Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): 1 V 1 defending triangle

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Area:

Create triangles 5 yards along base and 8 yards on the sides.

Equipment:

Use cones, discs or poles. Balls

Objective:

2 players occupy a triangle. Blue is the defender, red is the attacker. The blue starts on the base line of the triangle and the red on the tip. The blue defender passes the ball to the red attacker and presses the attacker. The attacker takes on the defender and tries to dribble past to the baseline to score a point. Both players swap roles after each attempt. After a few minutes shift one side along the line so players are matched against a different opponent.

Progression:

None

Key points:

Encourage the defender to press quickly after passing as they will reduce the width of the space the attacker can get past., Slow down when close, staying low and side on waitiing for mistake or oppotunity to intercept. be ready to jockey and shadow.