IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
RoyHodgson with Michael Appleton and Keith Downing
Pressing and screening
Overview:
This session is about pressing and screening the ball, and is one that our management team of myself, Michael Appleton and Keith Downing runs regularly.
It also rehearses when and where to chase, and looks at covering positions within the team, recovery runs, and good 1v1 defending techniques.
It’s important to practise this because it builds solid team shape, and players will understand and appreciate the need to stick to their roles. We can never over- stress to our players the importance of 1v1 defending, covering and being aware of danger.
PRESSING AND SCREENING
SET-UP AREA
80x44 yards EQUIPMENT
Balls, bibs, cones, goals NUMBER OF PLAYERS
17 (8v8 plus neutral) SESSION TIME
Session 20mins, progression 20mins, game 15mins
What do I get the players to do?
We start with a possession drill in a 33x12-yard box, with a three-yard zone in the middle. On each edge of that zone lies a two-yard strip that no player can step into .
We use three teams of five players – one team in each zone. Two reds move into an end zone to chase and press the ball in a 5v2 (1a). Their opponents need to make at least three passes before transferring to the opposite box. If reds cannot screen, they must at least force blues into transferring via the unprotected channels.
“The more passes the attacking team needs to make, the better the job being done by the defenders.”
If the transfer is successful, chasers recover into the middle, while two new reds move to press the whites in another 5v2 (1b/1c).
Initially, practise this for 90-second bursts at high intensity, before rotating teams. Later on, change so that each end zone team has two lives. A life is lost if a player is tackled or a through- pass is intercepted. The first team to lose both lives becomes chasers. Play for 10 minutes.
30 Elite Soccer: The Collectors’ Series Volume 1 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
In the possession drill, two reds chase down and press play
1a
1b KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
Blues make a pass down the channel. The reds retreat while two of their team mates move to the other box
1c
Here, a pass is blocked in the middle as a result of pressure on the ball
KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
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