Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defensive Positioning

Unopposed Rondo + Attacker (10 mins)

Unopposed Rondo + Attacker

The group will split into two rondos with 8 players in each rondo. In each rondo, there will be an attacker in the middle to receive the ball and feed it out to a different player on the outside of the rondo. Each player will have 1 minute as the attacker in the middle. This will help develop each player's passing and turning ability. To start with the drill will be unlimited touches for all the players in the rondo.

The progression is to restrict the touches to two touches which will make the passing quicker. The degression for the players an extra attacker can be added to the middle to give the players an extra option in the middle.

1v1 Tackling (5 mins)

1v1 Tackling

To start with, in each pair the player in a red bib will start with the balland the player in blue will have to tackle them. Once they win the ball they then try to keep possession of the ball. They keep doing this for 5minutes to work on their tackling and close control.