Pressing
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Soccer Tactics
Defensive build-up patterns against attackers
Playing out from the back - Build-up pattern from the back and negative transitions for the defense, high pressing, and quick finishing for the attackers. -
Soccer Tactics
8 v 8 + 4 jokers in a hexagon - Mikel Arteta
Possession - Mikel Arteta’s drill to train players to seek numerical superiority during ball possession -
Soccer Tactics
Finishing starting from a throw-in
Throw-in - Game situation starting from a throw-in to arrive at the conclusion on goal either directly or after a cross -
Soccer Tactics
Conditioned game for Gegenpressing
Pressing - Train immediate ball recovery and collective reaction after losing possession in tight spaces -
Soccer Tactics
Thematic match: preventative marking
Transition - Thematic game to train players in preventative marking when in possession of the ball -
Soccer Tactics
3 v 3 + 3: ball possession in numerical superiority and equality
Possession - Maintain possession of the ball in situations of numerical superiority by encouraging pressing situations -
Soccer Tactics
Ball possession and search for space: 3 v 3 + 2 neutral players
Creating space - Train how to lose the marker in relation to ball possession and the search for space -
Soccer Tactics
Assist and finishing - Chelsea FC
Possession - Conditioned game, created by Chelsea Youth Academy, with a final pass executed by the neutral player -
Soccer Tactics
Pressing and preventing counterattack - Barcelona FC
Pressing - Simplified game to train pressing and prevent counterattack