Key Coaching Points
Early scanning of opportunities to score in relation to position of defender and decision of which goal best to initially attack.
• Attackers awareness of position of defender, creating space and making supporting runs to receive initial pass from coach.
• Attackers combining and working as a pair to deceive and elude defender.
• Choices on techniques and skills to use to suit challenges set by defender positions and defensive structure.
• Receiving attacker getting into line of ball and receiving with good 1st touch, using appropriate controlling surface.
• Recognising when to shoot early and turn balls around defender to full effect.
Early scanning of opportunities to score in relation to position of defender and decision of which goal best to initially attack.
• Attackers awareness of position of defender, creating space and making supporting runs to receive initial pass from coach.
• Attackers combining and working as a pair to deceive and elude defender.
• Choices on techniques and skills to use to suit challenges set by defender positions and defensive structure.
• Receiving attacker getting into line of ball and receiving with good 1st touch, using appropriate controlling surface.
• Recognising when to shoot early and turn balls around defender to full effect.
Practice Organisation
• Area 15x15yds, with small goals positioned on centre of each line, as illustrated.
• 5 players arranged 2 attackers v 3 defenders, as shown in the diagram.
• Coach with supply of balls at side.
• Practice starts with: coach passes ball in to attacker, moving into space.
• Attackers combine to attack any of 4 goals, defended by 3 defender.
• Following goal or defensive regain of possession: play stops, players re-establish position and practice
restarts from coach’s service.
• Rotate roles and practice recommences with initial set-up arrangements.
Detail
• Size of area can be adjusted according to age and ability of players.
• Practice operates at high tempo for limited time, determined by coach.
• Continuous assessment by attackers on when to pass, shoot, or dribble, as the practice alters with changing positions
of defender.
• Support play and communication between attackers and defender as units.
• Simple progressions for this practice are:
- Add to number of players in practice to change overload (e.g. 3v3, 4v3 etc).
- If defender gain possession: play ball quickly to team mate to score in a goal not being directly protected by them.
- Tackling/intercepting defender quickly counter-attacks by dribbling/ driving with ball to furthest goal away.
- If defender gain possession: need to make wall pass before being able to score.
• Area 15x15yds, with small goals positioned on centre of each line, as illustrated.
• 5 players arranged 2 attackers v 3 defenders, as shown in the diagram.
• Coach with supply of balls at side.
• Practice starts with: coach passes ball in to attacker, moving into space.
• Attackers combine to attack any of 4 goals, defended by 3 defender.
• Following goal or defensive regain of possession: play stops, players re-establish position and practice
restarts from coach’s service.
• Rotate roles and practice recommences with initial set-up arrangements.
Detail
• Size of area can be adjusted according to age and ability of players.
• Practice operates at high tempo for limited time, determined by coach.
• Continuous assessment by attackers on when to pass, shoot, or dribble, as the practice alters with changing positions
of defender.
• Support play and communication between attackers and defender as units.
• Simple progressions for this practice are:
- Add to number of players in practice to change overload (e.g. 3v3, 4v3 etc).
- If defender gain possession: play ball quickly to team mate to score in a goal not being directly protected by them.
- Tackling/intercepting defender quickly counter-attacks by dribbling/ driving with ball to furthest goal away.
- If defender gain possession: need to make wall pass before being able to score.