Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): (D) LOW BLOCK DEFEND (FULL 4)

Screen 1 (10 mins)

1V1 ATTACKING TRANSITION TO DEFEND

• 10+ Players, 2 goals, balls, bibs & cones
• 2 teams red v grey
• players must cross blue line before they can score
• red start unopposed once he scores or misses he now defends his goal from grey
• attack transition to defend

Coaching Points:

• recovery run back towards your goal
• ark your run
• get side on knees bent & get low
• show ATT on to his weaker foot or to the nearest side line
• try to force him back towards his own goal
• keep him that way & win the ball

Screen 3 (20 mins)

DEFENFING IN A LOW BLOCK

ORGANISATION 

• 16 Players (8v8) game
• 8 red bibs & 8 blue bibs
• 1 goal, 1 mini goal,  balls, bibs & cones
• area: haft a pitch

PLANNING & EXPLANATION 

• Use a tactic board so the players can see their position
• red attacking shape (233) (1 RB & LB) (1 CDM) (2 CAM) (3 STR)
• grey defending shape (34) (1 CAM) (2 CDM) (2 CH) (1 RB & LB)
• red team to attack & score a goal
• grey team to defend from the front win the ball & score in mini gaol
• game starts & restart always with a coach passing into either (RB or LB)
• when the coach says stop all players must freeze in their position

ORIENTATION 

• Allow both teams to play at the starts the players get use to the session 
• set up red team starting with the 3 RB/LB
• CDM to drop off to get on the ball to set the attack up
• CAM to work in little pockets of space between the lines 

• CF to give good depth & make angle runs

• LW/RW to give wide and overloads

LEARNING PHASE

• only engage when they cross the line of engagement

• until then shift as a unit in relation to the ball

• don't allow any penetrating passes

• 4 back don't allow space between yourself & the midfield
• nearest player to the ball when the ball crosses the engage line

• don't allow overloads down the sides
• KEEPER to keep communicating with there defend
• presser, cover & balance