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Coaching-Field Session DEFENDING PDF

This document outlines a soccer coaching session focused on defending principles at the individual, group, and team levels. It includes warm-up, small-sided, and full game activities. The small-sided activities emphasize defending in 1v1, 2v1, and functional group situations. The coaching points focus on techniques like pressure, cover, balance, and transition as well as tactical roles within a team's defensive framework. The full game highlights defending in different areas of the field and splitting center backs to mark opposing players.

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Coaching-Field Session DEFENDING PDF

This document outlines a soccer coaching session focused on defending principles at the individual, group, and team levels. It includes warm-up, small-sided, and full game activities. The small-sided activities emphasize defending in 1v1, 2v1, and functional group situations. The coaching points focus on techniques like pressure, cover, balance, and transition as well as tactical roles within a team's defensive framework. The full game highlights defending in different areas of the field and splitting center backs to mark opposing players.

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Defending Principles

Individual, Group, Functional Groups, Team

INSTRUCTOR: Jay Hoffman

COURSE: D/C/B/A Licenses

DATE: 03/14

TOPIC: Principles of Defending Individual, Group, Functional Groups, Team


STAGE
TECHNICAL
WARM-UP

SMALL-SIDED
ACTIVITY

2011 U.S. Soccer

ORGANIZATION (DIAGRAM + RULES)

OBJECTIVES / COACHING POINTS


Half Field- All players - GKs warm up with Coaching Staff (focus
shot stopping, crosses (technical/tactical)
1. Pass and close down the receiving player. Defending player
passively defends not allowing player on the ball to beat them.
(Time of Flight, controlled approach (final steps), body and
foot position, focus)
2. Dispossession of the opponent. Separation of attacker & ball,
when to step across, timing, use of body, transition to defend
by loss of ball from the attacking player (do not allow attacker
to turn).
3. 2v1 Defending combination play. Stepping across the runner.
Bumping the runner. Dropping deeper if time allows to stay
between player and goal.

Three teams of 4/5/6. One team starts in the center of the field,
other two at opposite ends, server with the balls on side line.
Server plays to one end team who then goes to goal at the
opposite end.
When ball is won by the defending team, opponent defends.
Ball out of bounds, goals or on coaches call ball - served to
opposite end and now the team in the middle reorganizes and
defends against them.
Off side line 18 yd. box
4-7 minute bouts for the team in the center.
Coaching points: Pressure (Immediate/Delay), cover, balance,
roles of players in the principles of defending given situations
on the field, starting positions, recovery runs, tracking down,
safety/risk, transition, off side tactics, role of the goalkeeper,
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team shape, communication (verbal/visual).
CONFIDENTIAL Not to be shared without U.S. Soccer approval

INSTRUCTOR: Jay Hoffman

COURSE: D/C/B/A License

DATE: 03/14

TOPIC: Principles of Defending Individual, Group, Functional Groups, Team


STAGE
EXPANDED
SMALL-SIDED
ACTIVITY

GAME

ORGANIZATION (DIAGRAM + RULES)

OBJECTIVES / COACHING POINTS


65/70 by 75 yds. Defending team plays to 3 goals.
9v9 Functional organization
Defending team 1-4-2 (#6/#8)-2(#7/#11) v. 3 (#2/#3/#5)-4-2
Coaching Points:
Communication (verbal/visual), team shape in final third, reducing
the numbers of attacking players to repossess the ball,
predictability, roles and functions of players in a frame work of 14-2-2, roles of players in the principles of defending given
situations on the field, starting positions, recovery runs, tracking
down, safety/risk, transition, off side tactics, role of the
goalkeeper, line of confrontation.

1-4-2-3-1 vs 1-4-4-2
Coaching Points:
Defending in the 3rds of the field, role of the #9 making the game
predictable, (angle of approach, dividing the field in half length
wise) splitting the center backs and # 10 when to step high to
other center back, dividing the field in half length wise, pressing,
line of confrontation.

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2011 U.S. Soccer

CONFIDENTIAL Not to be shared without U.S. Soccer approval

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