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Defending Functional Drills

Functional soccer training for specific defending positions in soccer (like centre defenders, outside backs, etc).

Functional training involves training or practicing the specific demands of a position or a role.

This can be for an individual player, or for a unit (i.e. defense).

Examples of defending functional practice would be 'Defending Wide Areas' or 'Coach Central Defenders to Defend Direct Play'.

Functional training should take place in the area of the field where that scenario would occur in a real game.

Attacking Functional Drills

Functional soccer training for specific attacking positions (like centre forwards, wingers, attacking mid-fielders etc).

Functional football training involves training or practicing the specific demands of a position or a role.

This can be for an individual player, or for a unit (i.e. attack).

Examples of attacking functional soccer practices would be 'Running With the Ball' or 'Coach wide flank players on driving inside'.

Functional training should take place in the area of the field where that scenario would occur in a real game. Search examples of soccer drills.

Before the training session: 

• What will be the goal (s) to achieve? 
• Put the training session on paper.

• Prepare the training in advance on the field (cones / plastic plates,goals, bibs, etc.).
• Agree on roles of all coaches.

Start of the training session: 

• Explain the goal of the training session (referring to examples of the last game / training session).
• Put the players in the organization of the exercise.
•Explain the exercise.
• Play an example.
• Start the exercise.
• If needed correct the organization (distance, touches, players, etc.).

During the training session: 

• Close attention to: passes,reception, choices of the players, etc.
• Corrections; for example: more precision, more speed, the pass on the right foot.
• Competition element (more or less touches / distance bigger or smaller / more or less resistance / winning goal or last minute score).

Evaluation of the training session: 

• What have been the moments to learn from?
• How has been the atmosphere?
• Has it been dynamic enough?
• Has no time been lost (prepare the field in advance / enough balls, etc.)? 

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