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Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Session 2: Defending - U9 (Start Time: 2023-10-24 18:00:00)

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Nile Abraham

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Nile Abraham
Name: Nile Abraham
City: Cardiff
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

Session Duration: 1 hour ( 55 minutes of practice with 5 minutes rest)

Players involved: 8 

Ability: Mixed

Session Aims: 

1. Understand the movements upon approaching an opponent before tackling.

2. To be able to apply pressure onto attackers and tackle/intercept the ball

3. To defend with teammates against attacking players.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Technical Drill - Defensive approach to dribbling players

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Technical Drill - Defensive approach to dribbling players

Technical Drill - 15 minutes 

Players Involved: 8

Area Size: 24 x 24 split into 2 zones (12 x 12 yards each).

 

Set-up

  • Players are split into 2 groups.
  • Each group is bibbed to represent the group they're in.
  • Group A will line up in pairs behind 1 side of the playing area (Horizontal side) in line with the cones.
  • Group B will do the same but on the opposite side,
  • Each player of group A will have a ball, whereas group B will not
Execution

 

  • Group A start as 'attacking' players, with gorup B starting as the defenders.
  • Both on-ball players will dribble the ball up slowly towards the other side.
  • The defending players will jog up towards the dribbling player paralel to them
  • The dribbling player is not tasked with beating the defender, but instead allow them to tackle the ball.
  • Upon meeting each other, the defenders will tackle the ball from the dribbling player.
  • When this is done, the dribbling players join the defending queue, and the defending players will join the attackers que, and therefore trade roles.
Adaptations

 

Progressions 

  • Focus upon a different defending mechanic
  • Increase the speed of rushing moving out towards the dribbling player.
Regressions
  • Dribbling players slow down.
  • Dibbling players stop before the defender attempts the tackle.
Challenges, Conditions or Targets:
  • Players should try to burst out with pace rather than jogging
  • Challenge players to use the correct body position to tackle
  • Can players attempt and make the tackle before the ball reahces the halfway point.
Interventions:

  • Concurrent - Positive/Negative approach, use of body position, speed of press.
  • Walkthrough - Mechanics

Rest: 2 minutes
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Skill Drill - 2v2 defending

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Skill Drill - 2v2 defending

Skill Drill - 25 minutes

Area Size: 24 x 24 yards

Set-up

  • Players remain in their 2 teams.
  • Both groups will line up parralel to eachother, except this time on the goal lines (Does not matter if either team is at top or bottom).
  • 1 player from the team at the bottom will have a ball at their feet.
Action
  • Team A start as attacking players, with team B starting as the defenders.
  • The player on the ball, from the defending team will pass the ball diaganolly towards an attacker.
  • Upon recieving the pass, the defenders will burst out to pressure the atackers.
  • Upon receiving the pass, the attackers will aim to move the ball down the area and score in either mini goal on the opposite side.
  • The aim of the defenders is to pressure the attacking pair, looking to either tackle, block or interecept the ball and pass it out of play.
  • After this is done, both pairings involved will swap sides and therefore swap roles.
Progressions

 

  • 2 attackers vs 1 defender instead of a 2v2.
  • If the defenders can win the ball, they are tasked with trying to convert the posession won into scoring in the opposite side goals instead of just kicking the ball out.
Regressions

 

 

  • 1 attacker vs 2 defenders, or 2 attackers vs 3 defenders
  • Defenders can start 3 steps in rather than on the corner.
Challenges, Conditions or Targets:
  • Can defenders force the on-ball player onto the weaker foot
  • Cand defenders win the ball within 5 seconds
Interventions:

 

  • Concurrent - Positive/Negative approach, use of body position, speed of press.
  • Freeze - Defensive positioning, 
  • Walkthrough - Mechanics

 

Rest: 3 minutes

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Small Sided Game

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Small Sided Game

Small Sided Game - 15 minutes

Aerobic or Anaerobic? - Aerobic

Area Size - 28 x 20 yards

Set-up

  • Pitch is split into 2 halves (marked by flats)
  • 2 players from both teams enter 1 half, with the remaining players in the other.
Action
  • Players aren't allowed to leave their side of the pitch.
  • 1 point can be scored simply by scoring
  • If a team tackles the ball, they earn a point for their team, and will have the next possession if the stop causes the ball to roll out of bounds.
  • To earn 2 points, a team must tackle the ball and the play it into the next half

Adaptations 

Progressions

  • The team that is attacking can have 1 player cross into the other half, creating a 3v2 (3 attackers vs 2 defenders).
  • Defenders must win the ball back within 5 seconds.

Regressions

  • When defending, a player from the other half can cross over, creating a 2v3  (2 attackers vs 3 defenders).

  Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

  • Can the defenders force the attackers onto the weaker foot
  • Can defenders keep hold of the ball when tackling
Interventions:

  • Concurrent - Positive/Negative approach, use of body position, speed of press.
  • Freeze - Defensive positioning,
  • Walkthrough - Mechanics

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