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Defensive pressure on the ball – 4. GAME
Attacking v DefenceThe GK or coach starts with the ball and plays to the 2 central attackers, as this happens the defenders get narrow and push up (pressure on the ball) GK/coach or even…
Defensive pressure on the ball – 3. PROGRESSION
As before but 2v2. See previous drill for further notesCoaching advances now to 1 player pressure and the other cover that player, protecting the space behind them and ready to press the…
Defensive pressure on the ball – 2. DEVELOPMENT
Simple 1v1 exercise with coaching points for the defenders to press the ball early, deny time and space, get side on and show 1 way and if they win the ball pass into 1 of the nets in front…
Defensive pressure on the ball – 1. INTRO
A warm up where the players on the ball dribbles taking touches alternating between both feet and using all parts of the foot going at a steady pace. The defender travels with them, keeping…
Touch and Pass – 4. GAME
Finish on a 3v3 game with 2 ways to score, either by a goal or making 3 passes to encourage the sharp passing from the entire session
Touch and Pass – 3. PROGRESSION
A continuous drill relavant to the previous drills but with more components to consider. As before teh group of 3 are looking to keep the ball until the forward pass is on but against 2…
Touch and Pass – 2. DEVELOPMENT
Set up as befre but the player who plays the first pass then defends 3v1 with the team of 3 having to hold their shap in 1 half of the playing area. This will encourage them moving it…
Touch and Pass – 1. INTRODUCTION
Passing pattern working on touch and pass and the quality of the technique.The communicator in the drill decides whether the final ball is played forward or bounced back to him/her to play…
Breaking behind defense lines – 4. SMALL SIDED GAME 3
More game like situation with the breakers now under more pressure by full time defenders.
As the players advance in this drill, the coach must consider include more and more players as…
Breaking behind defense lines – 3. SMALL SIDED GAME 2
This is a more advanced drill. The players will have to compete in a more game-like situation. Now another player assists the breaker, 2 defenders protect the 2 gates. The role is to do set…
Breaking behind defense lines – 2. BEHIND LINES
Here, the field is broken into 2 halves. The role is to pass the ball over before the breaker is triggered by the whistle. The breaker runs and his mates time the pass through the gate to…