Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Intercepting (U13s to U17s)

Technical work - 1v1 (1v1) Intercepting (15 mins)

Organisation-

24 x 16 area. 

6 players.

Description-

Attacking player (Black) to keep possession of ball. 

Players locked in zones.

Server (Pink) passes to Attacker. Receive and try to pass to other server. 

Ball must go through both zones.

If Defender wins ball, they become attacking team.

Different challenges for Defender

Development Points-

Body shape to force play

Goal side of attacker

Timing to ‘pinch’ ball

Compete

Technical work - Intercepting + zonal marking (15 mins)

-2 teams of 6 players each one. 4 players into the boxes and 2 players in behind the opposite team. 

-The team in possession has to pass the ball through the boxes till fin the deep pass in behind the defenders. 

-The team who defends has to close the line of passes.  

-When the defending team gets the ball. The roll will change straight away. 

Rules: 

-Once the ball is in behind the defenders; they can recover their position to avoid the goal. 

-The defenders can not come into the boxes to press. 

-The ball con not be passed by the air. The pass has to be always on the grass. 

-Number of touches per player: mandatory to have 2 touches ( to control the pace ). 

What are we looking for: 

-Shifting

-Same body language for the back 4. 

-Simple coverage and double coverage. 

-Quick reaction

-Communication

-Understanding the next pass and why we need to come back to control the spaces in behind and upfront.