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    Session Feb 27, 2014 - "Gegenpressing" and Passing Against The Grain

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    The session focused on teaching the concept of gegenpressing to a group of 10 U18 boys. Various activities were used to practice pressing the ball as a team and restricting the opponent's movement. The first activity was a tag game to warm up. The second activity worked on putting pressure on the ball and making the attacker's movement predictable. The third activity stressed pressing the ball at the correct angle to force play in a certain direction. Finally, a 5v5 scrimmage allowed the players to apply the concepts while playing.

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    Session Feb 27, 2014 - "Gegenpressing" and Passing Against The Grain

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    The session focused on teaching the concept of gegenpressing to a group of 10 U18 boys. Various activities were used to practice pressing the ball as a team and restricting the opponent's movement. The first activity was a tag game to warm up. The second activity worked on putting pressure on the ball and making the attacker's movement predictable. The third activity stressed pressing the ball at the correct angle to force play in a certain direction. Finally, a 5v5 scrimmage allowed the players to apply the concepts while playing.

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    The session focused on teaching the concept of gegenpressing to a group of 10 U18 boys. Various activities were used to practice pressing the ball as a team and restricting the opponent's movement. The first activity was a tag game to warm up. The second activity worked on putting pressure on the ball and making the attacker's movement predictable. The third activity stressed pressing the ball at the correct angle to force play in a certain direction. Finally, a 5v5 scrimmage allowed the players to apply the concepts while playing.

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    Session Feb 27, 2014 - "Gegenpressing" and Passing Against The Grain

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    Sam Gill
    The session focused on teaching the concept of gegenpressing to a group of 10 U18 boys. Various activities were used to practice pressing the ball as a team and restricting the opponent's movement. The first activity was a tag game to warm up. The second activity worked on putting pressure on the ball and making the attacker's movement predictable. The third activity stressed pressing the ball at the correct angle to force play in a certain direction. Finally, a 5v5 scrimmage allowed the players to apply the concepts while playing.

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    Session

     Feb  27th,  2014  –  “Gegenpressing”  and  Passing  against  the  Grain  


     
    Session  was  focused  on  the  concept  of  “gegenpressing”.  I  had  10,  U18  boys  to  work  
    with.  This  is  not  the  first  time  that  a  session  covering  this  concept  has  been  
    introduced  to  them.  We  will  continue  to  work  on  it  in  future  sessions  also.  
     
    Before  Session:  Players  arrived  5  to  10  minutes  before  scheduled  start  time  and  
    completed  dynamic  stretches  as  a  group.  
     
    First  activity:  
     

     
     
    Simple  tag  game  for  fun  start  to  training  session.  Players  begin  going  1v1.  4  players  
    on  each  team.  Instructions  for  the  game  are  included.    Players  are  working  for  
    approximately  10  seconds  and  then  resting  for  30.  
     
     
     
    Second  Activity:  
     

     
     
    2nd  activity  worked  on  putting  pressure  on  the  ball  and  trying  to  make  the  
    attacker’s  movement  predictable.  By  doing  this,  when  you  add  extra  defenders,  they  
    are  aware  where  the  attacker  is  moving  towards  and  can  offer  support  in  winning  
    the  ball  back.  
     
     
    Third  Activity:  
     

     
     
    Again,  activity  is  explained  above.  For  this  activity  I  stressed  the  angle  with  which  
    the  first  player  pressured  the  ball.  If  this  angle  is  incorrect,  it’s  very  difficult  for  
    others  to  close  in  and  win  the  ball  back.  I  wanted  them  to  get  their  angle  correct  so  
    that  they  made  play  predictable  and  forced  play  in  a  certain  direction.  This  would  
    then  allow  2nd,  3rd  and  4th  defenders  to  step  up  and  close  the  ball  down  to  win  back  
    possession.  
     
    This  piece  is  taken  from  an  article  on  Squawka  about  Dortmund’s  pressing  of  the  
    ball:    
     
    “That’s  the  important  thing  to  note  about  gegenpressing:  it’s  never  just  one  player  
    pressing  the  man  on  the  ball.  Dortmund  employ  a  system  that  uses  every  player  in  
    the  vicinity  of  the  ball  (or  vicinity  that  the  ball  could  be  going  to)  to  close  in  and  
    restrict  the  flow  of  movement.”  
    (http://www.squawka.com/news/2013/10/24/talking-­‐tactics-­‐how-­‐dortmund-­‐
    pressed-­‐arsenal-­‐into-­‐submission/2013102428780)  
     
    That  is  essentially  what  I  was  trying  to  teach  and  achieve  with  this  activity.  
     
    Attackers  were  encouraged  to  pass  quickly,  away  from  the  pressure  without  losing  
    possession.  This  was  especially  important  when  they  knew  that  more  than  1  or  2  
    players  were  stepping  up  to  press  the  ball.  
     
    Fourth  Activity  
     
     

     
     
    Just  as  the  picture  suggests,  this  was  a  5v5  game  without  restriction  that  followed  
    the  regular  Laws  of  the  Game  (with  the  exception  of  kick-­‐ins  rather  than  throw-­‐ins).  
    Tried  to  let  the  group  play  as  much  as  possible,  only  stopping  when  there  were  good  
    examples  of  “gegenpressing”  that  lead  to  recovery  of  the  ball  and  a  chance  on  goal.    
     
    Session  finished  with  a  light  job  and  stretch  for  a  cool  down.  

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