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Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defending the Through Pass

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Travis Yoakum
Name: Travis Yoakum
City: Denver
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Coaching Points

  • Defending Principles: 1) Pressure 2) Cover 3) Balance 4) Compactness 5) Improvisation

  • Where and when to move across, or forward, to prevent the through ball opportunity as a unit

  • Communication between the defenders to work together to slide, screen and press

  • Making the right decision for a defender to press or move into attacking zone in the practice progression, while other defenders support and cover

  • Movement and body shape of the defending players

  • Patience to deny opportunities to play through to other attacking team

  • Recovery of shape after ball is moved, or played through, by the attacking teams

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Decision Making+Defending+Technical/Tactical

Training Set Up

  • 15 yard x 10 yard area split into thirds  

  • 1 ball, with a supply

  • 9 players in 3 groups, one group in each third

  • Duration: 10 minutes

Training Details 

  • Each group operates as a team, the end groups work together as attackers, central group are defenders.

  • Attacking blue teams begin with possession at one and must create an opportunity to play the a pass

    through the defending third into the opposite attacking team.

  • Defending black team must work together into the central zone to move as a unit to block any through passes and close the space.

  • Rotate the defending team after winning the ball, or a set period of time in the middle zone.

Progression 

  • Progress to one defender being allowed to press inside the attacking team zone.

  • Progress to one attacker being allowed in central zone to provide passing option and another problem for

    the defenders to consider.

  • Include goalkeepers at either end as part of the team in possession. When defending team wins ball can they penetrate by passing to goalkeeper and cause attacking team to defend through-pass on a transition.

  • Apply conditions to attacking players, eg 2 touch, minimum number of passes before playing through.

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