Soccer Possession Drills
Ball possession in soccer is meant the action executed by two or more players that get to transmit the ball avoiding the interventions of opponents. In other words, during the game, each time a team dominated the ball we can say that team "possesses the ball".
At this point we have to make a simple but yet substantial difference between to be "possessing the ball" and "playing to possess the ball"; the first one refers to the fact that any player from the team completely dominates the ball and can execute any move, while the other is an strategic election of the team that wants to dominate the ball for a tactical issue.
The advantages of playing with ball possession in soccer could be:
- Make the opponent move towards the ball to move him away from the defense of their goal
- Force the opponent to a constant change of position to then surprise him in the empty spaces that they has left
- Create the basis for an attacking action
- Change the front of attack
- Control the rhythm of the match
Each coach can add to this cast other motivations and advantages that come from the strategic election without forgetting that to be able to act in an efficient manner they needs from each player some essential tactical and technical concepts:
- Capacity of transmitting the ball and particularly the pass
- Capacity of receiving the ball and particularly of the oriented control
- Capacity of defending the ball
- Capacity of mobility of the players and particularly of unmarking
- Capacity of staggering on the available space creating lines and different passing depths
In the proposed exercises players can become familiar with multiple situations and get used to keep possession of the ball, improving technical and tactical aspects. In this context the coach can influence with individual or group corrections transmitting their philosophy in an efficient manner.
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Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Ball possession - Game theme 7 v.s. 7 useful to improve the game speed during the possession phases -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Depth - This themed match forces players to adapt to the field and strike at goal through cuts runs -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Pressing - Training diferrent pressing situation, for defensive and offensive phases -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Possession - Game to improve ball control and passing with combination using player with back to goal -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Possession - 3 vs 3 ball possession useful to train verticalization with a deep penetrating pass -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Creating space - In this exercise we train players so that they learn how to move based on the game and to look always for empty spaces to receive the pass from the teammate -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
3v3 - Useful exercise to train the search of depth and the transition phases -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Creating space - Improve unmarking and ball possession in a situation of numerical superiority -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Possession - Drill to train passes and collaboration -
Soccer Tactics
Soccer Possession Drills
Shooting - Train positioning and losing your marker in order to create scoring chances