Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Compact Compact Defending in Defensive Third

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Will Griffiths
Name: Will Griffiths
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

This session is looking at Defenders & Midfielders working together to stay compact to prevent attacking team playing forwards.

The progressions and challenges are there to create a bit of realism of players being out of position and remaining defenders having to delay attack so team mates can recover. Feel free to adapt to suit your players, team, formation.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Game

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Game (15 mins)

Organisation:

ORGANISATION

Attack (blue) 4-2 vs Defence (red) 1-4-4 (coaching reds).

Play starts with either blue CM.

Blues try to score in big goal as normal. Shot on target = 1 Goal = 3

Reds score by winning ball and dribbling into centre circle = 1

OBJECTIVES

* Units compact

* Move as units dependant on balls position (shuffle sideways, forwards, backwards)

* Once compact, force blues to play backwards

* Press on triggers (bad touch, facing away from goal)


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression 1

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Progression 1 (15 mins)

PROGRESSION 1

Same conditions as game 1, but now Red 11 & 7 start in oppositions half.

Blues attack and Red 11 & 7 have to recover and get into position.

Red 4 & 8 have to delay Blues until 11 & 7 recover.

We can delay 11 & 7 for a set time (3-10 secs) to create 6v6 so the reds have to delay for longer.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression 2

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Progression 2 (15 mins)

PROGRESSION 2

We now remove a CM and start them in opposition half to create an underload for reds.

Challenges: Red 7, 11 & 8 can recover:

* On Blues first touch

* Delay 7, 11, 8 for 3-10 secs

* Stagger the recovery, so only one can recover at a time every 2-4 seconds.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Progression 3

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Progression 3 (15 mins)

PROGRESSION 3

On Blue CM first touch/pass:

Challenges:

* One Red Midfielder has to run around cone and recover.

* Two Red Midfielders now run around cone and recover

* Three Red Midfielders run around cone and recover

* Four Red Midfielders run around cone and recover


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