Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 6-2 TASK 4 defend a 1-0 lead

SSG - Defend Final Third (20 mins)

Welsh way principles

Understand when and how to minimise space, deal with crosses/shots and protect space centrally in the defensive third. Also Put body's on the line to protect the lead.

75 x 50 yrds area tapered at one end.

Balls, bibs and cones.

2 x Large Goal, 

8 vs 8 plus 2 goalkeepers / server 1 end

2 x 5 mins blocks ( then switch the defenders)

Blue set up GK-4-3-1 

Reds set up GK-2-1-4-1 

- Protect the middle, 

- Stay narrow and compact, 

- Force wide, 

- Bodies on the line 

- Fast pressure on the ball

- Stop crosses at source

- Defend the box

- Ball speed, 

- Risk taking, 

- Final pass

- Finishing

- Player movement to create spaces.

Explanation:

Aim of practice focuses on the defending team protecting a 1-0 load with 10 minutes to go!!  Limiting the attacking team in creating goal scoring opportunities. 

Supply of balls with server (assistant coach) to create better ball rolling time. As soon as the ball is dead the he will feed randomly to anyone to change the attack. Multiball in use. 

Practice starts by server playing the ball to a red player, changing who he gives it to depending on the blues applied pressure.

The reds will look to create problems for the blues with movement and quick passing also keeping very wide to stretch the pitch. they will also be set challenges at different times through the session.

The blues will look to communicate continually with each other including the GK to keep the unit shape narrow and compact  leaving the furthest player away from the ball, keeping good distances between the defenders and midfielders (6-8yrds). Blues objective is to stop crosses, if they fail to do so it is massive they then win the second ball, also blues must look to close down quickly around the box to stop any crosses or breaking lines passes.

As soon as the ball is dead the blue team must look to get up the field 30yrds as a starting point, for the reds next attack, mustn't start deap.

Goalkeeper.

The goalkeeper will have to be switched on and busy in this session, keeping a good gap between himself and the defence moving up and down as the defence does, commanding his box and communacating

Challenges,Conditions and Targets: 

Blue team - 2 points by scoring  

Blue team - 1 point if red team are unable to shoot through phase of play 

Blue team - must score within 8 seconds if able to gain possession. Unless a different challenge has been implemented

If the blue team score as a reward they get to start the next phase of play from there goalkeeper.

Red team scores 1 point for each goal they score by going around the blue team

Red team scores 2 points for scoring a goal where they play through the blue team

As a challenge if the blues win the ball how long can they keep possession.

Interventions  

Concurrent,

Walk through,

Terminal,

Coaching process.

Coaching positions.

Head coach could start on position A and assistant coach could start on position B. Although through the practice they will rotate around the pitch to positions C & D.

The head coach may also enter the field of play to get another view of the game or to offer concurrent feedback on both positive and negative aspects of the session.

Or walk throughs to explain any situations that need addressing.