Activity

A passing pattern which I then progressed to the player who started the passing runs around a cone and goes to defend

Giving the wide attacker the situation of being pressed from the side and an oppertunity to

A passing pattern which I then progressed to the player who started the passing runs around a cone and goes to defend

Giving the wide attacker the situation of being pressed from the side and an oppertunity to

Attacking v Defence

The 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 if it’s a defender in

As before but 2v2. See previous drill for further notes

Coaching advances now to 1 player pressure and the other cover that player, protecting the space behind them and ready to press the ball when it goes to

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 of them to encourage an

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 a good body shape,

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

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 defenders it makes it

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 quickly from side to side to

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 that pass

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