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Battle for goalscoring chances
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  • 8 - 12

7v7 to 9v9: Change Direction of Attack

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andym

Written by Andy Maciel

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Players react to the changing position of the goals and to the position of the ball in relation to the lanes they are playing in. This helps to coach your players to change the direction of attack to make use of space or create space on the pitch

Coaching Objectives

Attacking

  • Scanning 
  • Verbal, non-verbal communication
  • Body position, 
  • Play in 180 attract to one side to exploit other 
  • Up-back through, min touch

 

Defending

  • Counter press on loss
  • First security pass
  • Exploit unbalance 
  • Block pass lines
  • Intercept
  • Force errors 

 

Drill Setup

  • 35 Mins
  • 11 Players
  • 6 mini Goals
  • 6 yellow 1 red Bibs
  • 40x30 y

What the Players Do

Start with this warm up Activation Pass and Move Tag Set up an area 40 x 30 yards split into four zones. Create two teams of 5 players plus a joker/magic man who plays for the team in possession.…

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