Assistance and finishing - Chelsea FC
Goal
Equipment
- Enough markers as to delimit the pitch
- 4 small goals
- Balls
- 6 vests (4 red, 4 green)
Preparation
- Playing area: 20x20 meters
- Players: 10
- Duration: 18 minutes
- Series: 3 series of 4 minutes with a 2 minutes pause of passive recovery
| Summary | Secondary Objectives |
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Conditioned game, created by the Chelsea quarry, with a final pass executed by the flex player with the successive finishing |
Anticipation, Space-time differentiation, Pass, First touch, Feints and tricks, Losing your marker, Intercepting, Pressing, Countermovement (check away), Cognitive, Pressure |
Organization
Delimit a playing area of 20x20 meters using the markers. On each of the sides of the square place a goal. In the center of the square place a second area of 5x5 meters. Divide players into 2 teams of 4 players plus 2 flex players (A and B), using vests. One of the 2 flex players goes inside the small square.
Description
- Players perform a ball possession and end it by shooting to one of the 4 goals
- The final pass must be executed by one of the flex players
- Flex players play with the team that possesses the ball
- Flex players in turns position themselves as follows:
- One inside the small square (A)
- One moving freely inside the big square (B)
- The winning team will be the one that scores the more goals during the 3 series
Rules
- Free number of touches
- After each goal players swap the possession of the ball
- Flex players swap positions after each goal
Variations
- Limit the number of touches to the flex players
- Limit the touhes to the players
- Headers are worth 2 points
Coaching Points
- Work on body orientation during reception, it should always be facing the widest part of the pitch
- Encourage the touch and go: After playing the ball with a teammate, the player looks for an empty space where they can receive the ball again
- Minimum ideal unity: The one that possesses the ball must always have available a minimum number of teammates that to ensure a passing solution at any time
- The closest player to the one that possesses the ball must choose what to do, an approaching or in depth movement
- Encourage flex players to execute a counter movement for unmarking with the consequent approximation for reception
- During the defensive phase work on the tactical aspect of positioning, tactical behaviour that includes the following capacities:
- Cognitive
- Valuation of space-time
- Motor anticipation
- Encourage the phase of recovery of the ball through a constant pressing
