Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Penetration (attacking) and Pressure, Cover and Balance (defending)

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Name:	Travis Yoakum
City:	CARBONDALE
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Coaching Points:

Attacking

1.) Penetration - how quickly can they go forward

2.) Positive first touch (take first touch into space)

3.) Dribble vs pass (can they tell the difference)

Defending

1.)Establish pressure defender (delay attack)

2.) Communication between defenders

3.) Cover and balance defenders (are they in the correct positions?)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Screen 1

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Set-up:

1.) Two teams of six players with one neutral player - 3v3 + 1

2.) The grid that the drill is played on should be no larger then 25x25

3.) 4 minute games - each team will attack for 2 minutes while the other team defends for 2 minutes. After the two minutes are up, teams switch attacking and defending roles

4.) Play starts when the defending team passes the ball across the field to the attacking team.

5.) The attacking team will play with a neutral player.

6.) The attacking team trys to dribble the ball across or stop the ball on the defending teams line

7.) 1 point is awarded for the attacking team if they dribble across opposing endline or 2 points for stopping the ball on opposing endline.