Activity
Football-Defending & Pressing the ball
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 4
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 5
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 6
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 7
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 8
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 9
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 10
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Class: Class 11
Skill: Specialised Sports Coaching
Sports: Football
Technique: Defense
Football-Defending & Pressing the ball
Learning Outcomes
Understand when and how to press the ball safely and effectively
Improve defensive body shape (side-on stance, low, balanced)
Develop quick reaction time to close down attackers
Practise delaying the attacker and reducing their space
Enhance ability to win the ball using correct timing and footwork
Strengthen teamwork through communication and coordinated pressing
Improve anticipation, reading the attacker’s movements, and intercepting passes
Build confidence in 1v1 defending and high-pressure situations
Description Of Activity
Warmup - Defending: Pressing the ball The receiver will dribble the ball and the defenders will back up keeping a good defending posture without tackling or snatching.
- After several repetitions, play 1v1 - As soon as the server passes the soccer ball the defender will press the attacker.
- The attacker will then try to score by passing or dribbling through the goal. If the defender wins the ball he/she can score (Transition).
Coach Intervention
- Focus on speed and angle of approach, body position, etc.
- Close the attacker Down
- Timing of tackle
- Posture while slowing down the
- Attacker and while pressing the
- attacker
Conditional game 4v4 or 5v5 Man to Man to marking Pair players up so they must mark each other throughout the game. The objective is to stop your partner scoring. You can only win the ball from your partner. Coach Intervention
- Close the attacker
- Distance to kept away from the attacker
- Body Stance
- Timing of tackling
- Stay on your feet
Equipment/Material Required