Attack after recovering the ball on the midfield - Transition
Goal
Equipment
- 4 poles
- markers to delimit the pitch
- 1 goal
- 7 vests (red in the picture)
- sufficient balls for continuity
Preparation
- Playing area: 60x55 meters
- Players: 16 + goalkeepers
- Duration: 24 minutes
- Series: 2 of 10 minutes with a 2 minutes pause of passive recovery between series
| Summary | Secondary Objectives |
|---|---|
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Attacking action after recovering the ball for fast attacks |
Pass, Finishing, Pass and move, Creating width and depth, Switching the attack, Improvisation, Mobility, Defensive shape, Zone defensive, Management and limitation of risk, Man on man, Solid and unit |
Organization
Make an area of 60x55 meters (About 10-15 meters after the halfway line). Place 2 goals next to the goal line, using the poles. The game is played with 9 players wearing white t-shirts, 7 with red t-shirts plus the goalkeeper. One of the 9 attacking players must have the ball and play as support (without moving forward way too much). Also the 3 players that represent the defenders (A1, A2 and A3 in the picture) remain in their position in order to support. The 7 defenders try to recover the ball and take it out passing through the small goals before reaching 5 consecutive passes.
Description
- The game starts simulating that players lose the ball on D4, right on the midfield, with a pass towards A1. A transition situation is set, from the defense to the attack. The team that attacks must place its players wide apart in order to look for some depth
- D4 passes the ball to A1, simulating a wrong pass that allows players to start the attacking phase
- A1 tries to get rid of the pressure and play with the attacking teammates
- A1 passes the ball taking into account the best passing lanes and combinations
Rules
- Both teams perform a thematic match of ball possession
- The team that attacks (white one) get 1 point if they score in the goal
- The team that defends (red ones) get 1 point when they pass through the goals
Variations
- Allow all attacking players to participate in the action and move forward (None of the players stands still on the same position).
- Add a defender in order to create a defense of 4 and a midfielder to have a midfield with 3 players
- Change the position of ball recovery that initiates the attacking phase
Coaching Points
- Useful exercise to train what players should do after recovering the ball
- Exercise that trains the team for breadth and depth movements during an attacking action
- Immediate breadth movement of attacking players right after recovering the ball
- Create exchanges with triangulation
- Midfielders and forwards should make use of sprints in order to unmark themselves
- Move the ball quickly towards the outside of the recovery point from the midfield
- Encourage players to face a 1vs1 or 2vs1 with defenders
- Encourage players to execute long passes in order to switch the orientation, in depth passes, overlapping runs and wall passes
- Ask players to play keeping their head up
