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Attacking Defending

4 + 7 v 4 Possession with Transition

A Practice designed to improve players passing, decision making, movement and positional play with transition.

Key objectives

Quality and selection of pass – Back Foot
First touch/Body shape
Angles and Distance of support
Width and depth – Penetrating Pass
Awareness of space and defender
Decision making – speed of thought
Transition to Defend – can we win ball back as quickly as possible
Transition to Attack – width and depth as quickly as possible

Organisation

Area: 30 x25 metres
4 Blues + 4 Reds & 3 Blacks v 4 Yellows
Red players provide the width, with 2 Black players providing depth with 1 central player
Blue team start the practice and can use both the Red and Black players in possession
Yellow team attempt to win the ball and if successful quickly transition to attack now using both the Red and Black players with the Blue team now transitioning to defend
Have a supply of footballs to keep the practice continually flowing
Play for 3 minutes with 30 second rest period, swap teams of 4 after every rest period

Session details

Attacking
Defending

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