Football Association of Ireland

Attacking Defending

Bumper Possession 4v4+4

Possession practice to improve players passing, movement, decision making with emphasis on switching the point of attack, and transition to defend.

Key objectives

Quality of pass – pace, weight and accuracy
Individual movement to receive pass, open body shape, looking to play forward.
Pass to feet or space? Let players make decisions
Passing triangles – always at least two options for player on the ball
Play in between and behind players
Communication between players
Can team in possession play short combination passes to draw in the opposition before playing a long pass to open up the play?

Organisation

Area: 30 x 25 metres grid
4v4 inside the area, wall players on the outside. When In possession 8 v 4. Wall players can only move up and down along their line and cannot be tackled
On receiving the ball the target player must ‘bounce’ the ball off a player in the middle, and switch the point of attack to another yellow, who would attempt to do the same as seen in the diagram above
Can progress onto when a pass is played to wall player, they come into the area and are replaced by an inside player

Session details

Attacking
Defending

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