Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): DEFENDING 3

DEFENDING MINI GAME 1

BLOCK 3 - DEFENDING 2a

(Defensive Transition 1 v 1 mini game)

SETUP:

- Create 2 teams and split them up by 2 as per the diagram. 4 goals (cone - goals) spread wide as players need to dribble through

- Balls at each goal station

- Ensure the players are not standing in the middle of the cone-goals

DRILL:

- Players always attack and defend against the opponent that is directly across from them to start

- If the attacking player scores by dribbling through the players gate - 1 point

- If the defending player defends the ball by playing it out or forcing the attacker to lose control out of bounds - 1 point

- If the degfending player wins the ball back and then scores on their opponents goal - 5 points

PART 1.  Blue vs Red

- BLUE dribbles towards RED to attempt to score on their goal

- RED enforces proper defensive techniques (Close Space / Angle Approach / Touch - Tight / Win+Force) to slow the defender down and enclose them

- If BLUE is successful to score, the RED player must STAY ON to then defend the next attempt by the BLUE team, coming from the OPPOSITE GOAL

( this then continues until the defender is able to knock the ball out or win a ball back to score )

PART 2.  Red vs Blue

- If a ball is defended / played out by the defender, their team (from the opposite direction) win the chance to then immediately attack against the failed attacker

- These roles continue for mini-games of approx 4 mins and points are added up

- Switch the teams up so they can attack / defend against the other half of their oppponent

This is a really fast paced game and can be extremely tiring if the Defender is unable to concentrate on the Defensive points.

More points are won in this game from the defensive aspect.