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Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): basic pressure, cover

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Gerson Martinez Martinez
Name: Gerson Martinez Martinez
City: Hamilton
Country: United States of America
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Pressure and Cover. Learning to guide the player with the ball towards the help. 

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Screen 1 (10 mins)

Set up as shown. Two rectangles. 

Instructions: Technical warm-up. Half the team with a soccer ball. Other half without. Players without the ball are running and becoming obstructions for the ones with the ball. 

Coaching Points

  • Defense - When you are obstructing, make sure you are forcing the player one of three ways, to their left, to their right or back. 
  • Defense - check shoulders where there is another person without a ball. Try to force the person with the ball to a player without the ball. 
  • Watch where others are forcing players to, so you can be there covering. 

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Screen 2 (25 mins)

Set up as shown. Two rectangles. 

Instructions: Players from box A have to get through the other side of Box B. Defenders have to take pennies off their hips. Just like flag football. 

Coaching Points

  • Pressure - angle your body towards your help. 
  • Cut the angles. Take the angle fastest towards the ball.
  • Slow down the player with the ball. 

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Screen 3 (25 mins)

Set up as shown. Two rectangles. 

Instructions: Players from box A have to get through the other side of Box B. Attack with the ball. Have to score on the other team's half. If defending team wins the ball score right away. Offside law applies. 

Coaching Points

  • Pressure - Round your run to force the player with the ball towards the help and cut off the outside pass. (Objective here is to push toward the middle where the help is to win ball and shoot). 
  • Close the angle.Get close to the ball carrier.
  • Delay. Keep the ball carrier until you get help. 

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Screen 4 (25 mins)

Set up as shown. Two rectangles. 

Instructions: Players from box A have to get through the other side of Box B. Attack with the ball. Have to score on the other team's half. If defending team wins the ball score right away. Offside law applies. 

Coaching Points

  • Cover - communicate where you are helping.
  • Close gap as quickly as possible.
  • Look at the attackers body and anticipate where he is going. 

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Screen 5 (20 mins)

Set up as shown. Two rectangles. 

Instructions: Players from box A have to get through the other side of Box B. 4 v 4 Attack with the ball, have to score on the other team's half. If defending team wins the ball score right away. Offside law applies. If you win the ball in the back field you have to take a shot from there. If you win the ball in the final third and score its worth 2. 

Coaching Points

  • Communication - Cover tell pressure where to force the player with the ball. Pressure - Cut the angle off with your body. 
  • Cover - Close gaps. Anticipate where the player with the ball is going to go from the shape of your teammate's body.
  • Cover - be ready to move laterally. 

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