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When you want to show your players all about expanding the pitch in attack and making the pitch smaller in defence you can use this three lane tactic for training. Defend in two lanes, attack in three.

Coaching Objectives

Getting players to react in transition between attacking and defending and learning to recognise when they need to be compact or expansive.

Drill Setup

  • 20 Mins
  • 9 Players
  • 4 mini Goals
  • 4 x yellow 1 x red Bibs
  • 40 x 30 y

What the Players Do

Split the area into three 10 yard zones and set your players up to play 4v4+1. The attacking team can use all three of the zones but the defending team can only defend in two zones. The neutral player…