Double box rondo (transfer)
Two rondos side by side. After a set number of passes, the team switches the ball into the other box; two defenders chase it across. Combines rondo skills with switching and pressing.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Two boxes next to each other, gap of 5 metres.
- Four attackers in each box; two defenders in one box.
Equipment: Cones, bibs, balls
How it works
- Make six passes in your box, then switch the ball into the other box.
- Two defenders sprint across to press the new box.
- If defenders win it, they swap with the two who lost it.
Coaching points
- Switch when the defenders are drawn in.
- Receivers in the far box get ready early.
- Defenders: sprint and press together.
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Make it easier
- Four passes before switching
Make it harder
- Two-touch
- Three defenders
AttackersDefendersKeeper / neutral- - โ Passโ Runใฐโ Dribble
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