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Attacking Defending

Transitional Rondo

A Practice designed to improve players ability in passing, movement and awareness with transition to defend.

Key objectives

Create space (by individual & team mobility)
First touch/Body shape
Angles and Distance of support
Weight of pass
Communication
Awareness of space /defender – can players see the oncoming defender?
Transition to defend – can we win ball back as quickly as possible.
Encourage defender in transitions – set the tempo

Organisation

Area: 2 x (12x12m) grids – 8m between both areas
4 Blues in each end grid
Practice starts with one grid playing 3v1 while in the other grid the 4 players pass the ball to one another, (can this be done with one touch)?
When the defender wins, the player who lost the ball must now transition to defend in the other grid as seen above and now the player that won the ball joins the other 2 players and pass the ball until a transition occurs
Continue this cycle
All players to wear same bib – this is done for the awareness of players
Have a supply of footballs for the continuity of the practice

Session details

Attacking
Defending

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