Soccer Defending Drills 15-Adlt

Playing Out the Back with Neutral Full B…

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:69299 Playing Out from the Back SSGs Darren Pitfield

Playing Out the Back with Transition SSG

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:69648 Playing Out from the Back SSGs Darren Pitfield

Playing Out the Back SSG

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:73751 Playing Out from the Back SSGs Darren Pitfield

Compact Defending

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:60588 Defending 11vs11 Darren Pitfield

Back 4 Zonal Positioning

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:74438 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield

Deep Defending to Counter Attack

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:57036 Compact Defending Games Alexander Trukan

Coach Central Defenders to deal with Cro…

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:47947 Defending Functional Drills Alexander Trukan

Recovery Runs from Midfield SSG

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:50917 Compact Defending Games Darren Pitfield

Prevent Forward Play (11vs11)

Developing a team’s ability to prevent forward play. Develop full team defending technique and also individual defending technique. ...

14-12-2011 Hits:47149 Defending 11vs11 Heinz Fractz

Defending Crosses

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:73093 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield

Coaching the Outside Back On Defending D…

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:56502 Defending Functional Drills TonyDeers

Recovery Runs SSG (8vs8)

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:53223 Compact Defending Games Heinz Fractz

Line of Confrontation SSG (8vs8)

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:41069 Pressing SSGs Darren Pitfield

Zonal Defending (Small Group)

Developing the principles for zonal defending and 2vs2 defending technique. Small sided game to train defending in small groups. ...

16-08-2011 Hits:54484 Small Group Defending - Level 2 Heinz Fractz

Prevent Forward Play (4vs2)

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:45758 Small Group Defending - Level 2 Heinz Fractz

6 Man Defensive Unit

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:70590 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield

1vs1 Defending (Central)

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:46600 1vs1 Defending - Level 2 Ray Power

High Pressure Defending 8vs8

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:64584 Pressing SSGs Darren Pitfield

Coach Developing Play from the Back 2

Defending priorities in and around the 18yrd area. Focusing on preventing goal scoring opportunities and small group defending techniques.

31-03-2011 Hits:60090 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield

Coach Developing Play from the Back 3

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:58899 Playing Out from the Back SSGs Darren Pitfield

Coach Central Defenders in Final Third

Defending functionally with Centre Backs. Training a pair of Centre Backs to work together and effectively deal with threatening situations. ...

10-11-2010 Hits:62475 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield

1vs1 Flank Defending

1vs1 defending functional exercise where individual defending technique should be emphasized and trained. ...

10-08-2010 Hits:42201 1vs1 Defending - Level 2 Darren Pitfield

Coaching a team on when to press and dro…

Defending functional activity to develop the defending units ability to make decisions on when to press and when to drop. ...

19-03-2010 Hits:81413 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield

Total Defending and Tracking Back

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:61537 Compact Defending Games Darren Pitfield

Super 8's with Offside

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:57861 Compact Defending Games Darren Pitfield

Attacking Quickly After Intercepting the…

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:68621 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield

Defending in and Around the Penalty Area

Defending priorities in and around the 18yrd area. Focusing on preventing goal scoring opportunities and small group defending techniques.

24-09-2008 Hits:82019 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield