Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Pressure-Cover-Balance

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Marc Anthony William
Name: Marc Anthony William
City: Bronx
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Sport: Football/Soccer
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Ind/Small Sided Defending (Coaching Notes)

-You have introduce the concept of Pressure, cover, and balance. The 1st defneder presses on the ball, the 2nd defender immediately provides support, and the 3rd defender is the balancing player

-Defending is a science

-Numbers Down: Dely

Numbers Even: Deny

Numbers Up: Destory

-Compactness, and squeezing the ball into "pockets" in order to win the ball back quickly

OVERLOAD Session, 85-100% relative workload

TACTICAL

TECHNICAL

PHYSICAL

MENTAL

"Anything worth doing is worth over-doing, moderation is for cowards"


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SI Technical Warm-Up 1v1s

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SI Technical Warm-Up 1v1s
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SI Technical Warm-Up 1v1s (10 mins)

SI Technical Warm-Up 2 "Continuous 1v1"

-Continuous 1v1s

-15x20 grid with small goals

-Player 1 plays ball across the grid and then sprints to play defense against the attacking player

Coaching Points

-Angle and speed of approach

- Purpose is to delay attacker

-Close down as quick as possible, directing them where you want them to go (make it obvious)

-Jockey them backwards keeping a low center of gravity and eyes on the ball

-Wait for a mistouch to tackle (poke, block, or slide)


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SI Progression 'Rattler Finishing

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SI Progression 'Rattler Finishing (10 mins)

Stage I Progresion "Rattler: 1v1, 2v2s Finishing"

-Four lines, two defending lines and two attacking lines

-1A plays the ball into 1B and they go 1v1 to goal

-Once the first 1v1 is over (Ball is scored, kicked out of bounds, or defender wins the ball) 2A plays the second ball into 2B for a 2v2 situation with 1A and 1B

Coaching Points:

-Close down as quick as possible

-Attack with speed

-"Punish" the defender if they make a mistake, or are too slow

-8 seconds to score or it's over

-Normally rotate clockwise, but can spilt into two groups and make it a competition


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SII Small Sided Activity Continuous 3v2

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SII Small Sided Activity Continuous 3v2 (20 mins)

Stage II Small Sided Activity "Continuous 3v2"

-30x20 Grid

-Continuous 3v2 (ATT. Principles)

-Need 4 teams of three(4 different color pennies)

-2 new defenders (Blue ) are ready to step on once Team 1 (Red) losses possesion or scores

-If Green wins possesion, they must play the back to their 3rd defender before counter attacking, then the two new red defenders step on

Coaching Points

-Don't get flat so that you do not get spilt

- The 1st defender must step quickly to provide pressure

-Attack with speed as you're numbers up in offense

-Strech the pitch and provide options (Principles of attack)


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SIII Expanded Small sided Activity 6v4

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SIII Expanded Small sided Activity 6v4 (30 mins)

Stage III Expanded Small Activity "6v4 Defending"

-1/3 of the field going towards a big goal

-6v4

-4 defenders must start on the cone before getting into defensive shape

-The attacking team(Red) must begin with a pattern and then can play free

-3 plays the ball to 4, and then overlaps. 1 makes a digonal run and 2 overlaps that player

-Two CMs join attack to create a 6v4

Coaching Points

-You have introduce the concept of Pressure, cover, and balance. The 1st defneder presses on the ball, the 2nd defender immediately provides support, and the 3rd defender is the balancing player

Progression

-4v4 (3 defenders and a CM)

-6v4 (Adding in two offesenive CMs)

-6v6


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SIV Match

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SIV Match (20 mins)

Stage IV Match

-11v11 game (or whatever the numbers are)

-Continue play with Small Counter attack goals


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