Losing your marker

Attacking Principles - Tactical drill to improve the team's movements during 4-4-2 attacking phase

Depth - 5 v 5 conditioned game with the support of two neutral players inside a central zone and two finishing zones on the sides

Press - Train players to defend outnumbered in order to improve pressure

Passing - Useful drill to train quick ball transmission between teammates

Playing out from the back - Small-sided Game to train how to lose a marker to build-up quickly from a defensive phase

3v1 - Simplified situation that is functional to train defenders' ball possession

Possession - This drill was introduced by Johan Cruiff to train first teams

Creating space - 4 v 4 ball possession with quick transmission and losing the marker to encourage central penetrating pass

4v2 - 4 v 2 power play situation inside two zones to create supporting insertions to shoot at goal

Finishing in the final third - This drill trains players' ability to create a useful ball possession that ends with a shoot at goal