7 vs 7 + 2 neutral players - Cross field pass
Goal
Equipment
- 4 goals
- 9 vests (7 red and 2 green in the picture)
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing area: 75x50 meters (3/4 of a regular field) / 82x54 yd
- Players: 16
- Duration: 34 minutes
- Series: 2 series of 15 minutes with 2 minutes of passive recovery
| Summary | Secondary Objectives |
|---|---|
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Small-sided game 7 vs 7 + 2 neutral players, useful to train the cross field pass changing the game and transitions from one side to the other |
Creating space, Depth, Possession, Transition, Mark, Zonal defending, Passing, Shooting, Intercepting, Losing your marker, Pass, Finishing, Marking, Intercepting, Pass and move, Switching the attack, Zonal defending, Ball possession, Switch play, Transitions |
Organization
Play inside 3/4 of a regular field. Place two goals on both short sides (See picture). Outside of the two goal lines, between the goals, there is an "passer" for each side with a good number of balls. Inside the playing area place seven players with white vests and seven with red vests except for two neutral players with green vests. Give a ball to one of the teams to start the exercise.
Description
- On the coach's signal the team that has the ball starts a ball possession against the opponent team. 7 vs 7 match
- The team that has the ball can take advantage of the collaboration of the neutral players. As a consequence a situation of power play is set
- The objective for the team that has the ball is to score in one of the two goals that the team is attacking
- After a goal, the "passer" passes the ball again to the team that attacks on the area where the goal has been scored. The team that receives the ball has 10 seconds to perform an action (Change of game) that leads them to shoot at the other goal (See picture)
- If the team doesn't shoot in 10 seconds, the action ends and the ball goes to the other team
Rules
- At the end of the exercise the winning team will be the one that scores the most goals
Variations
- Players from the team that has just scored receive the ball again from the "passer" and go back to attack the goal behind them, parallel to the one they have just attacked
Coaching Points
- The exercise is useful to accelerate transitions from one side to the other and to improve ball possession maintainance
- Create possession triangles to avoid opponents
- Work on the reaction to the negative transition: once the player loses the ball, the closest player to the ball presses the opponent while teammates get closer
- Work on the distances between players
- Work on body positioning during ball reception, players should always face the widest part of the field
- The player that has the ball must always have available a minimum number of players that can guarantee him a pass at any time
