Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Mid Block with Player Names - A Licence

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Neil Ross

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Name:	Neil Ross
City:	Rouse Hill
Country:	Australia
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Session Objective:

Midfield to stay compact across and between lines and prevent penetrating balls.

Win ball in midfield.

Strikers defend by directing opposition back 4 one way, team slides and presses as a unit.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Frame/F11 Warm Up (15 mins)

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Frame/F11 Warm Up (15 mins)

Session Organisation: (Frame & Warm Up 15 mins)

12 players - Courtney, Holly, Zee, Tayla, Hannah, Bree, Grace, Liv, Veronica, Tia, Bella, Vanessa

(6 orange bibs, 6 blue bibs)

F11 warm up in corner of field.

Positioning exercises set up in mid of field for realism (topic of defence in midfield).

Coaching Points:

Frame - quickly go over session plan.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up Ballwork : 3 v 3 (15 mins)

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Warm Up Ballwork : 3 v 3 (15 mins)

Session Organisation: (Warm Up: Ballwork 15 mins)

12 players : Holly, Zee, Tayla, Hannah, Bree, Grace, Liv, Ellie, Veronica, Tia, Bella, Vanessa (Courtney GK warm up)

= 4 groups of 3 (2x3=6 orange bibs, 2 x 3=6 blue bibs)

BLUE = Grace, Holly, Hannah, Tayla, Zee, Vanessa

ORANGE = Bree, Liv, Veronica, Tia, Bella, Ellie

1. Static exercise - 1st/2nd/3rd defender (5 mins only)

- 3 on cones passing ball, 3 opposite react when ball is passed (passive exercise)

2. Dynamic exercise - 3 v 3 games (10 mins)

- ball played in from centre, game ends with goal or ball out of play (goal played between 1 of the 3 sets of cones to a player

behind the cones/goal)

- players wait for their turn directly behind goals (this retrieves balls)

Coaching Points :

1. Positioning of all 3 defenders - 3 tasks = mark, cover, block channel to goal

2. Speed and body shape of pressing player

3. Reaction when Pressed attacker plays the ball (back & in, don't follow or take step towards ball)

4. All 3 defenders are connected and compact

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Positioning Exercise Midfield

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Positioning Exercise Midfield

Session Organisation: (Positioning Exercise 15 mins)

Defending 4-4-2 block

14 players (6 defenders in orange, 7 attackers in blue plus GK)

- get 2 more players (Sania/Ellie) from U20 to go from 12 to 14 players

1. Coach defending red team (orange bibs) defending 2 wide mini goals.

2. Ball starts with blue GK.

3. Game ceases/recommences when ball out of play or goal scored.

4. Start static for a few plays across backline watching defensive positioning, then static playing across attacking mids with passive defending mids positioning.

5. Go dynamic.

Coaching Points:

1. When defending, stay compact and slide to prevent penetrating balls.

2. Front 2 slide and force ball one way, try and prevent recycling by counter pressing.

3. Mids slide, widest mid task is to block channel to goal first, then close attacker. When played, drop back and in.

4. When defending in midfield, closest defender presses on ball, others tuck in to reduce space behind. When ball is played, mid defender drops off and back.

5. For mids focus on 1st,2nd,3rd defender, pressing by closest mid player, and 3 tasks (mark, cover, block channels)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game Training (20 mins)

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Game Training (20 mins)

Session Organisation: Game Training (20 mins)

Defending 4-4-2 block

11 v 11

1. Coach defending red team (orange bibs).

2. Ball starts with blue GK.

3. Game ceases/recommences when ball out of play or goal scored.

Coaching Points:

1. When defending, stay compact and slide to prevent penetrating balls.

2. Front 2 slide and force ball one way, try and prevent recycling by counter pressing.

3. Mids slide, widest mid task is to block channel to goal first, then close attacker. When played, drop back and in.

4. When defending in midfield, closest defender presses on ball, others tuck in to reduce space behind. When ball is played, mid defender drops off and back.

5. For mids focus on 1st,2nd,3rd defender, pressing by closest mid player, and 3 tasks (mark, cover, block channels)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Training Game - 20/25 mins

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Learning Objectives

	Technical Field position and body position
	Tactical Compact defence that slides across park, knowing who/when to press and when not to press

Training Game - 20/25 mins (20 mins)

Session Organisation: (Training Game Phase - 20/25 mins)

Full field.

11 v 11 (orange bibs v blue bibs).

Rule : Blue GK to always play short when in possession, orange bibs to drop to 4-4-2 block immediately.

Coaching Points:

Only coach on the run. Do not stop unless major issue.

Reds (orange bibs play 4-3-3, but drop into 4-4-2 when opponent has ball, specifically when opponent GK has ball).

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