Equipment
- Balls
- 1 goal
Preparation
- Playing Area: 60x50 meters / 65x54 yd
- Players: 10 + 1 goalkeepers
- Duration: 12 minutes
- Series: 2 of 5 minutes each with 1 minute of passive recovery in between series
Summary
Tactical drill to improve the team's movements during 4-4-2 attacking phaseSecondary Objectives
Creating space, Switching play, Finishing in the final third, Passing, Shooting, Crossing & Finishing, 4-4-2, Midfielder, Center midfielder, Forward, Center forward, Losing your marker, Pass, Cross, Finishing, Offensive tactics: attacking, 4-4-2, Midfielder, Center midfielder, Lateral midfielder, Forward, Center forward, Attacking Center Midfielder, Attack the goal, Verticalization, Switch playOrganization
On one half of the court place two forwards on the edge of the box and four players on the halfway line, as midfielders and forwards of a 4-4-2 system. Place the other players behind the midfielders waiting for their turn. Give a ball to external players.
Description
The goal of the drill is to finish after switching play and performing a cross.
- The wing A passes the ball to forward F
- F passes to the midfielder B; D sprints in the lateral band
- B performs a switch of play on D; A attacks in depth on the lateral band and the midfielder C goes towards the edge of the box
- D controls the ball and drives it along the lateral band; forwards E and F attack the box and the wing A approaches the penalty area
- D performs a cross towards the box
- E finishes
Coaching Points
- Pay attention to the distance between players
- Pay attention to body orientation when receiving the ball
- Encourage players to perform a counter movement to lose a marker
- Two players that are on the same line should create diagonal movements
- Pay attention to the position of the support foot during a pass
- Players should close a pass with the movement of the leg
- The ankle should stay stiff when touching the ball
- The foot should impact the center of the ball
- Players should keep their eyes on the ball
- Open arms help with stability
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