Phase of play: 7v6 build-up with counter goals
A realistic build-up phase: the keeper and six players try to play out and through to two mini goals at halfway, against six pressers who attack the main goal if they win it.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Keeper plus six in their build-up shape.
- Six pressers in their pressing shape; two mini goals on the halfway line.
Equipment: Goal, 2 mini goals, cones, bibs, balls
How it works
- Keeper starts every attack.
- Build-up team scores in the mini goals; pressers score in the main goal.
- Coach freezes to coach shape and decisions.
Coaching points
- Shape first: width, depth, the free player.
- Play through, round or over the press.
- Pressers: trigger the press together.
Formations this drill suits
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Make it easier
- 5 pressers
Make it harder
- 7 pressers (equal numbers)
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