Coaches Symposium

9 am – Scott Parkinson, Utah Royals FC 10 am – Vince Ganzberg, United Soccer Coaches 11 am – Greg Maas, USYS West Region ODP Head Coach 11:30 am – Vince Ganzberg, W.I.N. What’s Important now (Grassroots/Recreation)

Pressing and Defending Scott Parkinson, Utah Royals FC Assistant Coach

WARM-UP: Technical pressing and defending

STAGE 1 : S&A with tactical emphasis

STAGE 2: 4v3 > 4v4 - 6 goal game

STAGE 3: Defending/Pressing in attacking 1/3

Whole

Free Play

Space:

30-35L x 20-25X

Act ivit y Inst ruct ions:

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minutes games then switch teams around)

Setup

Whole “Plus” Video ExampleTo view the video example you will need to download or use

“Part”

“ Triple Play” Space:

Act ivit y Inst ruct ions:

• Set up an endzone and a small goal in the back of each end-

• The objective is to try and score in three different ways:

• Dribble into the endzone

• Pass to a teammate running into the endzone

• Scoring in the small goal

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• First team to score in all three methods wins or play for a des-

Setup

Passing Example Video ExampleTTo view the video example you will need to download or use

Whole “Plus”• After a 5 minute period of free play put a condition or a chal-

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games then switch teams around)

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Dribbling

example

Part 2

“Creating the lock” Space:

Appropriate sized playing area with two large goals

Act ivit y Inst ruct ions:

• Play 5v5-7v7

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• When gk has the ball in their hands the defending team is only

• The defending team can step up after the gk distributes the

Setup

“Can they pick the lock” ? Video ExampleTo view the video example you will need to download or use

Game

Space:

Appropriate size playing area with 2 large goals

Act ivit y Inst ruct ions:

• Play 7v7

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• Observe who is able to create chances

• Observe who is not able to create chances to improve them

• Did they learn from the previous activites?

• Are they enjoying playing?

Setup

United Soccer Coaches

Patterns of Play to Improve Technique and Movement Greg Maas, West Region ODP Head Coach