In this session we focused on defending well and timing our tackles, also our dribbling ability and testing if we could complete a one on one against a defender.
The first drill included trying to take on a defending in a one on one and also defending against an attacker. The positives I took out of this was that I didn’t get took on once by my teammate so it showed that my defending and timing of tackles was good. I was also able to take on my opponent while attacking and I did this well because I was able to take it past him a couple of times and get it through one of the goals available. Another positive was that when I did win the ball back I took it into the goals available behind my opponent which didn’t happen often throughout the session. I didn’t take many negatives out of this apart from my opponent sometimes getting back quick enough to stop me getting it through the goal which showed that I needed to have a bit more urgency and not to be as relaxed. The advantages to this is that I can continuously improve on my defending and attacking while one on one situations in other training sessions as for my Sunday and Wednesday team I am attacking but for my Saturday team I am a defender. I don’t think that there are any threats to me through this activity.
The warm up for this included going against our opponent but not taking him directly on as we just practiced dribbling the ball in front of the defender.
The next drill included having two sections and the first one was me attacking at my opponent played the ball to me down the line and I had to cut inside and get passed him to go through either of the two goals at either end. The second section included the opposite of before as I was the defender passing it down the line to my opponent to see if he could get passed me and into the goals. The positives I took from this was i was able to get past my opponent quickly so i could get it through the goal without him challenging me further. There are positives to this as i can improve on my ability to get past defenders in training for 1 v 1 situations although the threats are my injuries to my back and quads so continuously doing these could make them worse.
The next drill included having two sections and the first one was me attacking at my opponent played the ball to me down the line and I had to cut inside and get passed him to go through either of the two goals at either end. The second section included the opposite of before as I was the defender passing it down the line to my opponent to see if he could get passed me and into the goals. The positives I took from this was i was able to get past my opponent quickly so i could get it through the goal without him challenging me further. There are positives to this as i can improve on my ability to get past defenders in training for 1 v 1 situations although the threats are my injuries to my back and quads so continuously doing these could make them worse.
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