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Attacking Defending

Possession 3 v 1 with Target

A functional practice designed to improve players passing and movement and transition to defending.

Key objectives

Quality and selection of pass
Body shape/Receive on Back Foot /First Touch
Disguise/Change of Direction
Angles and Distance of support
Awareness of space and defender
Transition to Defend – can we win ball back as quickly as possible

Organisation

Area: 12 x 12 metres
3 Blue Players v 1 Yellow Player
1 Ball placed on top of cone in the middle of area
Blue Players start with possession and try and keep ball from the Yellow Player
The Yellow Player must try and win the ball but also stop blue players from knocking ball of the cone in the middle of the area
The Blue players must pass the ball until an opportunity arises to knock the ball of the cone in the middle of the area
If the Yellow Player wins the ball, he/she must try and dribble outside the area
The player that made the mistake then goes into the middle

Session details

Attacking
Defending

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