WARM UP
A simple drill in which 3 teams compete. In this drill the team in possession should send the ball to the opposing team in a set time of seconds or set number of passes. Defenders apply high pressure…
DEFENDING
CENTER BACKS is the one side of the game that keeps pundits busy and fans' nerves on the verge. In this drill, the center backs to be introduced to one of their roles. They will have to be aware of…
MINI GAME 2
Another form of deliberate mini games where the team in possession transfer the play to the other side with a long ball sent by the wing player to the other side wing player. They have set seconds in…
ANIMATION 3
Zone for possession and zone for high pressure in which defenders are forced to press high. Team in possession allowed to make 5 passes in the possession zone under high pressure. When the ball…
TRANSFER OF PLAY
Introducing that form of play transfer is crucial. The players must start in similar way to the end.
ANIMATION 4
The video speaks more than the words. What is special about drills that defenders will have to organize or re organize twice every time. Once protecting the first goal keeper and the second time the…
PROGRESSION 2
THIS DRILL IS A PROGRESSION OF THE PREVIOUS. When the coach sees his players understood the process, the goal on the other side is added. The 2 neutrals also help to get the ball back in quickly. The…
WARM UP 8
As long as we are all over the world living in lockdown, we'll focus on publishing fun and deliberate warm ups. In the follwoing drills, we'll be demonstarting some warm up drills using 4 poles.
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 breakers.…
ANIMATION 4
In this shape, the 2 full backs of each team take the bigger role. The full back at the side of play is pressured by the full back at his side. When he gets to the cone, the other side full back is…
RONDO, TRANSFER, ATTACK
In this drill, the 2teams will compete in rondo first. The team with the ball will have to pass the ball to the neutral player who will have to make the transfer pass to the other side of play. Then…
INTRODUCTION
The way we introduce skills to youngsters should be gradual with minimum pressure and maximum demonstration. This is a drill which we could utilise for that purpose. In a situation with 2-1 midfield…