Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Defence Focus

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Josh Oakley
Name: Josh Oakley
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1v1 Defending

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1v1 Defending

1v1 Drill, focused on the defender, using their body to block the passage. Run enough sessions to have 3 attackers and one defender. Defenders rotate after 3 attacks (Which means that they have a go defender against all three attackers. 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3v3 Defending

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3v3 Defending

3v3 Defending Session, defenders are to work on their shape, with the closest player to the ball moving forwards. To start with, attackers are just going to pass the ball between themselves, and the defenders are just going to move forward and then move back so that only the nearest player is moving towards the ball. Run this through for around a minute until the basics are understood, and then the attackers are instructed to attempt to get the ball over the far line. Put enough sessions together so that everyone is in a 3v3, if the numbers aren't perfect, make sure that teams are either even, or for the defending team to have an extra player. 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defence v Attack

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Defence v Attack

11v10 defence v attack, working on defence so the ball starts with the attackers. Apart from giving them their shape, no extra focus is given to the attackers unless they're in desperate need of help. Defenders are to focus on keeping their shape and moving in and out like they just worked on in their 3v3 defending. 

Numbers are unlikely to be perfect, if there's better 1-5 extra players, send them to work with the State 4 session, rotating them in and out (If possible). If 6 or more, organise a small sided game off to the side or behind the goal, and rotate players through the small sided game. 


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