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Passing from behind to in front of the defence
  • Attacking
  • 11 -18

Playing Through a Defence

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Written by Dave Clarke

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In this drill we use on tactics for working in a 4v4 situation when playing from in front to behind a defence and how attackers holding on the defensive line position themselves to see the ball and team mate to pass to.

Coaching Objectives

  • Scanning to see the ball and team mates is important to the success of the session.
  • If a long pass to a team mate in the other zone is on use it without going through the central zone.
  • Dribbling to move defenders to create space.
  • Movement to create passing lanes especially from the attackers in the central zone.
  • Stay wide to split the defending team and create space.
  • When the ball is lost move quickly to win it back.

 

Drill Setup

  • 25 Mins
  • 10 Players
  • 4 red 4 blue 2 yellow Bibs
  • 36 x 25 y

What the Players Do

In the game players must pass from one attacking zone A to zone B, playing through the defensive line. We set up using a 4v4 + 2. The attackers have two players in the middle zone against three…

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