Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Transitions 1: Transition to Defense (Start Time: 2018-03-30 15:30:00)

Warm-Up (10 mins)

-European Handball (3 games)

-When in possession of ball, players can only take 3 steps

-Must get rid of ball within 5 seconds

-Defensively players can put pressure but cannot "swat" at ball

-Goal is scored by tossing game ball at the ball on the cone and knocking it off

-For fun and to get moving but emphasize getting back defensively

Analytical (15 mins)

-2v1 --> 1v1 transition to goal 15x25, ~8 players per grid

2v1 portion SHOWN above on left side (play always starts this way)

-1 blue (Defender) plays ball into 2 reds (attackers)

-reds combine to try to score on main goal

1v1 transition portion (either of these 2 situations could occur):

a) if blue player WINS ball, they try and score on 2 small pug goals against 1 red. The last red player that touched the ball stays in to defend.

b) *SHOWN above on right side* -if blue DOES NOT WIN ball (AKA red gets shot off but misses, red scores, or ball goes out of bounds) they still get a chance to try and attack. They will get a ball played to them from their teammates beside the goal

-once again, last red to touch ball stays in to defend (shaded player). Other red goes back to line.

-once this plays out, play starts over with pass from the 1 blue into the 2 reds

Focus on: Blue defender not diving in, aggressive defensive mentality from the red player who must stay in to defend. Hard initial pressure on ball (without diving in - slow them down but put them under real pressure)