
Playing out the back exercise with progressive difficulty. Foundational level activity to build good supporting angles and incorporate strategies to build possession out from the defensive third of the field...
23-03-2018 Hits:14770 Playing Out from the Back SSGs
Darren Pitfield
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Develop Playing Out the Back in zones with transition built into the exercise. Coach shape and movements necessary to build out fro the back and circulate the football through the...
27-12-2015 Hits:14008 Playing Out from the Back SSGs
Darren Pitfield
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Coach Playing out from the Back and building possession through the 3rds. Based on a possession style of football. Passing into the midfield. This exercise has several progressions that develop...
19-02-2015 Hits:15326 Playing Out from the Back SSGs
Darren Pitfield
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Coach team how to compact the field and prevent opportunities to penetrate. Reduce the space between lines as an 11 man unit and learn how to slide and shift to...
13-03-2014 Hits:17379 Defending 11vs11
Darren Pitfield
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Coach how to shift the defending block and how to compact the field. Coach defending deep and being hard to penetrate by maintaining spacing and co-ordinating as a unit effectively...
05-03-2014 Hits:23786 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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Coach understanding when to counter-attack on a large scale small sided game. Coach how to counter-attack in different ways and also how to regain possession in your own half. Strategies...
10-02-2014 Hits:16586 Compact Defending Games
Alexander Trukan
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Defending priorities and roles for central defenders in dealing with wide served balls. Coach how to deal with attackers in the final third and the details of the defending movements of...
05-12-2013 Hits:15520 Defending Functional Drills
Alexander Trukan
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Defending recovery runs small sided game with sectioned area to determine clear defending runs for players. Coach where to make recovery runs for various positions (In particular Midfield players) and make...
29-11-2012 Hits:19119 Compact Defending Games
Darren Pitfield
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Developing a team’s ability to prevent forward play. Develop full team defending technique and also individual defending technique. ...
14-12-2011 Hits:22048 Defending 11vs11
Heinz
Fractz
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Defending crosses session mainly developing the 4,5 (Centre Back) positions and how to deal with crosses. Develop the ability of the defending unit to deal with crosses and improve decision making...
10-12-2011 Hits:35260 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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Defending responsibilities and roles of an outside back (full back) in a functional defending exercise in our own half. Small group defending in combination with the techniques and strategies on...
02-12-2011 Hits:26646 Defending Functional Drills
TonyDeers
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Defending transition exercise designed to develop the recovery runs of players on a loss of possession. Coach where to make recovery runs for various positions, roles and responsibilities. Coach compactness in...
02-12-2011 Hits:24512 Compact Defending Games
Heinz
Fractz
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Defending confrontation line and understanding its application in a small sided game. Coach a team to pressure (press) based on a line of confrontation. ...
01-12-2011 Hits:12784 Pressing SSGs
Darren Pitfield
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Developing the principles for zonal defending and 2vs2 defending technique. Small sided game to train defending in small groups. ...
16-08-2011 Hits:24141 Small Group Defending - Level 2
Heinz
Fractz
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Develop defending technique as an individual. Develop defending in a small group (pairs) and a basic understanding of defending in a small group. ...
17-07-2011 Hits:21026 Small Group Defending - Level 2
Heinz
Fractz
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Defending unit structure and organization of a back four and two defending midfielders. To train the back 4 and 2 centre midfielders to defend as a unit. Develop an understanding of...
29-06-2011 Hits:42052 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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Defending priorities in and around the 18yrd area. Focusing on preventing goal scoring opportunities and small group defending techniques. 1vs1 defending technique. ...
10-05-2011 Hits:20353 1vs1 Defending - Level 2
Ray
Power
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Defending with high pressure and working with to initiate a high press from the front of the field in order to attempt to win the ball back quickly. This small sided...
29-04-2011 Hits:31458 Pressing SSGs
Darren Pitfield
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Defending priorities in and around the 18yrd area. Focusing on preventing goal scoring opportunities and small group defending techniques.
31-03-2011 Hits:31873 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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Developing playing out of the back (building out of the back) in a small sided game. Progressing to playing into and through midfield areas to target goals. Foundational game for...
26-03-2011 Hits:28201 Playing Out from the Back SSGs
Darren Pitfield
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Defending functionally with Centre Backs. Training a pair of Centre Backs to work together and effectively deal with threatening situations. ...
10-11-2010 Hits:30931 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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1vs1 defending functional exercise where individual defending technique should be emphasized and trained. ...
10-08-2010 Hits:19452 1vs1 Defending - Level 2
Darren Pitfield
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Defending functional activity to develop the defending units ability to make decisions on when to press and when to drop. ...
19-03-2010 Hits:45258 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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Drill Objective(s) To train the ability defend and track forward runs. To train the ability of the attackers to make positive forward runs. Develop individual and small group defending. Drill No: SSG16 Age: 12-Adult No. Players: 16 Area/Pitch: 30x25yrds Difficulty: Medium Time: 20mins Standard ViewDiagram...
16-12-2008 Hits:25415 Compact Defending Games
Darren Pitfield
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Small sided game that focuses on the usage of the offside line to create opportunities to catch attacking teams offside and conversely for the attacking team to penetrate a high...
16-12-2008 Hits:27836 Compact Defending Games
Darren Pitfield
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Coach a team to attack quickly after regaining possession of the ball. Pressing and trapping pockets created in our opponents defending 3rd in order to force a quick turn over...
29-09-2008 Hits:41509 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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Defending priorities in and around the 18yrd area. Focusing on preventing goal scoring opportunities and small group defending techniques.
24-09-2008 Hits:51356 Defending Functional Drills
Darren Pitfield
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