Coaching Academy
Name: Pronske
Topic: Teach Backs and Midfielders to Defend Zonally in Back, Middle Thirds
Coaching Methodology
Technical Progressive
Functional Training
Tactical Progressive
✔ Phase Play
Shadow Play
Warm-Up Exercise
Organization / Instructions
3v3 to Targets
- Server/Targets play ball in to team on their end of field
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- Teams attempt to play to S/T to score
- Players focus on defending in groups of 3; reinforce pressure, cover, balance
Main Theme Exercise 1
Main Theme Exercise 2
Organization Exercise 1
4v7 to goal
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- S/T plays to O MFs, who attempt to play to O F
and score
- All players restricted to zones, except one O
MF who joins O F on pass
-S/T supports O team; target for ∆ team
Organization Exercise 2
- Add second O F
- All players restricted to zones until O MFs play
ball across into final third of field
Coaching Points: (Include Visual Cues)
- Coach ∆ players in zonal defending
- Deny penetration to target player (s) if possible; deny penetration to goal
- Reinforce principles of defending: pressure/deny penetration; cover; balance; concentration/compactness
- Track vertical runners; pass on horizontal runners
Coaching Outline
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Coaching Academy
Main Theme Exercise 3
Organization
Ball begins with keeper
Distribution goes to defenders who are not under pressure
When ball is played into middle third action is live
Black team attempts to go to goal
White team must organize defensively, dispossess and counter
At the conclusion of each sequence ball restarts with the keeper
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Coaching Points
Team out of possession must shift/slide as a unit as ball is played around the back by the opponent
Defending team must move as the ball is moving and be ready for the ball played into the middle third
Ball into the middle third must receive immediate pressure
Effective pressure must receive cover from the next closest defender
Remaining defenders must balance of the danger of the ball, the space it can be played to and the unmarked opponents
Marking ball side is a very effective tactic if the pressure on the ball is effective
Diagram Team Shape - Provide Field Dimensions
Organization
8 vs. 8 play
3-3-1 system
Three banks of defense are suggested
The lone forward may not always pressure the ball, but make play
predictable for the midfield and defense behind him/her
No sweeper is employed
All players must be comfortable in being asked to pressure the ball, offer
cover , and balance of the threat of ball/space/opponent
Roles and responsibilities change as the ball moves
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