Tactical maintenance: Play inside - rotate outside - Real Madrid FC

Goal:

Possession

Soccer Tactics

Equipment

Markers
Balls
10 vests (5 of one color and 5 of another one)

Preparation

Playing area: 30x30 meters / 33x33 yds
Players: 15
Duration: 24 minutes
Series: 3 of 6 minutes each with 2 minutes of passive recovery in between series

Tactical maintenance: Play inside - rotate outside - Real Madrid FC

Summary

Drill to train ball possession in power play situation

Organization

Create a 33x33-yard field using markers. Players are divided into three teams of five members each (gray team, white team and blue team in the picture). Two teams (white and gray) and one neutral player (blue) are arrayed inside the playing area. Four more neutral players (blue) are placed outside the possession square, along the four sides, one on each side. Keep a good supply of balls close to the playing area to give continuity to ball possession.

Description

Eleven players start the game in the center of the square, 5-on-5 with a joker (blue in the picture) with 4 joker players, one on each side
One of the two teams starts in possession of the ball and must maintain it by playing with the jokers (neutral players)
With each player - outside or inside joker - player combination, the four outside jokers rotate changing their position outside the square (example in the picture)
As long as the four neutral players rotate, the inside players momentarily lose their outside references and must maintain possession by taking advantage of the new passing lines created by the movement of the outside players
If the players in inferiority recover the ball, they must try to get it out of the square with the cooperation of the inside joker, and all other players must try to prevent this by creating pressure on the ball carrier and closing possible passing lines
Players must never occupy the same passing line
In each series rotate the team whose players serve as neutral players

Rules

Three touches maximum available to all players participating in ball possession

Coaching Points

Create triangles of possession, useful to avoid the opposing player, enclosing them within the triangles
Take care of the reaction to negative transition and of the overall distances between players
Take care of the orientation of the body when receiving the ball; it must always be open to the largest portion of the field
The ball carrier must have, at their disposal, a minimum number of teammates who can guarantee a pass at any time (at least one forward pass and one backward pass)
The player closest to the ball carrier must choose what to do triggering the relative movement of teammates
Encourage players to make the countermovement for clearing and consequent reception of the ball
To trigger continuous mobility and maintain appropriate staggering, two nearby players who are on the same line should move by creating diagonal lines of play