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Attacking Defending

Possession 4 v 2 with transition

A Practice designed to improve players passing and movement and transition to defending.

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
Transition to Defend – can we win ball back as quickly as possible

Organisation

Area: 15 x15 metres
4 Blues v 2 Reds
Blues start with possession and try and keep ball from the Red players (Diagram 1)
If the reds win the ball, the red player must try combine and then dribbling outside the grid (Diagram 2)
If blue players give the ball away, they must react quickly to win the ball back.

Session details

Attacking
Defending

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