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Teams of 5 work together
  • Attacking
  • 13 - 18+

Playing Through, Around or Over

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TanyaOxtoby

Written by Tanya Oxtoby

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We want to encourage players to be positive in their mindset, and play forward when the opportunity presents itself. In this activity players will have a chance to play forward passes under pressure either over, around or through.

Coaching Objectives

This drill will work on players ability to create and exploit passing lanes, and play forward under pressure either around through or over opponents. The defenders will be looking at making play as predictable as possible and their 1 v 1 defending. They will also have the opportunity to work on their ability to start a counter press and finish a counter attack as the practice progresses

 

Drill Setup

  • 20 mins Mins
  • 17 Players
  • 2 Goals
  • 5 blue 5 yellow 5 dark blue Bibs
  • 60 x 40 +8 y

What the Players Do

Area 60x40 with a 8 yard pocket of space centrally.  Three teams of 5 players (this can be varied depending on numbers) one team in each of the three zones 2 gk’s. Practice starts with…

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