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Attacking Defending

Speed development With The Ball – Speed and Decision Making Square

A practice designed to improve players speed and decision making.

Key objectives

Straight line run – technique of running – head straight, arms close to body, shoulders relaxed, balls of foot touches the ground
Acceleration and Deceleration – both equally important
Change of direction – turn quickly in small space, quick feet
100% effort with and without the ball
Decision making, when to go, can we switch when the Yellow player is on his/her blindside

Organisation

Area: 12 x12 metres
4 Blues on each cone, 1 yellow player in the middle of the area
Blue players must switch between cones (vertical, horizontal or diagonal), but there can only be one Blue player on each cone
Yellow player tries to tag any of the Blue players before they get to the cone, if successful they then switch and the tagged player goes in the middle
Can progress to Blue players having a football each, where they now must dribble

Session details

Attacking
Defending

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