot in between their partners (like they would when trying to win the ball back", moving in a and out.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1v1 Defensive Practice

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1v1 Defensive Practice (25 mins)

Use cones if not enough goals, and instead of scoring goals, the attacker needs to stop the ball on a line where the goals are, the defender needs to try and win the ball and then stop on the NEAREST line to them.

Defender plays the ball into the attacker then puts pressure on the ball to compete in a 1v1 battle. Attacker can't score until they pass the yellow line (or need to stop the ball on the line.

Reds vs Blues - 2 minutes then swap roles, team with most goals win.

Coaching Points

- 3Ds, delay, dictate and deny.

- Speed of defender to close to the ball, slow down closer to the ball they get 

- Be aggressive - My ball and I`m getting it back

Defenders

- Block of their route to goal quickly

- Be tough to beat

- Body shape & be aggressive

- Use body to protect and hide the ball from attacker and get the ball to the nearest line (stop the ball on the line, not kick it out)


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