Soccer Tactics

In soccer, the term “Tactics” refers to the coordinated movement of two or more players within the same unit, two units, or the entire team, with a shared and predetermined purpose.

When talking about soccer tactics, it’s important to keep in mind that the shared goal of all players is to score one more goal than the opponents and win the game. The tactics in soccer are manifested in two moments, each of which has a specific purpose: when the team has possession of the ball and when the team doesn’t have possession of the ball.

Soccer Tactics

1 v 1 with neutral players and side support players

Creating space - Ball possession in numerical superiority with two side supports, useful for oriented control and give-and-go in a situational context.
Soccer Tactics

Seven-player didactic exercise

Mark - Seven-player training exercise for marking, positioning, and covering
Soccer Tactics

Thematic match: compact team movements during offensive and defensive phases

Compactness - 8 v 8 thematic game with the constraint of keeping teams compact
Soccer Tactics

Conditioned game: ball possession grid - Real Madrid FC

Creating space - Conditioned game to develop ball possession inside limited zones and possession triangles
Soccer Tactics

Building from the back with transitions - BVB Borussia Dortmund

Transition - Practice building from the back with successive transitions
Soccer Tactics

Ball possession with movement to lose the marker - BVB Borussia Dortmund

Creating space - Exercise to train pass and the movement to lose the marker through a guided ball possession
Soccer Tactics

Time-based ball possession - Barcelona FC

Possession - Train the ability to maintain possession and quickly widen the play when under pressing from the opposition.
Soccer Tactics

5 v 5 Small-sided Game

Reaggression - SSG to train immediate ball recovery
Soccer Tactics

Train mobility with Small-sided Games

Creating space - Diamond-shaped playing area for 5 v 3 ball possession with pursuit of width and depth
Soccer Tactics

Rondos with simultaneous orientation

Possession - Rondos inspired by the “perfil”, a concept of the Spanish methodology to improve orientation