F.C._Porto-Offensive_and_Defensive_Transition.pdf

F.C. Porto U18

O ensive and Defensive Transition

These sessions from F.C. Porto’s U18 team were observed by Marc Dos Santos during his 10 day visit with the Portuguese club in March of 2007. Dos Santos

holds a UEFA ‘B’ license and is a coach for Attak F.C. of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The rst session is from March 5th and focuses on defensive

organisation and transition from defense to o ense. The second session was conducted on March 6th and focuses on o ensive organization and transition from

o ense to defense.

Introduction

The main objective for my visit to F.C. Porto was to observe the way the club operates within the di erent age groups using tactical periodization.

The model of play characterizing the club; model of practice and model of coach to operate this way of playing was written by Mr. Vitór Frade.

Mr. Vitór Frade is a teacher at the Sports University of Porto and is called the “father” of José Mourinho and the father of “Tactical Periodization”

by many people. From U13 to U18, all group ages follow the same principles in the four di erent moments of the game. These four moments

are present in every single exercise:

• O ensive Organization

• Defensive organization

• Transition from Defence to O ense

• Transition from O ence to Defense

The physical, technical, tactical and psychological elements are never worked on a separate way. Everything is included while the main concern

of every exercise is to organize the team for one of the four moments of the game. This way of working allows the team to react automatically

to every moment of the game.

Session One - March 5th

Warm-Up (25 min.)

The players warm up indoors. Afterwards, the players come onto the eld

for 10 min. of static and dynamic stretching.

Technical Practice (25 min.)

Player A passes the ball to player B, Player B passes the ball, one-touch,

back to Player A, Player A passes the ball to Player C, Player C passes the

ball to Player B, who then passes the ball back to Player C who plays a

long ball to Player E, who starts doing the same play with Player D and

Player F. After playing the long ball, Player C turns and receives a ball from

the coach to nish one-touch with their left foot. Right after shooting,

Player C sprints to Player D. Player B takes the place of Player A who takes

the place of Player C.

After 12 minutes, the same exercise is done in the opposite direction with

the players nishing with their right foot.

Coaching Points

• Quality of the rst touch

• Quality of short and long passing (inside of the foot and laces)

• Body position while shooting using one touch

• Reaction right after shooting (concentration)

O ensive and Defensive Transition

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Phase of Play (10 min. + 2 rest + 10 min. + 2 rest)

The players are divided into two groups, A and B.

Group B

Group A

Four defenders and one defensive mid elder play against four

mid elders and two forwards. The play starts with a pass from the

assistant coach to one of the mid elders. After the rst 10 minutes,

the assistant coach starts the play by playing a long ball in the air for

one of the strikers. The coach focuses on the roles and responsibilities

of the four defenders and the defensive mid elder.

Group A

The white team tries to score while the dark team tries to defend. If

the dark team wins the ball they’ attack the two small goals near the

half-line.

When the coach stops the exercise, he makes sure that every defender and defensive mid elder understand what to do. He also enforces the

o side rule to make sure that the game is realistic.

Group B

Three mid elders and three strikers play against the goalkeeper. The play starts with a pass from the assistant coach to one of the

mid elders. The players are encouraged to play fast and with quality. The coach asks for speed in every action and a lot of mobility from

every player. He also asks the players to create good passing lines.

Small-Sided Game (10 min. + 2 rest + 10 min. + 2

rest)

The teams are organized as follows: Dark - one goalkeeper, four

defenders, one defensive mid elder, two central mid elders and one

striker, WHITE - one goalkeeper, three defenders, four mid elders and

two strikers. The game is played with unlimited touches. The coach

focuses on the roles and responsibilities of the four defenders, the

defensive mid elder and the two central mid elders of the dark team.

The coaching sta is working on the defensive organization and

transition from defense to o ense. When the coach stops the exercise,

he makes sure that every player from the dark team understand what

to do. While the coach is correcting, he also calls o side when it

occurs.

Cool Down: (10 min.)

The cool down consists of abdominal work, lower back stretching and

static stretching.

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O ensive and Defensive Transition

Session Two - March 6th

Warm-Up (10 min.)

The team is divided into three groups of six players. Nine players are

inside square A (three white, three dark and three grey). Nine players

are inside square B (three white, three dark and three grey). One ball per

player. The players are asked to dribble with the ball inside the squares

using every part of their foot and doing di erent moves (juggling,

change of speed with the ball, etc…). The exercise is alternated with

dynamic and static stretching.

6 v 3 (12 min. + 2 min. of static stretching)

In a 20 x 20-yard grid, whites and darks play against the greys in a 6 v 3

possession game with a two touch limit. The game is played in square

A and B. Every time the coach says ‘GO, the greys from square A must

sprint to square B, and the greys from square B must sprint to square A.

The coach changes the players in the middle every minute or so.

Objective of the exercise: Speci c strength; work of the three defenders

(pressure and cover) and quality of passing.

Circuit Training for Speci c Strength (12 min.)

Organization: The players stay in the same groups (six whites, six blacks

and six greys)

Grey : The rst player from the group passes the ball to the assistant

coach. Afterward, he does skipping over the hurdles and makes four

jumps (front, back, left and right). He receives a ball from the coach and

nishes with one touch. Right after, he sprints to cone number one and

jogs to the Black group.

Black : The rst player from the group passes the ball to the assistant

coach. Afterward, he does skipping over the hurdles and goes sideways

around the poles. He receives the ball, in the air, from the coach and

jumps to head the ball into the small goals in the corners of the goal.

Right after, he sprints to cone number two and jogs to the white group.

White : The rst player from the group passes the ball to the coach. Afterward, he sprints to the second cone, comes back to the rst, sprints to

the third, and goes sideways around the hurdles. He receives a ball, in the air, from the coach and nish’s with one touch (volley or head). Right

after, he sprints to cone number three and jogs to the grey group.

The exercise lasts 12 minute (non-stop) with the players applying themselves at 100%. After this exercise, the players have a four-minutes

water break and dynamic stretching.

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2 v 2 + 2

Three 15 X 20-yard grids are organized on half of a large eld. Three

groups play 2 v 2 with a targets on the side. The players inside have

unlimited touches and targets play one-touch. The games last a minute

and a half with a one minute rest between games. The players alternate

between being inside and outside of the eld. This is done six times so

that each player is on the outside twice and inside once.

Objectives

• Defensively: Work of the rst and second defender (pressure and cover)

• O ensively: Quality of passing, mobility, improvisation, penetration,

support and speed of execution

• Physical: Speci c strength

Progression

The teams play 3 v 3 in the same area as before. The players now have an

unlimited number of touches. They play three games that last two and a

half minutes with a one-minute rest in between each game.

10 v 9 (20 min.)

The coach focuses on o ensive organization and transition from o ense

to defense. The dark team plays with one goalkeeper, four defenders,

two mid elders and three forwards. The white team plays with one

goalkeeper, two defenders, three mid elders and three forwards. Only

the wingers and full backs are allowed in zone A and B. The team

defending is not allowed in these zones. The coach asks for speed of

execution, mobility, mid elders to play the ball wide and play a lot of

diagonal passes.

Progression

The coach holds a ball in his hands. The players play normally, with the

same principles as before. Every time the coach plays a ball to another

team, everybody has to react according to the new ball that was played

by the coach

Cool Down: (10 min.)

The cool down consisted of abdominal work, lower back stretching and

static stretching.

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