Soccer Tactics

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

Double up (marking) - Situational drill to train midfielders to look for vertical double team

Numerical superiority (attack) - Positional play to seek numerical superiority behind the opponent's pressure line

Double up (marking) - Three-man drill to practice defensive double up situations

Double up (marking) - Thematic match with defensive double up situations

Diagonal runs - 3 v 2 preparatory drill on finding depth with a cut by an outside player

Numerical superiority (attack) - Thematic match to seek numerical superiority through the principle of “play inside to go outside”

Transition - Thematic game to train players in preventative marking when in possession of the ball

Creating space - Analytical drill by Marcelo Bielsa to train the forward to lure the opponent out of their zone and then exploit the space created