Ball possession 4 vs 4 + 4 with shoot at 4 small goals
Goal
Equipment
- 4 markers
- 4 small goals
- 8 vests (4 per color)
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing area: 25x25 meters / 27x27 yd
- Players: 12 (3 teams of 4 players each)
- Duration: 20 minutes
- Series: 6 series of 3 minutes each rotating the teams inside the playing area, with 2 minutes of recovery after 3 series
| Summary | Secondary Objectives |
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Small-sided game 4 vs 4 + 4 with the objective of maintaining ball possession and shooting at 4 small goals |
Creating space, Passing, Shooting, 1v1 attacking, Losing your marker, Pass, Ball possession |
Organization
Create a 25x25 square with markers. At the center of each side of it place a 1 meter goal. Place two teams of four players each inside the square. The last team stays on the perimeter of the square, one player per side. They will play with the team that has ball possession.
The exercise consits of a ball possession inside the square with the teammates on the external sides supporting. The game starts from the inside with a team playing as strikers and the other team playing as defenders. The aim is to perform 10 consecutive passes inside the square before shooting. The teams play the roles in turn.
Description
This is a small-sided game with a lot of chances to score, but the main objective is to maintain ball possession. Players have to work hard to clear the space and after reaching a fixed number of consecutive passes, they can begin to create set-ups to score.
Although there are four goals, the main focus of the drill is on the passing skill and the ability of finding free space while quickly loosing the marker.
- Two teams start inside the square while the other one is arranged outside of it, with a player on each side
- The team with ball possession has to perform 10 consecutive passes before shooting at one of the 4 goals
- At the end of the series one of the inside teams exchanges position with the external team
- There is a total of 6 series; in this way each team plays outside the square two times and inside the square four times
Rules
- External players the square play as layoff with only one ball touch allowed
- External players can be involved many times, but their passes don't increase the counting to reach 10 passes
- A pass to the external players doesn't reset the counting
- External players can move only along their side
- 1 point goes to the team that performs 10 consecutive passes
- 2 points go to the team that, after 10 passes, scores a goal
Variations
- Reduce the number of ball touches allowed (for example, 2)
- External players, once they receive a pass, have to perform a throw in with the hands forcing players inside to receive and control an aerial pass
- After scoring into one goal, players are forced to score on the opposite side
- Reduce or increase the number of consecutive passes
Coaching Points
- The team with ball possession has to stay wide and occupy all the available space
- The defending team has to reduce the available space as soon as possible
- Defenders have to supporte each others
- The attacking team has to focus on creating the space to receive the passes
- The strikers have to pay attention to passing speed and precision
- Once reached the fixed number of passes players have to shoot as soon as possible
- The teams have to react quickly to possessing transitions
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