Passing and moving - Attacking techniques
Goal
Equipment
- 4 goals
- Balls
- Markers
Preparation
- Playing area: 60x60 meters / 66x66 yds
- Players: 9
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Series: 3 of 4 minutes each with 1 minute of passive recovery in between series
| Summary | Secondary Objectives |
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Exercise to improve insertions, attacking cutting movements, width of play and scoring |
Mark, Pressing, Passing, Dribbling, Shooting, Intercepting, Losing your marker, Pass, Finishing |
Organization
To get the ball into a favorable shooting position, passing and movement with or without the ball are vital. If you can teach players to pass the ball by intelligently directing it toward the goal, then it will be easier for them to find their way to the goal. This drill is a great way to train passing technique, deep movements and cutting to go to the net.
With markers placed at the vertices, create a playing field divided into five 20x20-meter/22x22-yard squares. One central and four others adjacent to each side of the central square. On the bottom row of the field of the four side zones place, in the center, a small goal of about 1.5 m/yard width. Each goal is assigned a letter (A, B, C, D). Divide the players into two teams of four members each (red team vs. white team) plus a neutral player (green player). The game starts with the teams lined up in the central area.
With markers placed at the vertices, create a playing field divided into five 20x20-meter/22x22-yard squares. One central and four others adjacent to each side of the central square. On the bottom row of the field of the four side zones place, in the center, a small goal of about 1.5 m/yard width. Each goal is assigned a letter (A, B, C, D). Divide the players into two teams of four members each (red team vs. white team) plus a neutral player (green player). The game starts with the teams lined up in the central area.
Description
- Teams start inside the center square, along with the neutral player, passing the ball to each other to maintain possession
- Once the players have completed a minimum number of passes without interception by opponents, the coach calls out the goal letter where to go to score (letter "C" in the picture)
- Players must move the ball around in this way to get to that specific square
- To do so, they must pass the ball to a player who has moved into the area indicated by the coach with a movement that loses their marker and attacks the space
- When a team regains the ball they must necessarily return with possession to the central square
Rules
- All players must be inside the central area when the predetermined minimum number of passes is to be made
- A minimum of three attacking players must move into the area in front of the goal for the goal to be valid when attacking
- Players from both teams have free ball touches available for the play
- The neutral player has one touch available for passing and shooting and always plays with the team in possession of the ball (creating numerical superiority)
Variations
- Increase or decrease the minimum number of passes that must be made before a goal can be scored in one of the areas indicated
- Limit the number of available ball touches
- Give constraints to the neutral player (play one touch, right foot only, left foot only, etc.).
Coaching Points
- Quality of passing and movement with and without the ball
- Train triangulations and movement without the ball
- Attackers need to spread out to cover as much space as possible
- Defenders must cover space by trying to narrow the playing area as much as possible and cutting as many passing lines as possible
- Keep the intensity high
- Take care of both phases of play (attacking and defending) by stimulating quick reaction and adaptation of players to transition phases
