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Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defending as a Unit- 8v8 + GK

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Sean Yorke
Name: Sean Yorke
City: Ottershaw
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

Defending Principles:

  • Pressing 
  • Delay 
  • Recover 
  • Cover and Balance 
  • Compactness 
  • Deny

Main Coaching Points: 

  • Positional Understanding 
  • Dictating Play 
  • Triggers to Win the Ball 

Session Objective: 

  • To give players lots of repetition defending in the Defensive Third when underloaded. 
  • To develop players’ understanding of their roles and responsibilities when defending and develop their understanding of their positioning depending on where the ball is on the pitch. 

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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16 Players: 

 

Set up:

RED: 4-3 + GK

BLUE: 2-3-3

 

Aim of the Practice:

 

  • Blue team are aiming to play though, around or over the opposition and try to score in the goal. 
  • Red team are aiming to work as a team to stop the Blue team scoring, if possible to win the ball and counter attack to score in 1 of the 3 target goals place on or just past the half way line. 

 

 

Red team: 

 

  • Looking to stay compact as a team and defend the central areas. Try to dictate play and force the opposition wide. 
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Positioning of the Back 4 and Midfield if the ball is played the the Opposition Full Back

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Positioning of the Back 4 and Midfield if the ball is played the the Opposition Full Back

 

  • Red team looking to protect the centre of the pitch by staying compact and using the width of the penalty box as a reference. 

  • The Red midfielders (8 & 10), should look to position themselves between the ball and their opponents to block the passing lines into the midfielders in the half spaces. 
  • Important for Defenders to understand their roles and responsibilities for where ever the ball is. 

 

 

If Ball is Played to Full Back (Blue 2), Winger (Blue 7) is spare inside. 
  • The LB (Red 3) should apply pressure as the ball is moving. 

  • If the winger (Blue 7) makes a run in behind the LCB (4) should shift across to cover this run, with the RCB and RB shifting across too to provide cover and balance. 
  • If the winger receives the ball, the LCB (4) should look to apply pressure and look to force them backwards away from danger. 
  • As the ball travels back to the full back and CDM (Blue 6), the Red Team should return to their starting positions.
  • The LCB (4) should immediately return to cover the middle to make sure there are no gaps for the Blue team to play in. 
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Positioning of Midfield 3 to cut Passing Lanes.

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If the Blue Team Attempt to play Centrally:

 

  • Blue Attacking Midfielders (8 & 10), will attempt to play in the half spaces between the Defence and Midfield.
  • Red 6 & 8 should look to stay in front of the opposition midfielders to cut the passing lines into them.
  • Red 10 can look to press opposition with teammates looking to tuck to cover and protect the passing lanes. 
  • If the Blue team do play the ball through into a midfielder (8), then look to cross the ball and force the oppsition backwards. 

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