Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Defensive structure and types of pressure - Zone 1 (Start Time: 2022-04-12 20:20:00)

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Frank Cappellino

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Frank Cappellino
Name: Frank Cappellino
City: LaSalle
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Warm Up
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Warm Up (10 mins)

Warm Up- 15 minutes

Dynamics- changing directions, sprints

Ladders- footwork

Strength training- squat jumps, push ups, sit ups

1v1 defending- defensive player (blue) shadows offensive travel as the offensive player dribbles across the field- working on defensive positioning, side to side movements


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defensive tenacity

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Defensive tenacity
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Defensive tenacity (15 mins)

Defensive pressure- 15 minutes, 6v6 plus 6

Grid size-30x45, 5 yard neutral zone as above

Objective- defensive team to apply pressure to win the ball and play it across the field to other zone.

Ball is played into one grid who becomes the attacking team. To score a point the attacking team must complete a minimum of 2 passes before playing across to the far grid. If the defenders win the ball they play the ball to the far grid. As these transitions occur, the team that initially was attacking transitions to defend in the far grid. The team that defended, transitions to support the team that now has the ball. 

Coaching Points:

- communication

- pressure, what player, what kind of pressure, when to press

- angle of pressure, consider area of the field

- how many players press, how many cover, how many support

- defensive structure, organization


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Zone 1 defending

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Zone 1 defending
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Zone 1 defending (20 mins)

Pressure, cover- 25 minutes

grid size- 30x18

Defensive team plays the ball in to the attackers who try to penetrate through the defensive players to shoot on goal. Attackers can either penetrate the defensive line or shoot if defenders do not apply pressure

Defensive team can score by winning the ball and playing into small goals

Coaching points:

- closing space to prevent outside shooting

- angle of pressure, body positioning

- communication

- angle/positioning of cover

-  positioning-ball-side and goal-side 

- tight defending in and around the box

- cutting off channels to penetrate

Progression- 3v3, increase width of field by 10 yards on each side

- positioning of support player (3rd defender)

- communication

Progression 2- add neutrals on the outside who must stay wide 

- positioning of defenders when attackers make overlapping runs and positioning when wide players play crosses into the box

- neutrals have a max of 2 touches to increase speed of play


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG

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SSG (20 mins)

SSG- 20 minutes

8v8

- normal soccer rules apply

- goals originating by penetrating the defense either through channels or from wide areas count as 3 


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