Game involving three players - Cutting
Goal
Equipment
- 3 markers
- 1 goal
- sufficient balls for continuity
Preparation
- Playing area: 30x20 meters
- Players: 9 + goalkeeper
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Series: 2 series of 6 minutes interspersed with 3 minutes of active recovery (ex. juggling in groups)
| Summary | Secondary Objectives |
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Exercise useful to practise the cutting movement towards the free space |
Creating space, Passing, Shooting, Forward, Center forward, Attacking center midfielder, Cut, Losing your marker, Pass, Finishing |
Organization
Inside the fixed area (30x20 meters) place 3 markers to form an isosceles triangle with sides 10 meters long. Place the goal 15 meters from the vertex. Players A, B and C stay near the 3 marker, the other players stay outside the field waiting for their turn. The goalkeeper stays on the goal line. Player A starts with the ball.
Description
- Player A passes the ball to the teammate C
- Player C performs an oriented control then passes to B while player A starts a cutting movement behind player C
- Player B passes the ball to A (on the movement)
- Players B and C move towards the goal
- Player A makes the assist for one of the teammates (ex. player C)
- The teammate who receive the assist, attempts to finish on goal
Figure 2: Assist and shooting
- Once they've finished the action, the players leave the playing area
- The three players rotate their positions at every turn
Variations
- Enlarge the distances
- Arrange 2 starting stations working with 18 players, alternating cutting movements to the left and to the right
- Add a defender who has to mark player C or B, forcing A to search for the teammate who is free of the marker
Coaching Points
- Encourage the players to call the cutting movement
- Insertion and acceleration, timing of the cut runs, must be appropriate to the game development
- Stimulate the player to finish on goal quickly and efficiently
